Wikipedia:Goings-on/August 20, 2006

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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 20, 2006
 * Brad Patrick and Danny Wool will be doing a Skype interview on Friday, August 25, 2006 (11pm in East Asia, 9pm in Moscow, 4/5pm in Europe, 11am in Eastern US, 8am in Western US.) See Andrew Lih's blog


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Articles that gained "featured" status
 * Eurovision Song Contest (August 22)
 * Ecclesiastical heraldry (August 22)
 * Macedonia (terminology) (August 22)
 * Chrono Cross (August 22)
 * German occupation of Luxembourg in World War I (August 22)
 * Tahirih Justice Center (August 22)
 * Summer of '42 (August 22)
 * Oceanic whitetip shark (August 22)
 * The Wire (TV series) (August 22)
 * Globular cluster (August 22)
 * New Carissa (August 22)
 * Final Fantasy VII (August 22)
 * Padmé Amidala (August 22)
 * Concerto delle donne (August 22)
 * The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (radio series) (August 22)
 * Don Dunstan (August 22)

Lists that gained "featured" status
 * List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Cleveland (August 25)
 * List of Delaware hurricanes (August 25)

Pictures that gained "featured" status
 * A North American bison (August 22)
 * Swan Goose (August 22)
 * Havasu Falls (August 22)
 * Apatani tribal women (August 23)
 * Dorothea Lange, 1936 / 1932 Ford Model B (August 25)
 * Isometric Projection Demonstration (August 25)
 * Horseshoe Bend (August 26)
 * Symmetry group (August 26)

Portals that gained "featured" status


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