Wikipedia:Simple News/08-06-09/Announcements

• Wikipedia has 59,000 articles!
• Color blindness has been promoted to Good Article status.
• Bloc Party has been promoted to Very Good Article status.
• Tropical Storm Barry (2007) has been promoted to Very Good Article status.
• Hurricane Ismael has been promoted to Good Article status.
• France has been demoted to regular article status.
• Mouthpiece (brass) has been demoted to regular article status.
• Cuban Missile Crisis has been demoted to regular article status.
• Wijerd Jelckama is currently at Proposed Good Articles - your comments are welcomed.
• Hermann Göring, Ludwig van Beethoven and Linux are currently at Proposed Good Articles - your comments are welcomed.
• There is an ongoing discussion about the introduction of Very Good Lists - your comments are welcomed.
• DYK is getting back up to speed with several contributions waiting for the Main Page. Please continue to show your support by reviewing and nomination hooks.
• There is an ongoing discussion about the introduction of an Arbitration Committee - your comments are welcomed.