Wikipedia:Goings-on/September 28, 2008

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Goings-on in the week starting Sunday, September 28, 2008

Collaborations by topic

See Template:COTWs for the most up-to-date listing.

New featured content

Articles that gained featured status

Space Invaders (September 29)
Joseph Barbera (September 29)
AMX-30E (September 29)
Cleveland Street scandal (September 29)
Decipherment of rongorongo (September 29)
Hurricane Dean (September 30)
Martin Keamy (September 30)
History of the National Hockey League (1942–1967) (September 30)
German women's national football team (September 30)
Manchester Bolton & Bury Canal (September 30)
James Russell Lowell (October 2)
Stonewall riots (October 4)
Farthest South (October 4)
Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings (October 4)
Steve Bruce (October 4)
Germanium (October 4)

Lists that gained featured status

List of Indonesian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film (October 4)
Ricki-Lee Coulter discography (October 4)
UAB Blazers football seasons (October 4)
List of Toronto Blue Jays Opening Day starting pitchers (October 4)
List of New York Yankees Opening Day starting pitchers (October 4)
Josh Homme albums discography (October 4)
List of The Office (US TV series) episodes (October 4)
NBA All-Rookie Team (October 4)
List of Paul Kelly awards (October 2)
New York Giants seasons (October 2)
List of UEFA Intertoto Cup winners (October 2)
List of gay, lesbian or bisexual people: R (September 30)
List of New York Mets Opening Day starting pitchers (September 30)
List of awards and nominations received by Aerosmith (September 30)
List of awards and nominations received by Muse (September 30)
List of awards and nominations received by Metallica (September 30)
List of Wranglers of the University of Cambridge (September 29)
List of awards and nominations received by The Neptunes (September 29)
Chimaira discography (September 29)
List of Calgary Flames head coaches (September 29)
List of Florida Marlins Opening Day starting pitchers (September 29)
List of number-one Billboard Top Latin Albums of 2002 (September 29)
List of Colorado Rockies Opening Day starting pitchers (September 29)
List of awards and nominations received by Feist (September 29)

Pictures that gained featured status

Philanthus triangulum (October 3)
Speckled Wood (October 3)
Wu Tingfang (October 3)
Map of Yellowstone National Park (October 3)
One million colors (October 3)
Rhinotia hemistictus (October 2)
Racial segregation (October 2)
Sumo wrestler Somagahana Fuchiemon (September 28)
Excavation at Atapuerca Mountains (September 28)
Lixus angustatus (September 28)
Wire brush (September 28)

Portals that gained featured status

Portal:Japan (September 28)

Sounds that gained featured status

I Want to Go Back to Michigan

I Want to Go Back to Michigan, written by Irving Berlin, and performed by Billy Murray for Edison Records in 1914.

"O frondens virga"

From Ordo Virtutum (c.1151) by Abbess Hildegard of Bingen (1098–1179). Performed by Makemi

The Carnival of the Animals

A complete recording of Camille Saint-Saëns' The Carnival of the Animals (in fourteen movements) by pianists Neil and Nancy O'Doan and the Seattle Youth Symphony. Conducted by Vilem Sokol.

Dieu du bonheur, Dieu plein du charmes...

A polacca from Le trompeur trompé, an 1800 opéra comique by Pierre Gaveaux and François Bernard-Valville. Performed on historical instruments, with Montserrat Alavedra as Agathe.

c. 1900 – Antonio Pasculli - Gran Concerto

Antonio Pasculli's Gran Concerto on themes from Verdi's I Vespri Siciliani . Performed by Alex Klein, oboe, and Lisa Bergman, piano.

Brass band arrangement of the Hunters' Chorus from The Lily of Killarney

Brass band arrangement of the Hunters' Chorus from The Lily of Killarney using period instruments. During the 19th century, brass bands began to spring up throughout Europe and America. Popular music, including operas, were arranged for them by composers and music sellers eager to cash in on the free advertising they provided.

Le Bourgeois gentilhomme

Le Bourgeois gentilhomme - 1. Ouverture