Wikipedia:Goings-on/May 30, 2004

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Goings-on in the week starting Sunday May 30 2004

 * The Template namespace initialisation script moves all non-interface messages from the MediaWiki namespace to the Template namespace. It also changes every instance of to  in the database.
 * Half-million pool opens. Go there and vote on when you think the English wikipedia will hit 500,000 articles.
 * Jimbo has declared today (June 1) to be Brion Vibber Day.
 * A vote on artificial languages equal rights is started on Meta: Meta:Artificial languages equal rights
 * The English Wikipedia was the final Wikipedia to be upgraded to MediaWiki 1.3, on 29 May. Please report bugs to MediaWiki 1.3 comments and bug reports.
 * Wikipedia now supports the use of categories. Categorization will be the center for coordinating efforts to categorize wikipedia. See m:MediaWiki User's Guide: Using Categories and Categorization requirements for more information on categorization.
 * After one week, we have almost 3000 categories.
 * Voting has begun in the Elections for the Wikimedia Board of Trustees
 * Jrdioko, Mirv and Niteowlneils become administrators. Congratulations!
 * Sysops obtain the ability to edit the site's monobook stylesheet at MediaWiki:Monobook.css!
 * There is discussion (including several polls) on suggested modifications to the monobook stylesheet at MediaWiki talk:Monobook.css.


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Articles featured on the Main Page
 * Chinatown (May 30)
 * Helium (May 31)
 * Simon & Garfunkel (June 1)
 * Carl Sagan (June 2)
 * Speech synthesis (June 3)
 * Belgium (June 4)
 * Dmitri Shostakovich (June 5)


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Articles that gained "featured" status
 * Zeppelin (June 3)
 * Transit of Venus (June 5)
 * Emacs (June 5)

Pictures that gained "featured" status
 * Bumblebee (June 1)
 * Paris from Notre-Dame (June 6)
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