Wikipedia:Goings-on/December 21, 2008

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Wikipedia always has a lot going on. This page is for news and updates about existing or new projects or initiatives of Wikipedians (i.e. new Collaboration articles, WikiProject help requests or announcements of success, backlogs that really need help, etc.)


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Goings-on in the week starting Sunday, December 21, 2008
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New featured content
Articles that gained featured status
 * AMX-30 (December 21)
 * Marble Madness (December 21)
 * Richard Cordray (December 21)
 * 1994 Atlantic hurricane season (December 21)
 * Raccoon (December 21)
 * July 2006 Westchester County tornado (December 21)
 * Albert, Prince Consort (December 21)
 * Pallid sturgeon (December 21)
 * Tiny Thompson (December 21)
 * Blair Anderson Wark (December 23)
 * Scout Moor Wind Farm (December 23)
 * 2006 Gator Bowl (December 23)
 * Action of 13 January 1797 (December 27)
 * British Empire (December 27)
 * Akutan Zero (December 27)

Lists that gained featured status
 * New York Rangers seasons (December 24)
 * Prison Break (season 2) (December 24)
 * Maryland Terrapins football seasons (December 24)
 * Royal Medal (December 24)
 * List of University of Waterloo people (December 24)
 * List of current Canadian senators (December 24)
 * List of Nobel Laureates in Physiology or Medicine (December 24)
 * List of Formula One Grand Prix winners (December 27)
 * Audioslave discography (December 27)
 * List of Metallica band members (December 27)
 * List of San Diego Padres managers (December 27)
 * List of WWF Light Heavyweight Champions (December 27)
 * List of awards and nominations received by Alicia Keys (December 27)
 * Timeline of the Adriatic campaign, 1807–1814 (December 27)

Pictures that gained featured status Portals that gained featured status Sounds that gained featured status
 * Early Autumn, by Qian Xuan
 * Portrait of an adult male chicken
 * Indecency
 * Fiddler Beetle
 * Dmitry Medvedev and Vladimir Putin
 * Portal:Schools (December 22)

Topics that gained featured status
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