Wikipedia:Goings-on/December 12, 2004

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Goings-on in the week starting Sunday December 12 2004

 * Voting in the Arbitration Committee elections continues until December 18 (list of candidates, voting page).
 * Discussion opens on Wikipedia:Proposal to expand WP:CSD.
 * Mediation Committee nominations open for comment at Mediation Committee.
 * Tkinias, Solipsist, Ben Brockert, PedanticallySpeaking and AllyUnion become administrators. Congratulations!
 * Debate about whether rambot is permitted to post messages (soliciting participation in a dual-licensing project) to thousands of user talk pages.
 * ArbCom election ends 18 December; be sure to vote before the polls close!


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Articles featured on the Main Page
 * Queen Victoria (December 12)
 * Noam Chomsky (December 13)
 * Abbey Theatre {December 14)
 * Supply and demand (December 15)
 * Doctor Who (December 16)
 * Soda can stove (December 17)
 * Cathedral of Magdeburg (December 18)


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Articles that gained "featured" status


 * I Want To Hold Your Hand (December 16)
 * Planetary nebula (December 16)
 * Niagara Falls (December 16)

Pictures that gained "featured" status
 * Vitruvian Man (December 13)
 * Ejector seat (December 13)
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