Wikipedia:Goings-on/January 8, 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 8, 2006
 * The Wikipedia Signpost publishes Volume 2, Issue 2.

Current collaborations
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 * WikiProject Calendars Help with holidays for the new Year!
 * General: Culture of Sudan
 * Improvement Drive: Hurricane Katrina
 * Australian: Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race
 * Biography: Jerry B. Jenkins
 * Canadian: Ice Storm of January 1998
 * Canberra: Walter Burley Griffin
 * Comics: Spider-Man
 * Cricket: Donald Bradman
 * Gaming: Essential articles
 * Indian: Delhi Metro
 * Medicine: Atrial fibrillation
 * 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


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Articles that gained "featured" status
 * Nightwish (January 10)
 * History of saffron (January 10)
 * Dixie (song) (January 10)
 * Paul Kane (January 10)
 * Cynna Neele (January 10)
 * Tooth development (January 10)
 * Schabir Shaik Trial (January 10)

Lists that gained "featured" status
 * List of English words containing Q not followed by U (January 13)
 * List of Church of England dioceses (January 13)

Pictures that gained "featured" status
 * Lorenz attractor (January 8)
 * Hubble Ultra Deep Field (January 10)
 * San Juan Mountain Panorama (January 10)
 * Zion Angels Landing (January 11)
 * Single-phase transformer (January 13)
 * Deep Impact Probe Collision (January 13)
 * F-16 Fighting Falcons above New York City (January 14)

Portals that gained "featured" status
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