Wikipedia:Goings-on/August 2, 2009

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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 2, 2009
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New featured content
Articles that gained featured status
 * Mary Toft (August 3)
 * Tropical Storm Faxai (2007) (August 3)
 * Hepatorenal syndrome (August 3)
 * The Lucy poems (August 3)
 * Charles Stewart (Canadian politician) (August 3)
 * Siward, Earl of Northumbria (August 3)
 * Gol Transportes Aéreos Flight 1907 (August 3)
 * Victoria Cross for Australia (August 5)
 * Doug Ring with the Australian cricket team in England in 1948 (August 5)
 * Huntington's disease (August 5)
 * Volcano (South Park) (August 5)
 * Stanford Memorial Church (August 5)

Lists that gained featured status
 * WCW United States Tag Team Championship (August 2)
 * List of tallest buildings in Las Vegas (August 2)
 * List of CMLL World Tag Team Champions (August 2)
 * List of City University of New York institutions (August 2)
 * List of Copa Libertadores winners (August 8)
 * List of number-one Billboard Top Latin Albums from the 1990s (August 8)
 * Marine Corps Brevet Medal (August 8)
 * List of CMLL World Trios Champions (August 8)
 * List of Second World War Victoria Cross recipients (August 8)
 * Timeline of the 1996 Atlantic hurricane season (August 8)
 * List of tallest buildings in Singapore (August 8)

Pictures that gained featured status Portals that gained featured status
 * Woodcut of Mary and Jesus (August 5)
 * Kew Gardens Palm House (August 5)
 * Sydney Opera House at night (August 5)
 * Ornamental alphabet (August 5)
 * Philadelphia skyline (August 5)
 * Titanium (August 5)
 * Anopterus glandulosus (August 5)
 * Persicaria capitata (August 5)
 * Queen of Hearts (August 6)
 * Knave of Hearts (August 6)
 * Pulsatilla alpina fruit (August 6)
 * Low Library, c. 1900-1910 (August 6)

Sounds that gained featured status

Topics that gained featured status


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