• 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.

• The Association of Members' Advocates elected Alex756 as coordinator.

Articles featured on the Main Page

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• 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)