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	History of merit badges (Boy Scouts of America) is a former featured article. Please see the links under Article milestones below for its original nomination page (for older articles, check the nomination archive) and why it was removed.
	This article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page as Today's featured article on February 22, 2006.
Article milestones Date Process Result December 6, 2005 Peer review Reviewed January 18, 2006 Featured article candidate Promoted October 13, 2011 Featured article review Demoted
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