Wikipedia:Goings-on/August 10, 2008

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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 (i.e. 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 10, 2008
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New featured content
Articles that gained featured status
 * Greater Crested Tern (August 12)
 * Robert F. Kennedy assassination (August 12)
 * Proxima Centauri (August 12)
 * Hurricane Vince (2005) (August 14)
 * Puerto Rican Amazon (August 14)
 * Wipeout 3 (August 14)
 * M-28 (Michigan highway) (August 14)
 * 1995 Japanese Grand Prix (August 16)
 * Meteorological history of Hurricane Jeanne (August 16)
 * Candide (August 16)
 * The Stolen Earth (August 16)
 * New York State Route 343 (August 16)
 * U.S. Route 491 (August 16)

Lists that gained featured status
 * NBA All-Defensive Team (August 12)
 * List of Nine Inch Nails awards (August 12)
 * List of parties to the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (August 13)
 * Screaming Trees discography (August 13)
 * List of Soundgarden awards (August 13)
 * List of Toronto Blue Jays managers (August 13)
 * Manchester United F.C. records and statistics (August 13)
 * List of Boston Red Sox managers (August 13)
 * Degrassi: The Next Generation (season 7) (August 14)
 * List of tallest buildings in Bellevue, Washington (August 14)
 * Pearl Jam awards (August 15)

Pictures that gained featured status
 * West Los Angeles (August 13)
 * Mark Harmon (August 13)
 * D-Day situation map (August 15)
 * Typhoid vaccination (August 15)
 * Harriet Tubman (August 15)

Portals that gained featured status

Sounds that gained featured status
 * The Lost Chord (1888)
 * Israel In Egypt
 * Le régiment de Sambre et Meuse
 * Ich bin ein Berliner

Topics that gained featured status
 * State touring routes in Warren County, New York (August 10)
 * Smallville (season 1) (August 10)
 * Period 1 elements (August 16)


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