Wikipedia:Goings-on/June 26, 2005

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Goings-on in the week starting Sunday June 26 2005

 * Issue 25 of Wikipedia Signpost is published.
 * A compromise proposal has been suggested to settle the long-standing debate concerning era designations (BCE/CE vs BC/AD).

Current group-editing Collaborations
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 * General: History of Scandinavia, History of Greece
 * Improvement Drive: Non-governmental organization
 * Australian: Snowy Mountains Scheme
 * Canadian: Oka Crisis
 * Indian: Flag of India
 * United Kingdom: Welsh people
 * Spanish translation: Geology of Mercury from es:Geología de Mercurio
 * Gaming: Commercial failures in gaming
 * Cricket: History of Test cricket (1890 to 1900)
 * Wikimedia: Help pages

Current Votes for deletion
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 * Monday, 27 June
 * Sunday, 26 June
 * Saturday, 25 June
 * Friday, 24 June
 * Thursday, 23 June
 * Wednesday, 22 June


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Articles featured on the Main Page
 * Palace of Westminster (June 26)
 * Seabiscuit (June 27)
 * Whale song (June 28)
 * RMS Titanic (June 29)
 * Military history of Puerto Rico (June 30)
 * Vanilla Ninja (July 1)
 * Convention on Psychotropic Substances (July 2)


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Articles that gained "featured" status
 * Indian Railways (June 26)
 * Liberal Party of Canada leadership convention, 1968 (June 30)
 * Hubble Space Telescope (June 30)
 * The Giver (June 30)
 * Buckingham Palace (June 30)

Lists that gained "featured" status
 * List of U.S. House committees (June 27)
 * List of cricket terms (June 27)
 * Sri Lankan national cricket captains (June 30)
 * Bangladeshi national cricket captains (June 30)
 * Indian national cricket captains (June 30)
 * List of Indian districts (July 1)

Pictures that gained "featured" status
 * Gas metal arc welding (June 27)
 * Mouse mechanism cutaway (June 30)
 * Starlet at Cannes Film Festival (July 1)
 * Antarctic krill eye (July 1)

Current requests for adminship
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 * Craigy144
 * Spangineer
 * Mzajac
 * Susvolans
 * Hedley
 * Allen3
 * Bratsche
 * FCYTravis
 * BrandonYusufToropov
 * Willmcw
 * Maltesedog
 * Denelson83
 * R3m0t
 * Weyes
 * Y0u
 * Seth Ilys

Places to help out
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 * Village pump
 * Help desk
 * Reference desk
 * Peer review
 * Cleanup
 * Pages needing attention
 * Current surveys
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