Wikipedia:Goings-on/January 22, 2006

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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 January 22, 2006 Current collaborations
 * The Wikipedia Signpost publishes Volume 2, Issue 4.
 * Wikifun round 12 continues.
 * Admin accountability poll
 * Requests for rollback privileges poll
 * Jimbo announces new arbitrators
 * Barring unforseen circumstances, the Arbcom clerk's office will be going live in a day or two
 * Proposed changes to the image use policy, regarding user-created images.
 * Voting session for Round Six of the Main Page Redesign continues until February 4th. It looks like Round Seven will be the election itself. There are currently 12 designs to choose from.
 * Discussion is underway on how the official election for replacing the Main Page should be set up, including how many candidates should be placed on the ballot, etc. Your input is greatly needed.
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 * WikiProject Calendars Help with holidays for the new Year!
 * General: 1980s fashion
 * Improvement Drive: Asteroid deflection strategies
 * Australian: Six o'clock swill
 * Biography: Jerry B. Jenkins
 * Canadian: Ice Storm of January 1998
 * Canberra: Walter Burley Griffin
 * Comics: Spider-Man
 * Cricket: Donald Bradman
 * Gaming: Square Enix
 * Indian: Delhi Metro
 * Medicine: AIDS
 * Spanish translation: Mission of Nuestra Señora de Loreto from es:
 * United Kingdom: Classical music of the United Kingdom
 * Wikipedia Book Club: Vanity Fair
 * WikiProject Novels: A fresh start?
 * Interwiki checker
 * The Main Page is undergoing extensive redesign at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Usability/Main Page/Draft.
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Articles that gained "featured" status
 * Sino-German cooperation (1911-1941) (January 26)
 * Krazy Kat (January 26)
 * Médecins Sans Frontières (January 26)
 * Adriaen van der Donck (January 26)
 * Music of Athens, Georgia (January 26)
 * Electrical engineering (January 26)
 * Shielded metal arc welding (January 26)
 * Indo-Greek Kingdom (January 26)
 * Kerala (January 26)

Lists that gained "featured" status
 * List of countries (January 22)
 * Flag flying days in Mexico (January 22)
 * List of U.S. states by date of statehood (January 25)
 * List of South Park episodes (January 26)

Pictures that gained "featured" status
 * San Francisco Airport at night (January 22)
 * Uncle Sam poster (January 22)
 * Schloss Vaduz, Liechtenstein (January 23)
 * International Space Station (January 25)
 * Grimsvoetn (January 28)

Portals that gained "featured" status
 * War Portal (January 26)
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