Wikipedia:Goings-on/March 28, 2004

{| cellspacing=3 width="100%"
 * bgcolor="#fffff6" colspan="2" style="border: 1px solid black;padding-left:1em;"|

Goings-on in the week starting Sunday March 28 2004

 * Syntax Extensions - discussion about proposed ways to include different markup for music, hieroglyphs, plots, graphics, etc. Brainstorming then voting will last until April 11. See meta
 * The Accuser of Kobe Bryant (reprise) - Discussion and poll about whether to mention by name the woman accusing Kobe Bryant of rape. See Talk:Kobe Bryant's accuser
 * Proposal to Merge Goings-on with Community Portal - poll taking place, initiated by User:Eloquence
 * Revamping of Boilerplate Request for Permission - comment and collaboration invited at Boilerplate request for permission
 * Administrators - Andrewa, Bearcat, DJ Clayworth, Fennec and Mkweise become administrators. Congratulations!
 * April Fools Jokes - Main page listed on Votes for Deletion. No end of faults found. Jimmy Wales is listed on Requests for adminship. 127.0.0.1 listed on Vandalism in progress. Brief revision of Wikipedia article. Archive at Bad jokes and other deleted nonsense.
 * Arbitration policy ratification vote Do you support the arbitration policy? Vote commences April 2 at Arbitration policy ratification vote to continue for one week. 2/3 majority required for approval, voters must have minimum of 500 edits.
 * Quickpolls - polls on Anthony DiPierro, Wik, Jor, and reddi fail to achieve the 80% threshold and no remedies are implemented. A poll on the actions of Gdansk results in a 24-hour ban.
 * Wikipedia's article Jew is the target of a Google bomb, intended to displace JewWatch from the top search result for "Jew" on Google.
 * Should sockpuppets/new users be voting for admins? There is a poll taking place at Wikipedia talk:Requests for adminship over whether or not there should be a minimum criterion before votes on Requests for adminship count.

Arbitration committee

 * the Arbitration committee decide on the matter of Irismeister. They make four findings of fact.  Their decree includes a reminder to Users DavidWBrooks, Theresa knott, Lord Kenneth and Irismeister to avoid personal attacks; Irismeister is blocked for 10 days (from March 31) and banned from editing Iridology indefinitely.
 * the matter of Anthony DiPierro remains pending
 * a vote on the arbitration policy begins, if accepted by the community, this policy will allow the arbitration committee to accept or decline cases without having to have them referred through Jimbo


 * - valign="top"
 * bgcolor="#fffff6" style="border: 1px solid black;padding-left:1em;"|

Articles featured on the Main Page
 * Bioinformatics (March 28)
 * Yellowstone National Park (March 29)
 * Jet engine (March 30)
 * Superman (March 31)
 * Byzantine Empire (April 1)
 * Crushing by elephant (April 2)
 * Joshua A. Norton (April 3)


 * bgcolor="#fffff6" style="border: 1px solid black;padding-left:1em;"|

Articles that gained "featured" status (Candidates)
 * Java programming language (March 28)
 * Enclave (March 29)
 * Space elevator, Buddhism (March 31)

Articles that lost "featured" status
 * Pub quiz (March 30)

Pictures that gained "featured" status
 * Compound Eye (March 28)
 * USS Iowa (March 30)
 * City Hall (London) (March 31)
 * Dust Storm (March 31)
 * Eros (asteroid) (March 31)


 * }

es:Wikipedia:Resumen de la semana del 29 de marzo de 2004