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359:-- 4 supports, plus nominator, no objections or outstanding issues, after over 2 weeks of discussion being open with notices posted. I've commented in support myself, above, but I could close this I suppose if there are no other outstanding issues or objections, or indeed, objections to me closing it, within say at least leaving it open one more week. Barring that, I'd suppose anyone else previously uninvolved could also feel free to just close it, now. Cheers, — 63:
The National Dance Tinikling, the national dance, is considered the oldest of the Philippine folk dances. The dance, which comes from the countryside, takes its name and movements from the "tinikling" bird as it roams between grass steams, crushes tree branches and avoids traps set by rice farmers.
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There are many tall tales about the dance's origins. According to one story, Filipino farm workers who displeased their Spanish masters had their feet smashed by two bamboo poles. When the poles were apart, the workers would jump to avoid getting hurt. Thus, this dance was born.
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I would say just leave neutrally-worded and matter-of-fact notices of this ongoing discussion at other talkpages of additional WikiProjects, such as sub-projects of History, for example
79:(literally 50 times the usual amount), so it's definitely out there in terms of visibility. Anyway North below listed all of the randomized sections, so I will too, here they are: 320:- AFAIK meets all the criteria for a featured portal. Note that I was asked to comment here by Res on my talk page, as he noted above, and one of the featured articles, 40: 87:: It would be better if the images were directly linked to the page ascribed, but there seems to be a technical problem with that, I'm looking into it. 30: 17: 75:=== So this is my contribution to what came about the whole shebang about the leading portals being underdeveloped. This portal gets 321: 388: 370: 351: 328: 312: 289: 271: 255: 229: 209: 191: 171: 149: 129: 196:
Alright, done, and along the way realized I need to look over the WikiProjects list, a lot of them have changed.
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I wish people stopped by here every once in a while, it would make the nominations process a lot easier. Tisk.
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Dancers skip gracefully back and forth while trying to avoid getting their feet caught by two bamboo poles.
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A large variety, and I submit it for your consideration for the Featured sticker.
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The image in the introduction is randomized between 5 elements, Cirt's doing.
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It appears that the various related WikiProjects notified can be viewed at
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336:- Useful, attractive, ergonomic, and well-maintained thanks to nom and 39:
Subsequent comments should be made on the portal's talk page or in
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Right, and now to sit through the damnably long waiting period =)
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Should I go and canvass a bit more? Seems rather sluggish.
138:. Quite comprehensive. Very well done. Nice work! ;) — 57: 395:The above discussion is preserved as an archive. 43:. No further edits should be made to this page. 41:Knowledge (XXG) talk:Featured portal candidates 401:No further edits should be made to this page. 29:The following is an archived discussion of a 8: 18:Knowledge (XXG):Featured portal candidates 100:On this day (ripped from the main page) 7: 380:. Congratulations to all involved. 24: 322:South American dreadnought race 1: 150:15:57, 31 December 2011 (UTC) 130:00:14, 30 December 2011 (UTC) 389:00:38, 26 January 2012 (UTC) 371:05:19, 22 January 2012 (UTC) 352:05:39, 19 January 2012 (UTC) 329:04:35, 18 January 2012 (UTC) 313:10:07, 17 January 2012 (UTC) 290:19:28, 16 January 2012 (UTC) 272:20:12, 12 January 2012 (UTC) 256:02:36, 12 January 2012 (UTC) 230:06:06, 11 January 2012 (UTC) 210:23:17, 10 January 2012 (UTC) 192:18:53, 10 January 2012 (UTC) 172:05:27, 9 January 2012 (UTC) 418: 31:featured portal candidate 398:Please do not modify it. 260:Good luck! ;) Cheers, — 36:Please do not modify it. 103:22 Selected biographies 56:00:39, 26 January 2012 97:19 Selected pictures 112:16 Selected portals 94:1 Selected articles 109:20 Selected quotes 77:~5k vistors daily 409: 400: 288: 286: 254: 252: 208: 206: 170: 168: 128: 126: 106:10 Did you knows 38: 417: 416: 412: 411: 410: 408: 407: 406: 405: 396: 284: 277: 250: 243: 204: 197: 166: 159: 124: 117: 48:The portal was 34: 22: 21: 20: 12: 11: 5: 415: 413: 404: 403: 374: 373: 354: 331: 315: 297: 296: 295: 294: 293: 292: 240: 239: 238: 237: 236: 235: 234: 233: 232: 153: 152: 114: 113: 110: 107: 104: 101: 98: 95: 88: 73:Portal:History 61: 46: 45: 25: 23: 15: 14: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 414: 402: 399: 393: 392: 391: 390: 387: 386: 383: 379: 372: 368: 364: 363: 358: 355: 353: 350: 349: 345: 344: 339: 335: 332: 330: 327: 323: 319: 316: 314: 310: 306: 303:. Very good. 302: 299: 298: 291: 287: 282: 281: 275: 274: 273: 269: 265: 264: 259: 258: 257: 253: 248: 247: 241: 231: 227: 223: 222: 217: 213: 212: 211: 207: 202: 201: 195: 194: 193: 189: 185: 184: 179: 175: 174: 173: 169: 164: 163: 157: 156: 155: 154: 151: 147: 143: 142: 137: 134: 133: 132: 131: 127: 122: 121: 111: 108: 105: 102: 99: 96: 93: 89: 86: 82: 81: 80: 78: 74: 69: 65: 60: 58: 55: 51: 44: 42: 37: 32: 27: 26: 19: 397: 394: 385: 377: 375: 360: 356: 347: 342: 333: 317: 300: 279: 261: 245: 219: 199: 181: 161: 139: 135: 119: 115: 91: 84: 70: 66: 62: 49: 47: 35: 28: 382:Bencherlite 376:Closing as 324:, is mine. 54:Bencherlite 178:WP:MILHIST 71:Legacy === 305:Mark Hurd 180:, etc. — 378:promoted 50:promoted 357:Comment 343:Stubble 334:Support 318:Support 301:Support 136:Support 16:< 367:talk 362:Cirt 338:Cirt 309:talk 268:talk 263:Cirt 226:talk 221:Cirt 218:. — 188:talk 183:Cirt 146:talk 141:Cirt 85:Note 348:boy 285:Mar 280:Res 251:Mar 246:Res 205:Mar 200:Res 167:Mar 162:Res 125:Mar 120:Res 52:by 369:) 326:Ed 311:) 270:) 228:) 190:) 148:) 59:. 33:. 365:( 307:( 266:( 224:( 186:( 144:( 92:0 90:2

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Knowledge (XXG):Featured portal candidates
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Knowledge (XXG) talk:Featured portal candidates
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Portal:History
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Res
Mar
00:14, 30 December 2011 (UTC)
Cirt
talk
15:57, 31 December 2011 (UTC)
Res
Mar
05:27, 9 January 2012 (UTC)
WP:MILHIST
Cirt
talk
18:53, 10 January 2012 (UTC)
Res
Mar
23:17, 10 January 2012 (UTC)
Special:WhatLinksHere/Wikipedia:Featured_portal_candidates/Portal:History
Cirt
talk
06:06, 11 January 2012 (UTC)
Res
Mar
02:36, 12 January 2012 (UTC)

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