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This is a pool for predicting the date at which the number of articles (as defined by the official article count presented on the Special:statistics) in the English Wikipedia reaches 5,000,000 (five million). The person who comes closest to the actual date is the winner (of eternal fame). The current number of articles in the English Wikipedia is 2,405,488.

This pool will be closed for entries when the English Wikipedia article count reaches 2,500,000, so be sure to place your guess before then. This pool opened on March 21, 2005, shortly after the 500,000th article was created.

It is currently 2008 June 9 (UTC). Guesses for prior dates will still be eligible to win if a later guess isn't closer to the actual date than the earlier date. Please be aware, however, that attempts at guessing a prior date may be seen by some as a humor entry.

Contents 1 Today 1.1 Day before tommorow 2 The day before the day after it was created 3 1970 4 1991 5 The first day of the rest of your life 6 1999 7 12:00am [blinking on and off] 8 2005 9 2006 10 2007 11 2008 12 2009 13 2010 14 2011 15 2012 16 2013 17 2014 18 2015 19 2016 20 2017 21 2018 22 2019 23 2020-2021 24 2022-2023 25 2024-2025 26 2026-2027 27 2028-2029 28 2030-2034 29 2035-2039 30 2040-2044 31 2045-2049 32 2050 or later 33 2066 34 2094 35 2095 36 2101 37 Eternity 38 Never

[edit] Today

• Whenever it happens, there will be a huge announcement: "Wikipedia Hit 5,000,000 Mark Today" What do I win? CrazyLegsKC 01:00, 4 August 2005 (UTC)

I win too. Rentastrawberry 03:49, 18 September 2005 (UTC)

And then, the next day, there will be news that say "Wikipedia Hit 5,000,000 Mark Yesterday". You lose. --Joe Schme^(ssages)dley 21:41, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

• 2008 - June - 9 I win too. --antilived ^{T | C} 05:02, 31 December 2005 (UTC)
• I win three ! The Procrastinator 00:10, 11 January 2006 (UTC)
• What do you win for ?--Neverland 17:39, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
• The exact day is: June 9, 2008. Yay! I win. --GeorgeMoney ^T·C 16:54, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Day before tommorow

• Psychomelodic (people think User:Psychomelodic/me ^edit) 20:00, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] The day before the day after it was created

• Obviously I win :) Alvinpiggy

[edit] 1970

• January 1, midnight precisely. I mean, hey, there's at least a one-in-a-billion chance that something will reset the server's ctime just before the five-millionth article, right? So I have a very small probability of getting it right down to the second instead of a slightly larger probability of getting it to within a year tops. —Simetrical (talk • contribs) 05:20, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] 1991

I win!! :) Sango123 July 5, 2005 17:02 (UTC)

[edit] The first day of the rest of your life

• About then. Dfrg.msc 06:23, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] 1999

August 1 - The digital world screws everything else up, so why not? birdboy2000 22:11, 17 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] 12:00am [blinking on and off]

Sadly, someone will pull the plug on Wikipedia and the clock will go back to 12:00am. IT'S DA...Ανέκδοτο 04:11, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] 2005

[edit] 2006

• Febuary 19th Devnill 22:41, 1 March 2006 (EST)
• February 27 Oliver Keenan 10:23, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
• August 8 DesiVideoGamer 20:35, 1 March 2006 (EST)
• November 1 Tanker 17:55, 1 March 2006 (PST)

[edit] 2007

• January 25 No particular reason -- Hindleyite 21:08, 4 March 2006 (UTC)
• February 29 - it's going to be a busy day -- Joolz 21:10, 23 May 2005 (UTC)
• March 14 - Pi Day '07! ~Linuxerist L / T 03:15, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
• April 21 - One year after my first official edit! Acs4b 06:41, 13 October 2006 (UTC)
• 8 June nocternaloxide 16:20, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
• June 20 -- As good as date as any. Wikipedia is one of the most phenomenal projects of this century... I could see it at five million. Of course, this is just a total guess. michaelb 21:00, 5 April 2006 (UTC)
• July 1. --JuntungWu 11:16, 29 December 2005 (UTC)

no, we are on about 1,850,000 now. 14:50, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

