Wikipedia:Goings-on/August 1, 2010

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Wikipedia always has a lot going on. This page is for news and updates about existing or new projects or initiatives of Wikipedians (e.g. new Collaboration articles, WikiProject help requests or announcements of success, backlogs that really need help, etc.)


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Goings-on in the week starting Sunday, August 1, 2010
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New featured content
Articles that gained featured status
 * Transandinomys (3 Aug)
 * John Brownlee as Attorney-General of Alberta (3 Aug)
 * Pathways into Darkness (3 Aug)
 * Fossa (animal) (7 Aug)
 * Daniel Lambert (7 Aug)
 * Belle Vue Zoological Gardens (7 Aug)
 * Miss Meyers (7 Aug)
 * Quietly Confident Quartet (7 Aug)
 * Sweet Track (7 Aug)
 * Midshipman (7 Aug)
 * Siege of Godesberg (7 Aug)
 * Wally Hammond (7 Aug)

Lists that gained featured status
 * List of Chicago Cubs first-round draft picks (2 Aug)
 * Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording (2 Aug)
 * List of volcanoes in the Hawaiian – Emperor seamount chain (4 Aug)
 * List of Cleveland Indians managers (4 Aug)
 * List of Digimon video games (4 Aug)
 * List of accolades received by Gosford Park (7 Aug)
 * List of Tampa Bay Rays first-round draft picks (7 Aug)

Pictures that gained featured status
 * Thrissops formosus (1 Aug)
 * Mike Godwin (1 Aug)
 * Cymbiola nobilis (2 Aug)
 * Knut Steen (2 Aug)
 * Nicholas Kratzer (3 Aug)
 * Chicago Theatre (3 Aug)
 * Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala (4 Aug)
 * Pectinaria koreni (4 Aug)
 * STS-132 Liftoff Space Shuttle Atlantis (4 Aug)
 * Martyrdom of Joseph and Hiram Smith (4 Aug)
 * Fog bow (7 Aug)

Portals that gained featured status

Sounds that gained featured status

Topics that gained featured status


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