Wikipedia:Goings-on/September 18, 2005

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Goings-on in the week starting Sunday September 18 2005

 * Issue 37 of the Wikipedia Signpost published.
 * Improve this article about Wikipedia - A draft story for Esquire magazine about Wikipedia that Wikipedians edited. Description of the arrangement can be found on the mailing list
 * The Wikinews Licensure Poll ends on September 20.
 * Voting for Wikiversity continues at Wikiversity/Vote/en. Please read the Wikiversity proposal and cast your vote to support or oppose this potential Wikimedia project.


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Current collaborations
 * General: History of the Caribbean
 * Improvement Drive: H5N1
 * Australian: History of Queensland
 * Biography: Vasco da Gama
 * Canadian: National Film Board
 * Indian: Military History of India
 * United Kingdom: Ethnic groups of the United Kingdom
 * Spanish translation: Tuxtla Gutiérrez from es:Tuxtla Gutiérrez
 * Gaming: Rygar
 * Medicine: Medical record
 * Cricket: Donald Bradman
 * Featured Article Drive: Space Shuttle program, Manetho, A Link to the Past
 * Interwiki checker


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Articles that gained "featured" status
 * Dogpatch USA (September 19)
 * Marshall Plan (September 19)
 * Music of Nigeria (September 19)
 * Lakitu (September 19)

Pictures that gained "featured" status Lists that gained "featured" status
 * M4 Carbine Casing (September 18)
 * European Parliament in Strasbourg (September 18)
 * Lauterbrunnen-valley (September 19)
 * Eyjafjallajökull (September 21)
 * Interstate 80 (September 22)
 * Cathedral of Segovia (September 22)
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