• July 2. --Gamingboy 17:27, 12 March 2006 (UTC)
• July 4 - My Birthday! :) Michael Furdyk (and America's!--IAMTHEEGGMAN (talk) 21:16, 4 March 2006 (UTC))
• September 1. --bainer (talk) 23:29, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
• 6 November. My birthday. Trekphiler 03:56, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
• November 18. →Iñgōlemo← ^talk 20:33, 2005 Mar 23 (UTC)
• September 19 24.54.208.177 18:25, 11 September 2005 (UTC)
• September 25 (The end of the world!) --IAMTHEEGGMAN (talk) 21:16, 4 March 2006 (UTC)
• September 29 CCMichalZ 22:16, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
• August 4 - My Birthday. -DesPeaux
• October 13. --TBC^{??? ??? ???} 16:15, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
• October 23 Gflores ^Talk 21:39, 27 February 2006 (UTC)
• November 29 AlexR 01:02, 3 March 2006 (UTC)
• December 10 - Who in their right mind would want to be sane? Cyner 23:07, 01 March 2006 (UTC)
• December 12 - Ek7 21:33, 3 July 2006 (UTC)
• December 19, Kostja 17:05, 2005 May 15 (UTC)
• December 25, Joseph Solis 03:14 UTC, April 8, 2006
• December 31 - I know this is not the right date. But within a million on this day kaiser matias 07:19, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] 2008

