Wikipedia:Goings-on/May 2, 2004

Goings-on in the week starting Sunday May 2 2004 Voting at Wikipedia:Naming policy poll closes, with most users voting in favor of current naming policy. Kiev is modified accordingly. Wikipedia:Span tags poll opens to determine whether or not <span> tags should be allowed in Wikipedia articles. Please vote there. MykReeve, Chancemill, Chris 73, Rbrwr, Mark Richards, Catbar, Dcoetzee and SD6-Agent become administrators. Congratulations! Wiktionaries are created in all languages which have an associated Wikipedia. The 100 Worst Britons now all have articles, most of above stub-length. The Election Campaign for the Board of Trustees of the Wikimedia Foundation has been launched, candidates may list themselves here: meta:Election Candidates Slashdot: Centennial Challenges gets a mention on Slashdot. [1] Arbitration committee Arbitration committee matters continuing this week: Wik2, Mav v. 168 and JRR Trollkien. The case of Paul Vogel is completed on May 7. Vogel is banned from editing for a period of 1 year. The case of ChrisO and Levzur is accepted on May 2 with 3 votes in favour and 3 recusals. In the cases of Wik2, and JRR Trollkien, discussion has reached the stage where the arbitrators are voting on proposed findings of fact and remedies. Association of Members' Advocates The Association of Members' Advocates elected Alex756 as coordinator.

Articles featured on the Main Page Peerage (2 May) Prostitution (3 May) Cladistics (4 May) Abraham Lincoln (5 May) Spacecraft propulsion (6 May) Batman (7 May) Provinces of Thailand (May 8)

Articles that gained "featured" status Mordechai Vanunu (May 4) Floppy disk (May 4) Bullfighting (May 8) European Union (May 8) Pictures that gained "featured" status Madrid-metro (2 May) Spot Fetcher, a Presidential dog (6 May)