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 ## Datasets
 
 * Dataset reading benefits from many speedups and fixes in the C++ library
-* Datasets have a `dim()` method, which sums rows across all files (#6635, @boshek)
+* Datasets have a `dim()` method, which sums rows across all files (ARROW-8118, @boshek)
 * Combine multiple datasets into a single queryable `UnionDataset` with the `c()` method
 * Dataset filtering now treats `NA` as `FALSE`, consistent with `dplyr::filter()`
 * Dataset filtering is now correctly supported for all Arrow date/time/timestamp column types
@@ -452,8 +452,8 @@ See `vignette("python", package = "arrow")` for details.
 * `install_arrow()` now installs the latest release of `arrow`, including Linux dependencies, either for CRAN releases or for development builds (if `nightly = TRUE`)
 * Package installation on Linux no longer downloads C++ dependencies unless the `LIBARROW_DOWNLOAD` or `NOT_CRAN` environment variable is set
 * `write_feather()`, `write_arrow()` and `write_parquet()` now return their input,
-similar to the `write_*` functions in the `readr` package (#6387, @boshek)
-* Can now infer the type of an R `list` and create a ListArray when all list elements are the same type (#6275, @michaelchirico)
+similar to the `write_*` functions in the `readr` package (ARROW-7796, @boshek)
+* Can now infer the type of an R `list` and create a ListArray when all list elements are the same type (ARROW-7662, @michaelchirico)
 
 # arrow 0.16.0
 
@@ -485,12 +485,12 @@ See `vignette("install", package = "arrow")` for details.
 
 * `write_parquet()` now supports compression
 * `codec_is_available()` returns `TRUE` or `FALSE` whether the Arrow C++ library was built with support for a given compression library (e.g. gzip, lz4, snappy)
-* Windows builds now include support for zstd and lz4 compression (#5814, @gnguy)
+* Windows builds now include support for zstd and lz4 compression (ARROW-6960, @gnguy)
 
 ## Other fixes and improvements
 
 * Arrow null type is now supported
-* Factor types are now preserved in round trip through Parquet format (#6135, @yutannihilation)
+* Factor types are now preserved in round trip through Parquet format (ARROW-7045, @yutannihilation)
 * Reading an Arrow dictionary type coerces dictionary values to `character` (as R `factor` levels are required to be) instead of raising an error
 * Many improvements to Parquet function documentation (@karldw, @khughitt)