Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2006-09-25/Interwiki report
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Report from the Danish Wikipedia
- By Snailwalker, and Malene, 25 September 2006
Status and community news
As of Sunday, 17 September 2006, the Danish language Wikipedia contained about 48,936 articles. It had 8,325 registered users, with 27 administrators (0.32%).
There is no formal process for selecting featured articles on Danish Wikipedia, but a new article is shown on the Main Page every week (changed daily until 12 September 2005), and one could say it is a kind of featured article. The Danish Wikipedia has recently begun selecting Anbefalede artikler (an equivalent of Good articles).
Besides featuring Danish articles on the Main Page, an article from the Skanwiki project is occasionally selected instead, so an article in Swedish, or Norwegian (Nynorsk or Bokmål), and occasionally Faroese or Icelandic, is displayed on the Danish Main Page from time to time.
On 15 September, a tough decision was made to permanently ban a well-known regular user, Haabet, who has been contributing to the project for several years. Apart from bans of a few well-known vandals, this is the first occasion when a user has been banned permanently from the Danish Wikipedia. The Danish Wikipedia does not have an Arbitration Committee.
Co-operation with Danmarks Radio
The Danish Wikipedia is working together with Danmarks Radio (DR), the national Danish Broadcasting Corporation, to expand articles about the Denmark national football team and the SAS Ligaen, the highest league of football (soccer) in Denmark. DR opens Wikipedia in a different skin with a kind of sports portal (an example can be seen here). The skin is set by an HTTP cookie that times out after 10 minutes of inactivity.
New users
Over the summer, many new users joined the Danish Wikipedia. As a result, a campaign has been started to help new users find their way on the Danish Wikipedia. As an example, a team of mentors and a central help page has been started. The welcoming template system has been reformed and the Main Page has been redesigned to meet some of the criticism from the newcomers.
Also this week: — Eloquence elected — Wikimania Taipei — Clerk resigns — Danish Wikipedia — News and notes — Press coverage — Features and admins — Technology — Arbitration
