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Trauma (medicine)

| September 10, 2010

| September 25, 2010

| 107

| [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Trauma_%28medicine%29&oldid=383942570 Before] {{classicon|C}}

| [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Trauma_%28medicine%29&oldid=383942570 After] {{classicon|C}}

| [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Trauma_%28medicine%29&diff=cur&oldid=383943102 Diff]

Aengus Finucane

| October 10, 2009

| October 15, 2009

| 35

| N/A

| [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Aengus_Finucane&oldid=320069088 After] {{classicon|start}} 10px

| [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Aengus_Finucane&action=historysubmit&diff=320069088&oldid=319064478 Diff]

Oil

| September 19, 2009

| October 10, 2009

| 54

| [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Oil&oldid=319056978 Before] {{classicon|start}}

| [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Oil&oldid=319056978 After] {{classicon|start}}

| [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php??title=Oil&diff=http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Oil&diff=cur&oldid=314900424 Diff]

Battle of the Nobles

| August 24, 2009

| September 19, 2009

| 21

| [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_the_Nobles&oldid=309697180 Before] {{classicon|start}}

| [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_the_Nobles&oldid=314896051 After] {{classicon|start}}

| [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_the_Nobles&diff=cur&oldid=309697180 Diff]

Monkey

| August 13, 2009

| August 20, 2009

| 22

| [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Monkey&oldid=305195124 Before] {{classicon|start}}

| [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Monkey&oldid=309009631 After] {{classicon|start}}

| [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Monkey&diff=309436680&oldid=305195124 Diff]

{{USS|Massachusetts|BB-59}}

| August 1, 2009

| August 13, 2009

| 111

| [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=USS_Massachusetts_(BB-59)&oldid=305384424 Before] {{classicon|start}}

| [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=USS_Massachusetts_(BB-59)&oldid=307840924 After] {{classicon|GA}}

| [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=USS_Massachusetts_(BB-59)&diff=cur&oldid=305384424 Diff]

Dry ice

| July 24, 2009

| August 1, 2009

| 333

| [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dry_ice&oldid=304036820 Before] {{classicon|start}}

| [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dry_ice&oldid=305382630 After] {{classicon|B}}

| [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dry_ice&diff=cur&oldid=304036820 Diff]

Marco Polo sheep

| July 16, 2009

| July 24, 2009

| 249

| [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Marco_Polo_sheep&oldid=302380871 Before] {{classicon|stub}}

| [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Marco_Polo_sheep&oldid=304042861 After] {{classicon|B}} 10px

| [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Marco_Polo_sheep&diff=cur&oldid=292867148 Diff]

Marco Polo

| July 5, 2009

| July 16, 2009

| 634

| [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Marco_Polo&oldid=300410353 Before] {{classicon|B}}

| [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Marco_Polo&oldid=302353828 After] {{classicon|GA}}

| [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Marco_Polo&diff=302353828&oldid=300410353 Diff]

Richard Montgomery

| September 3, 2008

| October 15, 2008

| 185

| [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Richard_Montgomery&oldid=235573783 Before]

| [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Richard_Montgomery&oldid=245504430 After]

| [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Richard_Montgomery&diff=245504430&oldid=235573783 Diff]

Academy Award

| August 26, 2008

| September 2, 2008

| 55

| [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Academy_Award&oldid=234358101 Before]

| [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Academy_Award&oldid=235132877 After]

| [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Academy_Award&diff=235132877&oldid=234358101 Diff]

John Jay

| August 19, 2008

| August 26, 2008

| 224

| [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John_Jay&oldid=230955553 Before]

| [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John_Jay&oldid=234358864 After]

| [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John_Jay&diff=234358864&oldid=230955553 Diff]

Biafra

| August 15, 2008

| August 19, 2008

| 180

| [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Biafra&oldid=231649424 Before]

| [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Biafra&oldid=233001538 After]

| [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Biafra&diff=233001538&oldid=231649424 Diff]