• January 1--Acebrock 08:32, 5 October 2006 (UTC)
• January 6 Runtime April 16, 2006
• 18 January SpirckleM 18:18, 1 Mar 2006 (PST)
• 25 January - Tazza 10:32, 02 March 2006 (Australian WST)
• 6 February - when I turn 20. zanzer7 09:36, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
• 10 February - according to a very questionable neural network model. +-7 months with 95% confidence, or so it claims. --Denoir 21:27, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
• 13 February - Sage Tuvitor 04:35, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
• 17 February - gausie 00:09, 15 May 2006 (GMT)
• 20 February - Two years should be enough.  :) --Galaxy001 21:44, 3 July 2006 (UTC)
• 23 February - Fred-Chess 13:25, 29 October 2006 (UTC)
• February 27, 2008 16:27 and 12 seconds and 43 milliseconds EST ToldYouSo
• 28 February - claiming by 27th b'day. Alba 16:47, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
• 29 February - not my guess, just pointing out that it could occur on this once in every 4 years day.--Hamedog_Talk|^@ 13:49, 18 January 2007 (UTC)
• 14 March. It is the same amount of days from the two million as the two million is from the one million. Someone the Person 19:42, 10 September 2007 (UTC)
• 16 March. Schutz 17:45, 2 April 2006 (UTC)
• 18 March I'm predicting a biographical entry. ~Kylu (u|t) 01:11, 22 April 2006 (UTC)
• March 25 Kevin Baas^talk 00:00, 20 February 2006 (UTC)
• March 26 --Jonathan ^talk 18:56, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
• April 1 rfernand
• April 2 - Acebrock 07:07, 5 October 2006 (UTC)
• 3 April, when I turn 50. Communism is Stupid 08:36, 10 August 2005 (UTC)
• April 6 I had to do the regression by hand! TJ0513 15:37, 7 May 2006 (UTC)
• 11 April --Stoopideggs2 04:41, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
• 15 April -- Bielle 06:27, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
• 24 April — This will be my 20. birthday ;) FBali 19:00, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
• 29 April - extrapolation Andrew_pmk | Talk 01:37, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
• 1 May--GwydionM 18:13, 25 February 2006 (UTC)
• 5 May--JD 06:05, 02 March 2006 (UTC)
• May 8 --Lyght 03:37, 22 June 2006 (UTC)
• 10 May -- 124.168.67.249 09:09, 21 May 2006 (UTC)
• 19 May -- Chris Ccool2ax contrib. 15:28, 21 May 2006 (UTC)
• 23 May --TechnoGuyRob 23:46, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
• 30 May -- >|< shablog ^talk/_cont 18:55, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
• 3 June --JAHall 04:21, 4 May 2006 (EST)
• 8 June nocternaloxide 16:20, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
• June 10 Someoneinmyheadbutit'snotme 14:27, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
• 12 June User: Gwidion 16:49, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
• 12 June WHEN THIS COUNTRY TURNS 110 By: Ian Lopez 19:12, 22 September 2007 (Pamantayang Oras ng Pilipinas/Philippine Standard Time/PHT)
• 14 June so9q 14:30, 14 March 2006 (UTC) YES! will probably be adjusted before closure.
• 15 June don't ask why - but i will change this @2,400,900 --Zayani 15:23, 3 March 2006 (UTC)
• 17 June --Pelotas^talk 19:34, 15 September 2006 (UTC)
• 19 June --Amir E. Aharoni 08:14, 30 April 2006 (UTC)
• June 22 --HurricaneJeanne 07:31, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
• June 24 --Kajas 15:27 (UTC) 5000000!!!!!
• July 1 Canada Day!!! --Canuck85 07:25, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
• July 11 -- current natural log regression prediction. --Ybbor^T 23:20, 1 December 2006 (UTC)
• 12 July, my 20th birthday. --Ilovedanieljackson 16:28, 2 March 2006
• 15 July --Joewithajay 19:05, 9 September 2007 (UTC) Seems about right
• 17 July Rhall4Happy 30th bday me.
