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 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.