Wikipedia:Goings-on/May 8, 2005

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Goings-on in the week starting Sunday May 8 2005
Current live Collaborations of the Week
 * Issue 18 of The Wikipedia Signpost is published.
 * Ongoing discussion of a new "Portal:" namespace for Wikiportals at Portalspace.
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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: Geography of India
 * United Kingdom: Human rights in the United Kingdom
 * Spanish translation: Icod de los Vinos, from es:Icod de los Vinos
 * Gaming: Minigame
 * Wikimedia: Help pages
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Articles featured on the Main Page
 * Goa (May 8)
 * Irish poetry (May 9)
 * Samantha Smith (May 10)
 * Diamond (May 11)
 * Brian Close (May 12)
 * Louis Riel (May 13)
 * Battle of Aljubarrota (May 14)


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Articles that gained "featured" status
 * Civil Air Patrol (May 8)
 * Rebecca Clarke (May 8)
 * Dalek (May 8)
 * Three Laws of Robotics (May 8)
 * Open cluster (May 13)
 * Libertarianism (May 13)
 * British monarchy (May 13)
 * The Quatermass Experiment (May 13)

Pictures that gained "featured" status
 * Pandion haliaetus (Osprey) (May 9)
 * Lichtenstein Castle (May 10)
 * Wasp stinger (May 11)
 * Lake Mapourika (May 12)
 * William Cranch (May 12)
 * Hupa fisherman (May 13)
 * Canyon De Chelly (May 13)
 * Hildesheim Town Hall (May 13)
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