Wikipedia:Goings-on/August 7, 2005

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Goings-on in the week starting Sunday August 7 2005

 * Policy discussion: Arbitration Committee Elections December 2005/Proposed modifications to rules
 * Issue 31 of Wikipedia Signpost is published. Signpost editor Michael Snow announces that he's suspending operations.
 * The Wikimania conference took place August 4–8.


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Current collaborations
 * General: Winter, Horn of Africa
 * Improvement Drive: Napoleonic Wars
 * Australian: Snowy Mountains Scheme
 * Canadian: Michaëlle Jean
 * Indian: Indian independence movement
 * United Kingdom: Communications in the United Kingdom
 * Spanish translation: Cuisine of Argentina from Gastronomía de Argentina
 * Gaming: Comparison of handheld gaming consoles
 * Medicine: Pneumonia
 * Cricket: West Indian cricket team
 * Interwiki checker


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Articles that gained "featured" status
 * Henry Fonda (August 8)
 * Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (August 8)
 * SS Andrea Doria (August 8)
 * Autism (August 10)
 * Iron Maiden (band) (August 10)
 * Tom Brinkman (August 10)
 * Hero of Ukraine (August 11)
 * Gyeongju (August 11)

Pictures that gained "featured" status
 * Image:Romanian hay.jpg (August 11)
 * Image:Fog&Sunny.png (August 12)

Lists that gained "featured" status
 * List of members of the Commonwealth of Nations by date joined (August 7)
 * List of countries with nuclear weapons (August 9)
 * List of sex positions (August 9)
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