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• The newly created WikiProject Women in Red is seeking editors to write articles about notable women.
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Outlines

Under construction

• Looking for Trekkies to work on Outline of Star Trek
• Outline of Bihar
• Outline of MySQL

Being overhauled or expanded

• Outline of South Asian history
• Outline of air pollution dispersion
• Outline of Cornwall
• Outline of Andhra Pradesh
• Outline of Haryana

Need expansion

• Outline of ergonomics
• Outline of automation (please add links from series box into the outline)

Need reformatting

The following outlines have started to stray from list format, and need to be listified:

• Outline of biochemistry Done

Fully annotated!

• Outline of Apple Inc. (please proofread)
• Outline of cell biology (please proofread)
• Outline of sinology (please proofread)

Nearing completion (need remainder of annotations added)

• Outline of Narnia
• Outline of canoeing and kayaking (Specific venues section)
• Outline of chess
• Outline of fishing (just a few annotations needed)
• Outline of forensic science
• Outline of motorcycles and motorcycling
• Outline of prehistoric technology
• Outline of wind energy

Need link placement

• Outline of solar energy (place entries from See also into body of outline)

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