Wikipedia:Goings-on/December 26, 2004

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Goings-on in the week starting Sunday December 26 2004

 * Mediation Committee nominations open for comment at Mediation Committee. Additional candidates are welcome to volunteer, since several mediators are among the newly elected arbitrators and will need to be replaced.
 * Redirect arrow contest continues until January 30.
 * Discussion continues on Wikipedia:Proposal to expand WP:CSD. Voting on the proposal begins 2nd January.
 * Editors Premeditated Chaos, Tim Ivorson, and Urhixidur were promoted to administrator. Super duper.
 * A new cleanup page layout had been set up. Help needed in reorganizing pages to clean up.
 * The Arbitration Committee closes the cases Snowspinner vs. Lir and Gene Poole vs. Samboy.


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Articles featured on the Main Page
 * Battle of the Somme (1916) (December 26)
 * Niagara Falls (December 27)
 * House of Lords (December 28)
 * Turquoise (December 29)
 * Max Weber (December 30)
 * Planetary nebula (December 31)
 * Alchemy (January 1)


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Articles that gained "featured" status
 * First Crusade (December 27)
 * Btrieve (December 29)
 * Equal Protection Clause (December 29)
 * Use of poison gas in World War I (December 31)
 * Bahá'í Faith (December 31)

Pictures that gained "featured" status
 * Image:Coyote portrait.jpg (December 31)
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