Wikipedia:Goings-on/October 17, 2004

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Goings-on in the week starting Sunday October 17 2004

 * Chicago meetup with Jimbo Wales scheduled for 24 October 2004. Sign up if you can attend.
 * Seattle meetup (without Jimbo Wales, but with lots of other Wikipedians) scheduled for Saturday, 6 November 2004. Sign up if you can attend.
 * Gwalla, Hawstom, Ta bu shi da yu, and CyborgTosser become administrators, and UninvitedCompany becomes a bureaucrat. Congratulations!


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Articles featured on the Main Page
 * Roche limit (October 17)
 * Cyclone Tracy (October 18)
 * Margin of error (October 19)
 * Attila the Hun (October 20)
 * Jazz (October 21)
 * Breastfeeding (October 22)
 * Crime fiction (October 23)


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Articles that gained "featured" status
 * Attalus I (October 18)
 * The Adventures of Tintin (October 18)
 * Dred Scott v. Sandford (October 18)
 * Shroud of Turin (October 18)
 * Japanese toilet (October 18)

Pictures that gained "featured" status
 * Kepler's Supernova (October 22)
 * The Himalayan Mountains (October 21)
 * Horse Chestnuts (October 21)
 * Peacock (October 21)
 * Biodiversity (October 20)
 * Daisy - surface tension (October 19)
 * Red-back spider (October 18)
 * Landing at Normandy (October 18)
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