Gilbert du Motier, marquis de La Fayette

| August 11, 2008

| August 15, 2008

| 566

| [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gilbert_du_Motier%2C_marquis_de_La_Fayette&oldid=230600988 Before]

| [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gilbert_du_Motier%2C_marquis_de_La_Fayette&oldid=232031842 After] {{classicon|GA}}

| [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gilbert_du_Motier%2C_marquis_de_La_Fayette&diff=232031842&oldid=230600988 Diff]

Recording studio

| August 7, 2008

| August 11, 2008

| 19

| [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Recording_studio&oldid=150060002 Before]

| [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Recording_studio&oldid=230642501 After]

| [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Recording_studio&diff=230642501&oldid=150060002 Diff]

Play_(theatre)

| June 14, 2008

| August 7, 2008

| 45

| [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Play_(theatre)&oldid=219324197 Before]

| [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Play_(theatre)&oldid=229352302 After]

| [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Play_(theatre)&diff=229352302&oldid=219324197 Diff]

Michelangelo

| June 9, 2008

| June 16, 2008

| 27

| [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Michelangelo&oldid=216849421 Before]

| [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Michelangelo&oldid=219572205 After]

| [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Michelangelo&diff=219572205&oldid=216849421 Diff]

Artificial sunlight

| May 31, 2008

| June 9, 2008

| 68

| [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Artificial_sunlight&oldid=214219665 Before]

| [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Artificial_sunlight&oldid=218093706 After]

| [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Artificial_sunlight&diff=218093944&oldid=216188712 Diff]

Thirty Years' War

| May 22, 2008

| May 31, 2008

| 166

| [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Thirty_Years%27_War&oldid=214012699 Before]

| [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Thirty_Years%27_War&oldid=215939019 After]

| [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Thirty_Years%27_War&diff=215939019&oldid=214012699 Diff]

Kristallnacht

| May 17, 2008

| May 22, 2008

| 180

| [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kristallnacht&oldid=212393462 Before]

| [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kristallnacht&oldid=214021579 After] {{classicon|GA}}

| [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kristallnacht&diff=214021579&oldid=212393462 Diff]

Dam

| colspan=2 | August 14, 2007

| 161

| [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dam&oldid=148241135 Before]

| [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dam&oldid=151033048 After]

| [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dam&diff=151033048&oldid=148241135 Diff]

Mao Zedong

| colspan=2 | August 1, 2007

| 50

| [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mao_Zedong&oldid=147917823 Before]

| [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mao_Zedong&oldid=148486240 After]

| [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mao_Zedong&diff=148486240&oldid=147917823 Diff]

Gang

| colspan=2 | July 31, 2007

| 64

| [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gang&oldid=148122918 Before]

| [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gang&oldid=148156634 After]

| [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gang&diff=148156634&oldid=148122918 Diff]

Oil spill

| colspan=2 | July 29, 2007

| 21

| [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Oil_spill&oldid=146940195 Before]

| [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Oil_spill&oldid=148109510 After]

| [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Oil_spill&diff=148109510&oldid=146940195 Diff]

Underground Railroad

| colspan=2 | July 29, 2007

| 18

| [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Underground_Railroad&oldid=142700212 Before]

| [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Underground_Railroad&oldid=147760164 After]

| [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Underground_Railroad&diff=147760164&oldid=142700212 Diff]

History of Russia

| colspan=2 | July 25, 2007

| 337

| [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=History_of_Russia&oldid=146019480 Before]

| [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=History_of_Russia&oldid=146968106 After]

| [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=History_of_Russia&diff=146968106&oldid=146019480 Diff]

Third World

| colspan=2 | July 20, 2007

| 56

| [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Third_World&oldid=144439976 Before]

| [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Third_World&oldid=146004558 After]

| [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Third_World&diff=146004558&oldid=144439976 Diff]

First Lady

| colspan=2 | July 19, 2007

| 65

| [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=First_Lady&oldid=144352793 Before]

| [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=First_Lady&oldid=145753720 After]

| [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=First_Lady&diff=145753720&oldid=144352793 Diff]

