Wikipedia:Goings-on/August 21, 2005

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Goings-on in the week starting Sunday August 21 2005

 * Issue 33 of the Wikipedia Signpost published
 * The Portal namespace has been created for reader-facing portals (see, for example, Portal:Cricket)
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Current collaborations
 * General: Militarisation of space
 * Improvement Drive: Grameen Bank
 * Australian: Snowtown murders
 * Canadian: Michaëlle Jean
 * Indian: Indian independence movement
 * United Kingdom: Communications in the United Kingdom
 * Spanish translation: Gestalt therapy from es:Terapia gestáltica
 * Gaming: Platform game
 * Medicine: Rheumatoid arthritis
 * Cricket: West Indian cricket team
 * Featured Article Drive: The Godfather, Space Shuttle program
 * Interwiki checker


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Articles that gained "featured" status
 * Montréal-Mirabel International Airport (August 24)
 * Spyware (August 24)
 * The Jackson 5 (August 26)
 * History of Arizona (August 26)
 * San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge (August 27)
 * Jean Schmidt (August 27)
 * Columbine High School massacre (August 27)
 * Augustan drama (August 27)
 * My Belarusy (August 27)
 * Ku Klux Klan (August 27)

Pictures that gained "featured" status
 * Map of Manila (22 August)
 * Red Fox with prey (sharpened) (23 August)
 * Grand prismatic spring (27 August)
 * Sympetrum flaveolum (27 August)

Lists that gained "featured" status
 * List of Archbishops of Canterbury (21 August)
 * List of Canadian provincial and territorial orders (27 August)


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