Wikipedia:Goings-on/February 13, 2005

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Goings-on in the week starting Sunday February 13 2005

 * The non-stub weekly collaboration Article Improvement Drive has been started.
 * End-user suppression of potentially offensive content - Recently, in various forums throughout Wikimedia, there has been much discussion about the appropriateness of certain content on Wikipedia, particularly sexually and medically explicit photos. There has been some agreement that, rather than participate in self-censorship, this problem could be dealt with at a technical level by allowing downstream users of Wikimedia projects to control for themselves if such content is removed, hidden (linked) or shown by default. You can contribute to this idea at End-user content suppression
 * A survey on the use of "rel=nofollow" in external links continues at Nofollow.
 * A press release is being worked on for the upcoming Wikimania 2005 conference.
 * Voting on a new Wikipedia portal has now finished.
 * The sixth edition of The Wikipedia Signpost is published.
 * A log of the open Wikimedia board meeting held on Tuesday is published on Meta.
 * A major vote opens at Talk:Gdansk/Vote to resolve the naming of Gdansk/Danzig and many other locations with a Polish/German history. Voting ends at 0:00 UTC on Friday, March 4.


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Articles featured on the Main Page
 * Bryce Canyon National Park (February 13)
 * Mary I of England (February 14)
 * History of Russia (February 15)
 * Commonwealth of Nations (February 16)
 * Mor lam (February 17)
 * Graffiti (February 18)
 * Xenu (February 19)


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Articles that gained "featured" status
 * Space Race (February 15)
 * AEJ Collins (February 15)
 * Sikkim (February 15)
 * Great Lakes Storm of 1913 (February 17)
 * Names of God in Judaism (February 17)
 * League of Nations (February 17)
 * Michel Foucault (February 17)
 * Nafaanra language (February 17)
 * War of the Spanish Succession (February 17)
 * BZFlag (February 19)

Pictures that gained "featured" status
 * Wakizashi style sword mounting (February 14)
 * Destitute pea pickers in California (February 19)
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