Wikipedia:Goings-on/February 6, 2005

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Goings-on in the week starting Sunday February 6 2005

 * A survey on the use of "rel=nofollow" in external links opens for voting at Nofollow.
 * Raulbot, a unix upload script run by Raul654, begins work on commons uploading classical music. Track progress at Sound/list
 * A Wikiportal, India has been created on 11 February 2005.
 * The first Wikiportal, Biology, has been created. The idea was first introduced in the German Wikipedia, and later in the French, Polish, Dutch, Japanese and Hebrew ones. Portals for Art and Sport are also finished.
 * A press release is being worked on for the upcoming Wikimania 2005 conference.
 * Voting on a new Wikipedia portal continues.
 * Discussion continues on a revived proposal to enforce the no personal attacks policy by means of temporary blocks.
 * A new report has been compiled about repeated words. About 1100 entries are waiting to be corrected.
 * A run-off poll to choose the new logo of Wikinews is ongoing at Wikinews logo contest voting/Runoff.
 * A run-off poll to choose the new logo of Wikinews is ongoing at Wikinews logo contest voting/Runoff.


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Articles featured on the Main Page
 * Poetry of the United States (February 6)
 * Bodyline (February 7)
 * Battle of Inchon (February 8)
 * Jonathan Wild (February 9)
 * Coconut crab (February 10)
 * Economy of the Republic of Ireland (February 11)
 * Albert Einstein (February 12)


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Articles that gained "featured" status
 * John Day (printer) (February 6)
 * Death Valley National Park (February 6)
 * History of post-Soviet Russia (February 6)
 * Windows XP (February 9)
 * History of Russia (February 9)
 * Book of Kells (February 11)
 * Octopus card (February 11)
 * Lord's Resistance Army (February 11)
 * Get Back (February 11)
 * Anne Frank (February 11)
 * Test matches in the 19th century (to 1883) (February 11)

Pictures that gained "featured" status
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