• 23 July --Emijrp 10:22, 23 July 2006 (UTC)
• July 25 Hello32020 12:17, 9 September 2007 (UTC)
• August 1 --Carnildo 04:05, 25 February 2006 (UTC)
• August 4 - [Multimiedia Fairyland] - Acerperi 03:40, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
• August 9 -- EVOCATIVEINTRIGUE TALKTOME | EMAILME | IMPROVEME 12:22, 20 July 2006 (UTC)
• August 10, Leithp 13:02, 29 October 2005 (UTC)
• August 13 --Gerrit ^CUTEDH 11:35, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
• August 17 Childzy _talk ^contribs 17:07, 11 July 2006 (UTC)
• August 20 - Miyu 09:42, 2 March 2006 (CAT)
• August 23-- --MacMad (talk · contribs)  06:54, 10 September 2007 (UTC)
• August 25, --Snagglepuss 14:06, 3 March 2006 (EST)
• August 26, - Nils 14:42, 2 March 2006 (CET)
• August 27 seems like a nice date. Witty lama 01:30, 27 November 2006 (UTC)
• 30 August, --lightdarkness ^(talk) 02:17, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
• August 31 - Nzd (talk) 23:01, 6 March 2006 (UTC)
• 1 September --Neo3DGfx 06:55, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
• September 2 --Hu Totya 02:11, 6 January 2007 (UTC)
• September 13--* BIRTHDAY!Perfect Proposal ^{Speak out loud!} 23:59, 10 September 2007 (UTC)
• September 15--Durean 7:33, August 8, 2006 (UTC)
• September 21 DonkeyKong the mathematician (in training) 23:18, 28 April 2007 (UTC)
• September 28 David | Talk 17:36, 4 March 2006 (UTC)
• September 31 -- American champagne 21:26, 30 May 2006 (UTC)
• 1 October 23:09 (UTC) -Scottwiki 08:07, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
• 4 October Nrohan 06:55 PM, 2 March 2006 IST
• 5 October PKtm 04:02, 29 September 2005 (UTC)
• 9 October Well, it took much less time for the wiki to make its second million articles than its first million, didn't it? ætərnal ðrAعon → 10:22, 14 September 2007 (UTC)
• 15 October - Crystallina 21:51, 25 March 2006 (UTC)
• 16 October - 2 years to the day after my 2 million edit guess; once again, the rational is obvious. Tim Sailor 15:45, 4 June 2006 (UTC)
• 19 October - Well, it is my birthday, after all. --Christhebull 19:42, 4 July 2006 (UTC)
• 22 October Yeah, Its gonna happen then Jetteleigh 23:44 March 1, 2006 (EST)
• 23 October - Mole Day! -- FlocciNonFacio 00:44, 3 March 2006 (UTC)
• October 25 - BigHairRef | Talk 16:14, 14 September 2007 (UTC)
• 26 October --Húsönd 17:27, 9 August 2006 (UTC)
• 29 October • Lawrence Cohen 20:35, 10 September 2007 (UTC)
• November 4 Kevin Ray 08:55, 1 October 2006 (UTC) It's the US Presidential Elections!
• 11 November jet57 (u∴t) 10:36, 24 April 2007 (UTC) 16:01, 12 November 2005 (UTC)
• 17 November Terence Ong (恭喜发财) 06:58, 31 January 2006 (UTC)
• 18 November Another birthday present for me! Ezratrumpet 00:28, 2 April 2007 (UTC)
• November 21 --kralahome 23:50, 7 August 2006 (UTC)
• November 23 BLong
• November 28 My real guess--Hamedog_Talk|^@ 13:49, 18 January 2007 (UTC)
• December 1 --May the Force be with you! Shreshth91($ |-| ŗ 3 $ |-| ţ |-|) 11:28, 11 May 2006 (UTC)
• 6 Dec Hope I'm lucky! Sr13 (T|C) 08:31, 13 April 2007 (UTC)
• 8 Dec In keeping with the trend, I'm guessing my birthday. With the rapid growth of Wikipedia, I don't expect to be off by more than a year or so. YechielMan 23:25, 21 September 2006 (UTC)
• 11 Dec guess User: Septa
• December 13 --Montchav 21:05, 9 September 2007 (UTC)
• December 12 Hot water heater 15:06, 3 April 2006 (UTC)
• December 14 Robert 17:24, 27 July 2006 (UTC)
• December 17 I know I'm right. EamonnPKeane 17:56, 5 March 2006 (UTC)
• December 24 14:24 ddrager 10:42, 1 Mar 2006 (EST)
• 25 December Because I have inside knowledge that someone is planning me a fantastic birthday present! -- Huntster ^{T • @ • C} 17:19, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