William I of England

| colspan=2 | July 19, 2007

| 71

| [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=William_I_of_England&oldid=144829787 Before]

| [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=William_I_of_England&oldid=145566797 After]

| [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=William_I_of_England&diff=145566797&oldid=144829787 Diff]

Environmentally friendly

| colspan=2 | July 15, 2007

| 60

| [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Environmentally_friendly&oldid=138579548 Before]

| [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Environmentally_friendly&oldid=143970436 After]

| [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Environmentally_friendly&diff=143970436&oldid=138579548 Diff]

Casino

| colspan=2 | July 09, 2007

| 18

| [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Casino&oldid=128622120 Before]

| [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Casino&oldid=143549864 After]

| [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Casino&diff=143549864&oldid=128622120 Diff]

Balloon

| colspan=2 | May 11, 2007

| 71

| [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Balloon&oldid=126303911 Before]

| [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Balloon&oldid=129692589 After]

| [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Balloon&diff=129692589&oldid=126303911 Diff]

Legume

| colspan=2 | April 28, 2007

| 7

| [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Legume&oldid=124522232 Before]

| [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Legume&oldid=126127309 After]

| [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Legume&diff=126127309&oldid=124522232 Diff]

Farm

| colspan=2 | April 22, 2007

| 74

| [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Farm&oldid=122644955 Before]

| [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Farm&oldid=124699760 After]

| [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Farm&diff=124699760&oldid=122644955 Diff]

Shogun

| colspan=2 | April 18, 2007

| 69

| [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Shogun&oldid=122128494 Before]

| [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Shogun&oldid=123795947 After]

| [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Shogun&diff=123795947&oldid=122128494 Diff]

Poor Richard's Almanack

| colspan=2 | April 17, 2007

| 112

| [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Poor_Richard%27s_Almanack&oldid=122559600 Before]

| [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Poor_Richard%27s_Almanack&oldid=123795947 After]

| [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Poor_Richard%27s_Almanack&diff=123633752&oldid=122559600 Diff]

Icelanders

| colspan=2 | April 16, 2007

| 241

| [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Icelanders&oldid=121222719 Before]

| [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Icelanders&oldid=123205797 After] {{classicon|GA}}

| [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Icelanders&diff=123205797&oldid=121222719 Diff]

John Gow

| colspan=2 | April 16, 2007

| 96

| [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John_Gow&oldid=118516444 Before]

| [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John_Gow&oldid=123118628 After]

| [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John_Gow&diff=123118628&oldid=118516444 Diff]

Coloring book

| colspan=2 | April 15, 2007

| 78

| [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Coloring_book&oldid=120035255 Before]

| [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Coloring_book&oldid=123077473 After]

| [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Coloring_book&diff=123077473&oldid=120035255 Diff]

Aelbert Cuyp

| colspan=2 | April 15, 2007

| 24

| [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Aelbert_Cuyp&oldid=119508012 Before]

| [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Aelbert_Cuyp&oldid=122878031 After]

| [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Aelbert_Cuyp&diff=122878031&oldid=119508012 Diff]

Christopher Columbus

| colspan=2 | October 10, 2006

| 118

| [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Christopher_Columbus&oldid=80518967 Before]

| [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Christopher_Columbus&oldid=80823529 After]

| [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Christopher_Columbus&diff=80823529&oldid=80518967 Diff]

Polar exploration

| colspan=2 | September 20, 2006

| 23

| [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Polar_exploration&oldid=76708171 Before]

| [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Polar_exploration&oldid=76722944 After]

| [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Polar_exploration&diff=76722944&oldid=76708171 Diff]

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  • The current article will be tagged with {{tlx|Spotlight}} on the talk page. That template auto-detects which namespace it is in, and adds the appropriate text.
  • After completion, {{tlx|Spotlighted|date}} will be placed on the talk page.
  • When working on the article, please put {{Spotlight working|~~~~~}} within the section that you are working on.

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