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{{goa|Soap|}}, {{goa|JamesBWatson|}} and {{goa|NativeForeigner|}} were promoted to administrator.

The following seven featured articles were displayed on the Main Page as [[Wikipedia:Today's featured article|Today's featured article]]:
:* [[Sydney Newman]], a Canadian film and television producer who played a pioneering role in British television drama from the late 1950s to the late 1960s
:* [[Grand Forks, North Dakota|Grand Forks]], the third-largest city in the U.S. state of North Dakota and the county seat of Grand Forks County
:* [[Robert Hues]], an English mathematician and geographer who made observations of the variations of the compass off the coast of Newfoundland
:* ''[[Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back]]'', a 1980 American space opera film directed by Irvin Kershner
:* [[Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress]], a four-engine heavy bomber aircraft developed for the United States Army Air Corps (USAAC) introduced in the 1930s
:* [[Choral symphony]], a musical composition for orchestra, choir and sometimes solo voices which in its internal workings and overall musical architecture adheres broadly to symphonic musical form
:* [[Funerary art]], any work of art forming, or placed in, a repository for the remains of the dead.

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Seven [[Wikipedia:Featured lists|lists]] were promoted to featured status: {{fol|List of M*A*S*H episodes|1}}, {{fol|Timeline of the 2003–04 South Pacific cyclone season|1}}, {{fol|Phil Collins discography|2}}, {{fol|List of birds of Tasmania|1}}, {{fol|List of birds of Leicestershire and Rutland|1}}, {{fol|List of National Basketball Association season assists leaders|1}} and {{fol|List of Governors of Utah|1}}.
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This week's TFPs
Man climbing a statue of a Buddhist idol at Borobudur
Atlantic coast at Porto Covo
Engorged Ixodes ricinus tick
Lunar phases
Scene from The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman
Bad Hindelang
Prickles of a rose plant
,
and
were promoted to administrator.

The following seven featured articles were displayed on the Main Page as Today's featured article:

  • Sydney Newman, a Canadian film and television producer who played a pioneering role in British television drama from the late 1950s to the late 1960s
  • Grand Forks, the third-largest city in the U.S. state of North Dakota and the county seat of Grand Forks County
  • Robert Hues, an English mathematician and geographer who made observations of the variations of the compass off the coast of Newfoundland
  • Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back, a 1980 American space opera film directed by Irvin Kershner
  • Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, a four-engine heavy bomber aircraft developed for the United States Army Air Corps (USAAC) introduced in the 1930s
  • Choral symphony, a musical composition for orchestra, choir and sometimes solo voices which in its internal workings and overall musical architecture adheres broadly to symphonic musical form
  • Funerary art, any work of art forming, or placed in, a repository for the remains of the dead.

Thirteen articles were promoted to featured status: Neil Brooks (nom), Douglas Jardine (nom), Fresh Blood (Supernatural) (nom), Ben Gascoigne (nom), Battle of Valcour Island (nom), Convention of 1833 (nom), David Lewis (politician) (nom), Battle of Bardia (nom), Sovetsky Soyuz class battleship (nom), Waddesdon Road railway station (nom), Golden-crowned Sifaka (nom), Pithole, Pennsylvania (nom) and Major urinary proteins (nom).

Seven lists were promoted to featured status: List of M*A*S*H episodes (nom), Timeline of the 2003–04 South Pacific cyclone season (nom), Phil Collins discography (nom), List of birds of Tasmania (nom), List of birds of Leicestershire and Rutland (nom), List of National Basketball Association season assists leaders (nom) and List of Governors of Utah (nom).

Media features

Four featured sounds were promoted this week: Template:Fos Template:Fos Template:Fos Template:Fos

Seven pictures were promoted to featured status:

Join, or Die Mycena interrupta 1880 Baxter process color plate illustrating Revelation 22:17
El Castillo, Chichen Itza Illustration of Psalm 23 Periclimenes imperator
Playbill for Arizona
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Design again!

The design is largely settled. Two suggestions remain outstanding, which I am not sure of. Quiddity has suggested that the color of the sidebar be a grey (as in this revision) instead of the current color. He also suggests that the first two parts (the admins and the TFA sections) each be given a heading. I am disinclined to do either, as I prefer it the way it is, but if his opinion is widely shared I would likely make the change. So if you have thoughts—please share! Otherwise, thanks again to everyone who has made comments through this process. ÷seresin 19:22, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Be certain to test any design against all of the skins; not everyone uses monobook or vector. This is a common oversight many people make when changing the appearance of pages, & the result is that those of us who use the alternative skins experience all sorts of accessibility problems. Thanks. -- llywrch (talk) 05:40, 23 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I agree that it is better as is. -- Ssilvers (talk) 01:04, 25 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]


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