Wikipedia:Goings-on/August 21, 2011

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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 (e.g. 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 21, 2011
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New featured content
Articles that gained featured status
 * Final Fantasy XIII (22 Aug)
 * Richard Nixon (22 Aug)
 * Maple syrup (22 Aug)
 * Iranian Embassy siege (22 Aug)
 * Far Eastern Party (22 Aug)
 * Manhattan Project (22 Aug)
 * Rova of Antananarivo (22 Aug)
 * Gerard (archbishop of York) (22 Aug)
 * Tropical Storm Carrie (1972) (22 Aug)
 * Super Science Stories (22 Aug)
 * Gobrecht dollar (22 Aug)
 * Harmon Killebrew (22 Aug)
 * Ferugliotheriidae (22 Aug)
 * Brazilian battleship São Paulo (23 Aug)
 * John Treloar (museum administrator) (23 Aug)
 * Thurisind (23 Aug)
 * Thomas the Slav (23 Aug)
 * Paxillus involutus (23 Aug)
 * Corn Crake (23 Aug)
 * Alister Murdoch (25 Aug)
 * Murder of Julia Martha Thomas (25 Aug)

Lists that gained featured status
 * List of Square Enix video games (21 Aug)
 * List of National Treasures of Japan (writings: Japanese books) (21 Aug)
 * List of De La Salle University people (22 Aug)

Pictures that gained featured status
 * Space Shuttle Discovery launches (21 Aug)
 * Sonia Sotomayor (21 Aug)
 * Black-headed Heron (22 Aug)
 * Blois (22 Aug)
 * Long-tailed Fiscal (23 Aug)
 * Davy Jones' Locker (25 Aug)
 * Grey-headed Robin (25 Aug)
 * Double-banded Plover (25 Aug)
 * Kukenan Tepui (26 Aug)
 * Thames Barrier (26 Aug)
 * Nasser Al-Attiyah driving his Ford Fiesta S2000 (27 Aug)

Portals that gained featured status
 * Michigan Highways (25 Aug)

Sounds that gained featured status

Topics that gained featured status


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