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News and notes

By Flcelloguy, and ForestH2, September 5, 2006

Votes to start on proposed logos

Votes on proposed logos for Wikiversity, Wikibooks, and Wiktionary will begin this week on Thursday, September 7. Each of the proposed logo pages has undergone much discussion about the changes, and voting will use approval voting. Voting will conclude toward the latter part of the month.

Project statistics

Statistics on Wikimedia Foundation projects were analyzed and released this week by Kelly Martin, with technical assistance from Gregory Maxwell. The data shows that approximately 48 percent of all edits occurs on the English Wikipedia, and that out of those edits, a little over half originate from the United States. Approximately 15 percent of edits on the English Wikipedia, meanwhile, come from the United Kingdom, with the rest coming from other countries such as Canada and Australia.

Milestones

Wikipedia passed several new milestones this week. According to Alexa, Wikipedia, inclusive of all language versions, reached 50 million unique visitors in one day for the first time. In addition, the English language Wikipedia also became the first Wikipedia to surpass 1,000 administrators (see related story).

Briefly

• The Russian Wikipedia has reached 25,000 registered users.
• The Finnish Wikipedia has reached 30,000 registered users.
• The Bengali Wikipedia has reached 8,000 articles.
• The Lithuanian Wikipedia has reached 30,000 articles.
• The Vietnamese Wiktionary has reached 100,000 entries.
• The Greek Wiktionary has reached 100,000 page edits.
• The Dutch Wikinews has reached 500 news items.
• The Thai Wikipedia has reached 10,000 registered users and 14,000 articles.
• The Vietnamese Wiktionary has reached 100,000 pages.
• The Russian Wiktionary has reached 10,000 entries.
• The Armenian Wikipedia has reached 5,000 total pages.
• The Armenian Wiktionary has reached 2,000 entries.
• The Cherokee Wikipedia has reached 100 articles.
• The Telugu Wikipedia has reached 5,000 articles.
• The Bengali Wikipedia has reached 6,000 articles.
• The Finnish Wiktionary has reached 25,000 entries.
• The Aromanian Wikipedia has reached 100 articles.
• The Tajik Wikipedia has reached 1,000 articles.
• The Greek Wiktionary has reached 50,000 entries.
• The French Wikisource has reached 20,000 texts.
• The Vietnamese Wikipedia has reached 14,000 registered users.
• The Japanese Wikipedia has reached 250,000 articles.

Also this week: — Everyking desysopped — Photo debate — 1,000 administrators — Board elections — Italian Wikipedia — Press coverage — News and notes — Features and admins — Technology report — Arbitration report