And they're going to give it to you on Christmas? --Ye Olde Luke 23:34, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

• December 26 Nationalparks 02:08, 6 May 2006 (UTC)
• December 31 Chris M. 14:40, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
• December 31 2000 hrs UTC \Mikez 08:57, 1 Apr 2005 (UTC)

[edit] 2009

• January 1, 2009. Don Proctor March 1, 2006 (UTC)
• January 4 --JuntungWu 16:07, 10 April 2007 (UTC)
• January 7, 2009 at 7:15 AM.
• January 9 - my 41st birthday - get off my lawn ;-) --Barista | a/k/a マイケル | T/C 01:02, 10 September 2007 (UTC)
• January 12 - Amphytrite 02:23, 13 March 2006 (UTC)
• 2009-01-14 — coelacan talk — 00:42, 10 December 2006 (UTC)
• January 17 - Because I'm a legal adult on this date. --Johan _{(speak to me, human)} ^{(yes i've been here)} 14:05, 9 September 2007 (UTC)
• January 20 - This date is significant in US History, why?N734LQ 07:22, 16 July 2007 (UTC)
• January 21--69.140.157.227 (talk)
• January 25, 2009 Don Gray March 1,2006 (UTC)
• February 2--T. Anthony 15:27, 26 September 2005 (UTC)
• Feburary 8 -- Marlith ^T/C 03:22, 18 November 2007 (UTC)
• February 9 -- Bielle 06:29, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
• February 11 - --131.251.0.7 16:48, 15 January 2006 (UTC)
• February 13--Pkrzic 20:44, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
• February 15--Jovanvb (talk) 17:50, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
• February 22 Juppiter 05:02, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
• February 24 - JustPhil 10:58, 7 April 2006 (UTC) (my 20th birthday!)
• February 27 - (My 21st birthday :) ) Superm401 - Talk 14:43, 16 October 2007 (UTC)
• March 1 TraxPlayer 11:05, 2 March 2006 (GMT+1)
• March 4 at exactly noon. Mark it down. --fuzzy510 07:04, 6 August 2007 (UTC)
• March 7 - Guy0307 06:52, 10 September 2007 (UTC)
• March 8 - riiiiiiight abouttttttt NOW!! exactl;y this date. that guy 08:13, Monday June 9, 2008 (UTC)
• March 14, 3:14:59 Smartech 06:50, 24 Mar 2005 (UTC)
• March 19, Mizu onna sango15/水女珊瑚15 04:37, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
• MARCH 24-Avi wizardWell ya it is my Birthday......and I hope 5 million are completed on this day!!!
• March 20, Stormscape 01:04, 3 March 2006 (UTC) (My 20th birthday yay!)
• March 25, --Jhattara ^{(Talk · Contrib)} 12:48, 10 September 2007 (UTC) (My 30th birthday)
• March 29 — Jack · talk · 01:50, Saturday, 25 August 2007
• April 1 —Keenan Pepper 20:29, 3 September 2007 (UTC)
• April 3 spider1224
• April 6 — Sarge Baldy 01:25, Apr 20, 2005 (UTC)
• April 9 TheCoffee 20:28, 9 July 2005 (UTC)
• April 14 Lennycek 20:33, 14 September 2007 (UTC)
• April 15 ៛ Bielle (talk) 02:53, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
• April 16 My birthday, plus coming off an election year there will be a lot of new articles--Seventy-one 07:20, 14 May 2006 (UTC)
• April 19 I'd hate to take 4/20 away from a deserving stoner. Deltabeignet 00:45, 10 September 2007 (UTC)
• April 20 OK, I'll do it, Deltabeignet. ;) -- Trvsdrlng (talk) 19:31, 16 November 2007 (UTC)
• April 22 LUCKY GUESS??? QENZAF
• 23 April - St. George's Day - Andrew 16:57, 12 June 2006 (UTC)
• April 26 — Michael J 01:05, 3 May 2006 (UTC) (My 50th birthday!)
• May 1 - —AySz88\^-^ 23:33, 27 September 2006 (UTC)
• May 3 - so be it - as May 8 the aniversary of WikiHowTo is already taken Moa3333 19:58, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
• May 8 -- Samuel Wantman 19:23, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
• May 9 - PYLrulz What the hell, ill shoot for my birthday
• May 10 - Mitch119 10:20, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
• May 11 - Denjak 8:29, 03 March 2006
• May 12 — Sintonak.X 14:51, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
• May 15 at 00:23:32 UTC - skagedal^... 17:15, 5 December 2006 (UTC)
• May 16 - Clavecin 14:51, 1 July 2007 (UTC)
• May 17 - Simondrake 16:51, 18 November 2006 (UTC)
• May 21 - Mailer Diablo 17:48, 22 May 2006 (UTC)
• May 25 - Lesgles (talk) 23:30, 7 May 2006 (UTC) (graduation)
• May 28 --Liface
• June 1 bnlacava 11:28, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
• June 9 --Alfakim-- talk 13:35, 9 September 2007 (UTC)
• June 10 - glennb²₈ t • c 19:43, 25 August 2007 (UTC)
• June 14 - splot 07:13, 16 July 2006 (UTC)
• June 21 - Catherine 05:30, 18 August 2007 (UTC)
• June 28 - Quesotiotyo 8:51, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
• July 4 - Come on! Be Patriotic! On this day, the American flag will be the wikipedia logo. Whaatt (talk) 20:58, 14 February 2008 (UTC)
• July 8 - Niffweed17, Destroyer of Chickens 13:47, 9 September 2007 (UTC)
• July 13 - Mdelves 09:38, 8 November 2006 (UTC)
• July 19 - UD490 01:30, 12 November 2006 (UTC)
• July 22 - the day when the Solar eclipse with longest central duration in the 21st century will occurs. -- Korean alpha for knowledge (Talk / Contributions) 13:50, 16 August 2007 (UTC)
• July 24 - Xerol 22:18, 25 November 2006 (UTC)
• June 20 - the b'day method;  _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus | talk}  18:07, 2 August 2007 (UTC)
• June 29 Howard the Duck 07:06, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
• July 27 - RitaE 8:29, 03 March 2006
• August 7 ▪◦▪≡ЅiREX≡^Talk 00:16, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
• August 9 ...Scott⁵¹¹⁴ 02:53, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
• August 17, at about half-past ten. Matt Yeager 07:12, 6 November 2005 (UTC)
• August 19 3:28 A.M. Flying Hamster 21:46, 24 November 2006 (UTC)
• August 20 at 13:37, but I don't think I'll be around to notice it... Qevlarr 19:53, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
• August 23, 2009 John William Whitaker March 2,2006 (UTC)
• August 31, Marcos Juárez 04:33, 28 February 2006 (UTC)
  • August 31 at 12:27pm, and 29 seconds (UTC) Think outside the box 11:48, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
• September 1, --NerdEF 16:51, 2 April 2006 (UTC)
• September 2, my 23rd birthday and I will create it. TJ Spyke 02:00, 22 September 2006 (UTC)
• September 10 Chefette1223 17:47, 1 November 2006 (UTC) when i turn 18, it has to be sign ,i will create it myself, go Essex CCC
• September 11, ten years after Gonzalo Rodriguez' death -- NaBUru38 16:46, 27 September 2007 (UTC)
• September 15 Ydam 01:40, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

