Wikipedia:Goings-on/January 8, 2006

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Goings-on in the week starting Sunday January 8, 2006 The Wikipedia Signpost publishes Volume 2, Issue 2.
Current collaborations Wikipedia:WikiProject Calendars Help with holidays for the new Year! General: Culture of Sudan Improvement Drive: Hurricane Katrina Australian: Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race Biography: Jerry B. Jenkins Canadian: Ice Storm of January 1998 Canberra: Walter Burley Griffin Comics: Spider-Man Cricket: Donald Bradman Gaming: Essential articles Indian: Delhi Metro Medicine: Atrial fibrillation Spanish translation: Mission of Nuestra Señora de Loreto from es: United Kingdom: Classical music of the United Kingdom Wikipedia Book Club: Vanity Fair WikiProject Novels: A fresh start? Interwiki checker	Articles that gained "featured" status Nightwish (January 10) History of saffron (January 10) Dixie (song) (January 10) Paul Kane (January 10) Cynna Neele (January 10) Tooth development (January 10) Schabir Shaik Trial (January 10) Lists that gained "featured" status List of English words containing Q not followed by U (January 13) List of Church of England dioceses (January 13) Pictures that gained "featured" status Lorenz attractor (January 8) Hubble Ultra Deep Field (January 10) San Juan Mountain Panorama (January 10) Zion Angels Landing (January 11) Single-phase transformer (January 13) Deep Impact Probe Collision (January 13) F-16 Fighting Falcons above New York City (January 14) Portals that gained "featured" status
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