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1 Scouting articles by quality
2 Scouting articles by quality
3 Featured articles
4 Featured lists
5 Featured portals
6 Good articles
7 Did you know?
8 V0.5 Selections

[edit] Scouting articles by quality

[edit] Featured articles

FA article	Date created	FA status date	Author	Notes
Girl Scouts of the USA	12 Aug 2003	11 Nov 2006	Darthgriz98	our first female-specific FA
Gilwell Park	17 Jan 2004	12 Sep 2006	Rlevse with Wimvandorst	the hallowed ground of Scouting
Boy Scouts of America membership controversies	26 Sep 2005	24 Jul 2006	Jagz and Alecmconroy	self-explanatory
Baden-Powell House	28 May 2006	21 Jul 2006	Wim van Dorst	Scout hostel in London
Eagle Scout (Boy Scouts of America)	02 Feb 2003	23 Jun 2006	Gadget850 and Rlevse	BSA's highest and most prestigious rank. MAIN PAGE: Nov 14, 2006.
History of merit badges (Boy Scouts of America)	03 Dec 2005	19 Jan 2006	Rlevse	history of the types or generations of merit badge manufacturing in the BSA. MAIN PAGE: Feb 22, 2006.
Witold Pilecki	14 Jul 2004	03 Jan 2005	multiple (not authored by Scouting project)	leader of a Scout resistance group in WWII Poland, volunteered to enter Auschwitz, very interesting MAIN PAGE: Jan 24, 2005.

NOTE: put in order of FA designation, most recent on top.

[edit] Featured lists

FL	Date created	FL status date	Primary designer	Notes
List of notable Eagle Scouts (Boy Scouts of America)	31 Dec 2003	18 Nov 2006	Gadget850 with Rlevse	notable BSA Eagle Scouts

[edit] Featured portals

FP	Date created	FP status date	Primary designer	Notes
Scouting	28 Jan 2006	12 Mar 2006	Rlevse	portal for worldwide Scouting

[edit] Good articles

GA article	Date created	GA status date	Author	Notes
South African Scout Association	10 Apr 2005	30 Nov 2006	Jediwannabe and Zaian
Arthur Rose Eldred	17 Jan 2006	10 Nov 2006	Rlevse	BSA's first Eagle Scout
The Scout Association of Hong Kong	06 Sep 2005	16 Oct 2006	Wimvandorst	Scouting in Hong Kong
Girl Scouts of the USA	12 Aug 2003	09 Oct 2006	Darthgriz98	Girl Scouting in the USA; became Featured Article
Boy Scout	24 Jul 2006	30 Jul 2006	Rlevse	was a redirect that was turned into a full article on 24 July 2006
Scouting	24 Sep 2001	13 Jul 2006	multiple	overview article on the Scouting movement; became A-class
Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell	6 Jul 2002	28 Jun 2006	multiple	founder of Scouting movement and British Army Lt. General
George Thomas Coker	8 Jan 2006	23 Jun 2006	Rlevse	POW leader during Vietnam War and Distinguished Eagle Scout
Baden-Powell House	28 May 2006	18 Jun 2006	Wim van Dorst	BP hostel and conference center in London; became A-class; became Featured Article
Eagle Scout (Boy Scouts of America)	02 Feb 2003	17 May 2006	multiple	about BSA's highest rank, Eagle Scout; became Featured Article

NOTE: put in order of GA designation, most recent on top.

[edit] Did you know?

Main Page DYK article	Date created	Date on DYK	Author	Notes
Oleg Pantyukhov	9 Dec 2006	13 Dec 2006	Kintetsubuffalo	Key found of Russian Scouting
Religion in Scouting	1 Dec 2006	4 Dec 2006	Horus Kol	Religion and spirituality in Scouting, and controversies caused
Valley Forge Pilgrimage	26 Oct 2006	30 Oct 2006	Evrik	Oldest scouting event
Scouts' Day	6 Oct 2006	9 Oct 2006	Evrik and Horus Kol	Article was a rename from Scout Sunday page.
Harry Brinkley Bass	27 Sep 2006	28 Sep 2006	Rlevse	Eagle Scout and WWII hero (two DYKs in one day!)
Silver Fish	26 Sep 2006	28 Sep 2006	Kingbird	Highest female Scout Leader award
3rd World Scout Jamboree	17 Sep 2006	21 Sep 2006	Wimvandorst	Coming of age Jamboree and Baden-Powell had a peerage conferred upon him there
1st World Scout Jamboree	12 Sep 2006	15 Sep 2006	Horus Kol	First world wide Scout encampment
Tunnel Mill Scout Reservation	2 Sep 2006	05 Sep 2006	Bedford	First murder at a Scout camp (of its type at least)
Resica Falls Scout Reservation	6 Aug 2006	12 Aug 2006	Evrik	Museum citation
Brownsea Island Scout camp	9 Jul 2006	16 Jul 2006	Zaian	first Scout camp and upcoming centenary
Mafeking Cadet Corps	6 May 2006	11 May 2006	Zaian	Volunteer boy cadets who were one of Baden-Powell's inspirations when he started Scouting
50-miler award	21 Mar 2006	23 Mar 2006	Johntex	hiking/canoeing award to encourage positive values
Sanford N. McDonnell	17 Mar 2006	20 Mar 2006	Rlevse	Chairman of McDonnell Douglas and president of BSA
Owasippe Scout Reservation	1 Feb 2006	2 Feb 2006	Thesquire	Oldest continuously operating Boy Scout camp in the United States
Arthur Rose Eldred	17 Jan 2006	19 Jan 2006	Rlevse	First Eagle Scout in BSA history, son and grandson are Eagle Scouts
George Thomas Coker	08 Jan 2006	10 Jan 2006	Rlevse	1 of 2 POWs who escaped from the "Hanoi Hilton", Distinguished Eagle Scout

[edit] V0.5 Selections

V0.5 Selectee	Date created	Date selected	Notes
Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell	06 Jul 2002	13 Oct 2006
Scouting	24 Sep 2001	13 Oct 2006
History of merit badges (Boy Scouts of America)	03 Dec 2005	29 Jul 2006
Boy Scouts of America membership controversies	26 Sep 2005	26 Jul 2006
Baden-Powell House	28 May 2006	23 Jul 2006
Eagle Scout (Boy Scouts of America)	02 Feb 2003	13 Jul 2006	our first selection for a Wiki CD release