I second this one. It will be September 15, 2009. John Titor told me. Sadly it will be bot-created. aliasd·U·T 14:19, 16 September 2007 (UTC)

• 18 September - My 30th birthday. Js farrar 04:11, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
• September 27, my birthday and also around the time when people are back at school and work - and Wikipedia. CountdownCrispy 14:21, 31 July 2006 (UTC)
• October 4, but only if we start deleting garbage, such as many of the unwatched articles. Cool Hand Luke 02:49, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
• October 5 -- article growth rate seems to be slowing a bit. --T-rex 22:31, 19 April 2008 (UTC)
• October 12, Cimon avaro; on a pogostick. 08:11, 6 March 2006 (UTC)
• 10 October - Also my 21st Birthday. ~ PHDrillSergeant...§ 05:05, 18 December 2006 (UTC)
• October 15 - Wikada - ^{Talk Contribs} 22:08, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
• October 19, probably some pop culture figure/cartoon (like pokemon or a computer game character) - Kristod 23:52, 13 October 2006 (UTC)
• October 22 - One day after my birthday, for no reason whatsoever. _Unusual ^Gazelle 13:56, 18 May 2008 (UTC)
• October 23 Mahanga^{Talk to me} 18:56, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
• October 29 - Wikipedia'll have got so engrained into the public conciousness by then that the 5 million mark will pass pretty much unnoticed. --Uberisaac 17:56, 28 August 2007 (UTC)
• October 31 - Surely everyone would have covered every single popular culture reference by then. User:Alternika
• November 4 - Trevor Andersen 05:10, 28 January 2006 (UTC)
• November 8 - It will be a new teenybopper band --Zojj (t,c) 01:52, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
• November 12 - User:Dixonsej 16:20 11 october 2007 (UTC)
• November 14 - Eivind^t@c 07:50, 6 April 2006 (UTC)
• November 15 - Todd Bowers 14:50, 19 August 2007 (UTC)
• November 26 - Lee Stanley (talk) 00:09, 15 December 2007 (UTC)
• November 27 - Subsurd 03:07, 19 September 2007 (UTC)
• December 02 - jwanders^Talk 06:45, 6 March 2008 (UTC)
• December 10 333 17:57, 7 September 2007 (UTC)
• December 15 - Mikker ^(...) 03:10, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
• December 21 - Marty P.
• December 28 - The Dominator (talk) 01:22, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
• December 29 - Niffweed17, Destroyer of Chickens (talk) 03:59, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
• December 31 - Some poor bastard will have nothing better do on New Year's Eve. :D Druworos 13:23, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
• Undecimber 3 --90.229.181.103 10:17, 22 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] 2010

