Wikipedia:Goings-on/April 4, 2004

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Goings-on in the week starting Sunday April 4 2004

 * New WikiProject. WikiProject Philosophy has been formed, in an attempt to coordinate the efforts of philosophically-inclined contributors. All those interested are invited to visit the project page.
 * Vandalism. Hukuki.net spam found on the following small wikis: als, as, ay, az, be, bn, bo, ca, co, cs, el, eo, pa, ps, pt, qu, ro, ru, sa, sh, si, simple, sk, sl, sq, sr, sw, te, tg, th, tk, tl, tr, tt, ug, uk, ur, uz, vo, xh, yi, yo, and zu (larger wikis not checked).
 * Downtime. A short downtime of the server leads a large number of users to join #wikipedia, on which TreatzBSD proudly presents his first article, Star's Edge.
 * Requests for Page Expansion. There is a new requests for page expansion page for stubs worth improving.
 * Extension Syntax: Voting begins on what syntax to use for extensions such as math, music, hieroglyphs, chemistry, etc.
 * Wikipedia talk:IRC channel cloaks: A vote on what cloaks to allow on IRC.
 * Administrators: Sj and Sverdrup become administrators. Congratulations!
 * Policy proposal: Three strikes you're out policy, revised policy on blocking usernames

Arbitration committee

 * Arbitration Policy. The new Arbitration policy is ratified by a vote of 28 to 4, and Jimbo Wales declares his approval for implementing the policy based on that vote
 * Arbitration committee vote to hear the matters of Anthony DiPierro and Wik (Wik's case is being reviewed a month after his original case)
 * "Mav v. 168" appears to be too late to arbitrate given the fact 168 has left wikipedia
 * "WHEELER and 172" and "Kevin baas and Dwindrim" are referred to mediation
 * Angela requests arbitration on JRR Trollkien; three arbitrators vote to accept the case, none decline


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Articles featured on the Main Page


 * Platypus (April 4)
 * Fountain pen (April 5)
 * Buddhism (April 6)
 * Chariot racing (April 7)
 * Frankfurt School (April 8)
 * Dreyfus affair (April 9)
 * Heavy Metal (April 10)


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Articles that gained "featured" status
 * Buckinghamshire (April 5)
 * Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius (April 6)
 * Single malt Scotch (April 6)
 * Soap bubble (April 7)
 * James Bulger murder case (April 7)
 * Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 (April 7)
 * Leopold and Loeb (April 7)
 * ROC presidential election, 2004 (April 7)
 * Labour economics (April 7)
 * Prostitution (April 10)
 * Chinatown (April 10)

Pictures that gained "featured" status


 * Indonesia Bull (April 5)
 * The Champs Elysees (April 5)
 * Sydney Opera House (April 5)
 * High Cross in Ireland (April 6)
 * Sainte Jeanne d'Arc at night (April 6)
 * Zion Narrows (April 6)


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