Wikipedia:Goings-on/May 1, 2005

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Goings-on in the week starting Sunday May 1 2005

 * The Washington, D.C. meetup is set for May 7-8. If there are photographs you'd like us to take, or research questions you'd like answered, post them on the meetup page and we'll try to fit them in around our wild partying.
 * Issue 17 of The Wikipedia Signpost is published.

Current live Collaborations of the Week
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 * General: Culture of Ancient Rome
 * Article Improvement Drive: Civil Air Patrol and Fan Fiction
 * Australian: Darwin
 * Canadian: Oak Ridges Moraine
 * Indian: History of Indian music
 * United Kingdom: Human rights in the United Kingdom
 * Spanish translation: Autonomous University of Nuevo León, from es:Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León
 * Gaming: Minigame
 * Wikimedia: Help pages
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Articles featured on the Main Page
 * Swastika (May 1)
 * Charles Ives (May 2)
 * Polish Constitution of May 3, 1791 (May 3)
 * War of the Spanish Succession (May 4)
 * Automatic number plate recognition (May 5)
 * Francis Petre (May 6)
 * Transit of Venus (May 7)


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Articles that gained "featured" status
 * Oakland Cemetery (May 2)
 * Polish Constitution of May 3, 1791 (May 2)
 * Moe Berg (May 2)
 * Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs (May 2)
 * Technetium (May 4)
 * Elagabalus (May 4)
 * Wikipedia (May 4)
 * Geology of the Death Valley area (May 4)

Pictures that gained "featured" status
 * Incandescent Pahoeoe Fountain (May 7)
 * Atmosphere of Jupiter (May 7)
 * Aerogel (May 7)
 * 1936 Nuremberg Rally (May 7)
 * Ring tailed lemur and twins (May 7)
 * Livestock in Chicago, 1947 (May 7)
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