Wikipedia:Goings-on/October 2, 2005

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Goings-on in the week starting Sunday October 2 2005

 * Issue 39 of the Wikipedia Signpost published.
 * Voting for Wikiversity continues at Wikiversity/Vote/en.
 * The Article rescue contest has started accepting entries.
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Current collaborations
 * General: Military history of Iraq
 * Improvement Drive: History of chemistry
 * Australian: 1997 Thredbo landslide
 * Biography: John Steinbeck
 * Canadian:
 * Indian: Military History of India
 * United Kingdom: Ethnic groups of the United Kingdom
 * Spanish translation: Tuxtla Gutiérrez from es:Tuxtla Gutiérrez
 * Gaming: Handheld video game
 * Medicine: Medical record
 * Cricket: Donald Bradman
 * Comics: X-Men
 * Interwiki checker


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Articles that gained "featured" status
 * Mercantilism (October 5)
 * French law on secularity and conspicuous religious symbols in schools
 * W. Mark Felt
 * Richard O'Connor
 * Peterborough Chronicle
 * Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)

Pictures that gained "featured" status
 * European Hornet (October 7)
 * Tycho's Supernova Remnant (October 8)

Lists that gained "featured" status
 * List of Northwest Territories general elections (8 October)


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