Wikipedia:Goings-on/August 8, 2004

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Goings-on in the week starting Sunday August 8 2004

 * August 8: Jimbo celebrates his 38th birthday!
 * Templates for deletion was created, and will begin accepting listings on Monday August 16th.
 * A proposed addition to the blocking policy was made at Blocking policy/Personal attacks. Discussion on this proposal will continue until 23:59 on August 21 before voting.
 * Congratulations to Geogre, Joy, Rlandmann and Topbanana who became administrators this week.
 * August 13-14: Hurricane Charley, which was expected to directly hit the Tampa Bay area, veered east and passed by the area.
 * August 14: Jwrosenzweig and Raul654 are elected as the new members of the Arbitration Committee (full results)


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Articles featured on the Main Page


 * War elephants (August 8)
 * Great Mosque of Djenné (August 9)
 * Middle-earth (August 10)
 * MKULTRA (August 11)
 * Plate tectonics (August 12)
 * Jim Thorpe (August 13)
 * Monopoly (game) (August 14)


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Articles that gained "featured" status
 * Quatermass and the Pit (August 8)
 * Art competitions at the Summer Olympics (August 8)
 * Common scold (August 11)
 * Holy Prepuce (August 11)
 * PaX (August 11)
 * Data Encryption Standard (August 11)
 * History of Greenland (August 11)
 * Barack Obama (August 12)
 * Governor-General of India (August 12)
 * Privy Council (August 13)
 * 2004 Democratic National Convention (August 13)
 * Bloodletting (August 13)

Pictures that gained "featured" status
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