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by ambivalenthysteria


Arts

Movies has continued growing, and briefly surpassed Music in terms of sections. Music has continued broadening, and has recently broadened its focus to include singles and music documentaries as well.

Business

This always is a quiet area, with no new editors since the latest newsletter update.

Computers

Several new editors have joined Computers since the last Newsletter, and many new categories have been created and filled out.

Games

Few changes, though it has been growing slowly. such as dealer's fleshing out of Gambling.

Health

Few changes since the last newsletter, though nikki's arrival in Diseases has led to minor expansion.

Home

theseeker has completed a detailed template for Cooking, though this is still to be moved into the live category.

Recreation

trystan's proposal for Food has been moved live, though growth has been slow since then.

Regional

The arrival of paulbedford and davidwebster respectively has laid the beginnings for South Africa and Ireland respectively, with work continuing there. A new template (Province) has been created, at paulbedford's request.

Science

bunda has further extended the scope of Science, with work on the top-level category and the development of History.

Society

There has been a minor-reorganisation concerning gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender categories, resulting in the creation of Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual and Transgendered categories at second-level. The Issues template continues to be worked on slowly, and bunda and busybee continue working on Religion, particularly in the areas of Atheism (bunda) and Organizations (both).

Sports

Soccer has continued to grow, with curcio having extended the English league coverage significantly.

International

Since the last Newsletter, growth in International has been rapid. Italiano is almost matching the English-language categories in new editor approvals, and both Italiano and Romana have been increasing content all the time. Several new languages have also grown, such as in Nederlands, where overgaag is helping to start things off.

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