Wikipedia:Goings-on/December 11, 2005

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Goings-on in the week starting Sunday December 11, 2005

 * Wikifun Round 11 and Mind Benders Round 4 continue
 * Issue 49 of Wikipedia Signpost is published


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Current collaborations
 * General: 19th century
 * Improvement Drive: Emergency department
 * Australian: Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race
 * Biography: Jerry B. Jenkins
 * Canadian: Simon Fraser (explorer)
 * Canberra: Walter Burley Griffin
 * Comics: Spider-Man
 * Cricket: Donald Bradman
 * Gaming: Essential articles
 * Indian: Military History of India
 * Medicine: Prostate cancer
 * Spanish translation: Mission of Nuestra Señora de Loreto from es:
 * United Kingdom: Classical music of the United Kingdom
 * Wikipedia Book Club: Vanity Fair
 * WikiProject Novels: A fresh start?
 * WikiProject Macintosh is founded and in 14 days picks up 18 members.
 * Interwiki checker


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Articles that gained "featured" status
 * Prostitution in the People's Republic of China (December 15)
 * De Lorean DMC-12 (December 15)
 * Fred Phelps (December 15)
 * White's tree frog (December 15)
 * History of the Australian Capital Territory (December 15)
 * Dietrich v The Queen (December 15)
 * Douglas Adams (December 15)
 * Blues (December 15)
 * The West Wing (television) (December 15)

Pictures that gained "featured" status
 * Completion of the Transcontinental Railroad (December 11)
 * Dettifoss (December 11)
 * Intel 80486DX2 die (December 14)
 * Old Tram Interior (December 17)
 * Hashish shop in Kathmandu (December 17)
 * Asian Arowana (December 18)

Lists that gained "featured" status
 * List of London Underground stations (11 December)
 * List of Presidents of Venezuela (11 December)
 * List of Scottish ODI cricketers (13 December)
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