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Contents

1 Requests 1.1 Convention on Psychotropic Substances 1.2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy 1.3 Spam (electronic) 1.4 Anschluss 1.5 Common Unix Printing System 1.6 Military history of Puerto Rico 1.7 Robert A. Heinlein 1.8 Hero of Belarus 2 Old FA's

Requests

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Convention on Psychotropic Substances

The Convention on Psychotropic Substances is a United Nations treaty designed to control psychoactive drugs such as amphetamines, barbiturates and LSD. During the 1960s, drug use and abuse exploded worldwide, especially in the Western developed nations. Inspired by psychedelic avatars such as Aldous Huxley and Timothy Leary, millions of young people experimented with powerful hallucinogens. Availability of stimulants soared as manufacturers and traffickers took advantage of the inconsistent patchwork of national laws to circumvent restrictions on production and trade. The Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs of 1961 could not regulate the plethora of newly-discovered psychotropics, since its scope was limited to drugs with cannabis-, coca-, and opium-like effects. On February 21, 1971, a conference of plenipotentiaries, gathered in Vienna, signed a new Convention worded broadly enough to be capable of encompassing almost any mind-altering substance imaginable. The Convention, which contains import and export restrictions and other rules aimed at limiting drug use to scientific and medical purposes, entered into force on August 16, 1976. Today, 175 nations are Parties to the treaty. Many laws have been passed to implement the Convention, including the U.S. Controlled Substances Act, the U.K. Misuse of Drugs Act, and the Canadian Controlled Drugs and Substances Act. Like the treaty itself, these statutes typically categorize drugs into several classes or Schedules.

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Self-nom. The article was originally created on 18 December 2001, but only recently has it been expanded to cover the 27 year history of the story in all its many adaptations and permutations. The article has passed peer review, and became a featured article with no objections. --JohnDBuell | Talk 11:40, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Spam (electronic)

This would make for a very interesting front page article. A subject relevant to anyone with a computer. --FuriousFreddy 23:58, 19 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Anschluss

Self-nom. This article has just achieved feature article status, and its intro seems to meet requirements. Buffyg 12:23, 18 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Common Unix Printing System

Self-nom. Would mind seeing this on the front page. - Ta bu shi da yu 10:42, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Military history of Puerto Rico

Self-nom. I would like this article to appear on the main page on July 25, if possible because on that date Puerto Rico celebrates its Consitution Day. I believe that the article would be of interest to all those interested in history and that it may bring the participation of more Puerto Ricans to Wikipedia. Tony the Marine 19:49, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Robert A. Heinlein

Self-nomination. This is a comprehensive article on a controversial author who is one of the two or three most important figures in science fiction. I think it will also be of interest to people who aren't science fiction fans, because Heinlein was a leader in bringing science fiction to a broader audience, and his novel Stranger in a Strange Land is one that many people have heard of. The image at [1] (http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:RAHeinlein.autographing.Midamericon.ddb-371-14-750px.jpg) (used in the article at a lower resolution) is GFDL'd, and the detail of his face below should make a suitable main page image.

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--Bcrowell 15:24, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)

I second this. Excellent article! - Ta bu shi da yu 10:43, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Hero of Belarus

was promoted to a FA a few weeks ago, and just want to see it on the front page sometime soon. Though there were articles about other titles/orders/medals featured before, I believe we could do one on this title from a tiny country. Thanks Zscout370 (Sound Off) 00:37, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC) (the author of the article and of this nom).

Please place new requests at the TOP of the list. The order should be newest requests (top) to oldest requests (bottom). New additions should be at the top, so they're easier to spot.

Old FA's

Hey Raul, I have taken the liberty of making a list of the FA's that were not on the Main Page as of August 18, 2004 and have still not been there, and are still listed. I sincerely hope you are giving priority to these.

• Quatermass and the Pit
• Louis Armstrong
• Miles Davis
• Roy Orbison
• Igor Stravinsky
• Marshall, Texas
• 2004 Democratic National Convention
• Charles Graner
• Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.
• Privy Council
• Royal Assent
• Tynwald Day
• Ralph Yarborough
• Schizophrenia Introduction unsuitable; controversial section under discussion in talk page
• Hereditary peer
• Order of the Bath
• Order of the Thistle
• Olympic Games
• ASCII
• C programming language
• Computer security
• Java programming language
• Markup language
• Phonograph cylinder
• Quantum computer
• Spam (electronic)
• Telephone exchange
• Battle of Aljubarrota
• First Battle of the Stronghold

-- Earl Andrew - talk 05:00, 10 Apr 2005 (UTC)