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Goings-on in the week starting Sunday August 28 2005

 * Issue 34 of the Wikipedia Signpost published


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Current collaborations
 * General: Kraków Ghetto
 * Improvement Drive: History
 * Australian: Snowtown murders
 * Canadian: National Film Board
 * Indian: Indian independence movement
 * United Kingdom: Communications in the United Kingdom
 * Spanish translation: Gestalt therapy from es:Terapia gestáltica
 * Gaming: Platform game
 * Medicine: Biochemistry
 * Cricket: West Indian cricket team
 * Featured Article Drive: The Godfather, Space Shuttle program
 * Interwiki checker


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Articles that gained "featured" status
 * Gray Wolf (August 30)
 * Phishing (August 30)
 * Shrimp farm (August 30)
 * Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (September 3)
 * Krag-Petersson (September 3)
 * Hubble Deep Field (September 3)
 * Cerebellum (September 3)
 * Asthma (September 3)
 * Sociocultural evolution (September 3)
 * Witold Lutosławski (September 3)

Pictures that gained "featured" status
 * Phalacrocorax-auritus (29 August)
 * Rainbow over Takakkaw Falls (September 1)
 * Snowy Egret (September 1)
 * Silver Gull (September 1)
 * Lightning (September 1)

Lists that gained "featured" status
 * The Oz books (28 August)
 * List of spacewalks and moonwalks (28 August)
 * List of Hong Kong ODI cricketers (31 August)
 * List of recognised political parties in India (31 August)
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