Wikipedia:Goings-on/August 17, 2008

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Goings-on in the week starting Sunday, August 17, 2008
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New featured content
Articles that gained featured status
 * Makemake (dwarf planet) (August 17)
 * Leonard Harrison State Park (August 18)
 * 2005 Azores subtropical storm (August 18)
 * Tulip mania (August 18)
 * John McCain (August 18)
 * Insane Clown Posse (August 20)
 * Alexandre Banza (August 20)
 * 4X (August 20)
 * Conan (2007 video game) (August 22)
 * Tropical Storm Barry (2001) (August 23)
 * Janet Jackson (August 23)
 * Pat Nixon (August 23)
 * SummerSlam (2003) (August 23)
 * Panzer I (August 23)

Lists that gained featured status
 * List of municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region (August 18)
 * List of Philadelphia Phillies managers (August 18)
 * List of songs in Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (August 18)
 * Timeline of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season (August 18)
 * NBA All-Star Game Most Valuable Player Award (August 18)
 * List of Minnesota Twins managers (August 18)
 * List of tallest buildings in Shanghai (August 18)
 * New York Yankees seasons (August 18)
 * List of number-one Billboard Top Latin Albums of 1999 (August 18)
 * Timeline of the 2004 Atlantic hurricane season (August 22)

Pictures that gained featured status
 * Ramallah woman (August 17)
 * The Taming of the Shrew (August 17)
 * Smallpox vaccination (August 17)
 * St. Alexander's Church (August 19)
 * Discovery of the Land (August 19)
 * American Tree Sparrow (August 19)
 * Mount Cleveland Erupts (August 19)
 * Sultan Pasha al-Atrash (August 19)
 * Shroud of Turin (August 19)
 * Panorpa communis scorpionfly (August 19)
 * Florida Box Turtle (Terrapene carolina bauri) (August 20)
 * Napoleon's exile to Elba (August 20)
 * Seals of the U.S. states 1876 (August 21)
 * Artist's conception of Ursa Major (August 21)
 * Rhône Glacier (August 21)
 * Dali Atomicus (August 21)
 * Zizina labradus (August 21)
 * Duck and Cover video (1951) (August 22)
 * Swamp Milkweed Flowers (August 22)
 * Sand Wasp (Bembix rostrata) (August 23)
 * Arctic eclipse (August 23)
 * Blind monks examining an elephant (August 23)

Sounds that gained featured status]]

Portals that gained featured status

Topics that gained featured status
 * Seasons of 30 Rock (August 22)


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