Wikipedia:Goings-on/August 12, 2007

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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 12, 2007
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New featured content
Articles that gained "featured" status
 * Plymouth Colony (August 14)
 * History of Texas A&M University (August 14)
 * Inaugural games of the Flavian Amphitheatre (August 14)
 * Attack on Sydney Harbour (August 14)
 * Jackie Chan (August 14)
 * Peru (August 14)
 * Kingdom Hearts II (August 14)
 * Sky Blue Sky (August 14)
 * Through the Looking Glass (Lost) (August 14)
 * Autism (August 14)
 * The Simpsons (August 14)
 * Confederate government of Kentucky (August 14)
 * Vkhutemas (August 14)
 * William Shakespeare (August 14)
 * Pygmy Hippopotamus (August 14)
 * Blood Sugar Sex Magik (August 14)

Lists that gained "featured" status
 * Amateur Achievement Award of Astronomical Society of the Pacific (August 18)
 * List of counties in Massachusetts (August 18)
 * United States Secretary of Energy (August 16)
 * List of counties in Maine (August 16)
 * List of counties in New Hampshire (August 16)
 * List of winners of the Boston Marathon (August 16)
 * List of tallest buildings in Boston (August 16)
 * List of Aston Villa F.C. players (August 15)
 * List of Governors of Alabama (August 15)
 * No Doubt discography (August 15)
 * Hilary Duff discography (August 15)
 * List of wild mammal species in Florida (August 13)
 * List of Shin Lupin III episodes (August 13)
 * List of gay, lesbian or bisexual people/A (August 13)

Pictures that gained "featured" status
 * SS Thistlegorm (August 13)
 * Hitler and Mussolini (August 13)
 * Trithemis kirbyi (August 13)
 * Casting tin soldiers (August 16)
 * Discussing the War in a Paris Café (August 16)
 * Eristalis tenax (August 18)
 * Red-veined darter (August 18)

Portals that gained "featured" status

Topics that gained "featured" status


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