• January 1 -- JonasRH 11:42, 8 November 2006 (UTC)
• January 5 -- Qazox 1:51, 25 January 2008 (EST)
• January 7, 2009 - My birthday. ۩ Dracion (Level 84 Rs Player) ۩ 10:45, 24 November 2007 (UTC)
• January 15, on wikipedia day --Cfcrule1 22:19, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
• January 16, right after wikipedia day--AFUSCO 01:41, 10 October 2007 (UTC)
• January 26 - Yann 23:39, 24 January 2007 (UTC)
• January 28 --Havocrazy 02:07, 24 December 2006 (UTC)
• January 30 --Zzzzzzzzzz 21:41, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
• February 2 --HarryKnock 11:11, 12 August 2006 (UTC)
• February 10 /AB-me (chit-chat) 20:17, 3 August 2007 (UTC)
• February 15 41.242.229.103 12:25, 21 September 2007 (UTC)
• February 20 - Chris 21:03, 21 January 2007 (UTC)
• February 2010, during the 2010 Winter Olympics. Scott Gall 07:56, 2005 Mar 26 (UTC)
• February 28 -- n i m b u s a n i asign 01:57, 26 August 2007 (UTC)
• March 2 - My son's birthday. Lara♥Love 05:13, 11 August 2007 (UTC)
• March 9, Neutron65 04:47, 18 Aug 2005 (UTC)
• March 15. Ral315 (talk) 07:45, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
• March 18, 20:47:12 UTC. JIP | Talk 09:24, 6 March 2006 (UTC)
• April 2 -- The year seems about right and there's a nice gap here. -- Imperator3733 (talk) 17:19, 23 May 2008 (UTC)
• April 24, at 18:16 UTC. --AllyUnion (talk) 06:45, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
• April 30 feydey 09:08, 5 September 2007 (UTC)
• May 1 -- Warofdreams talk 01:58, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
• May 10 -- Shapular (talk) 05:17, 11 May 2008 (UTC)
• May 15 -- I wonder if the winner will still be an active editor when it happens? Resolute 19:35, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
• May 27--Kip Kip 17:29, 5 March 2008 (UTC)
• June 18- My 18th birthday! Man would that be cool.... Smartyllama (talk) 20:38, 13 April 2008 (UTC)
• June 18 - My birthday. That would be quite a gift! GlassCobra 04:56, 23 November 2007 (UTC)
• July 4 - --junafani 22:23, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
• 12 July - ISD (talk) 20:09, 17 December 2007 (UTC)
• July 15 - Astroguy2 23:02, 4 June 2007 (UTC)
• July 17 - cybersaga 02:54, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
• July 18 - Soxred93 | talk count bot 03:11, 7 February 2008 (UTC)
• July 19 - R 19:18, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
• July 21--Jakewater 01:21, 22 August 2007 (UTC)
• 27 July - El cid the hero 12:51, 27 June 2006 (UTC)
• July 31 - Muro de Aguas (write me) 16:06, 19 January 2008 (UTC)
• August 3--Devahn58 16:48, 4 March 2006 (UTC)
• August 5 Emijrp (talk) 20:19, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
• August 6 - Qmaqdk 11:39, May 9, 2007 (UTC)
• August 9 - and the 5 millionth will be on a web site 71.124.63.69 01:30, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
• August 8 -- User: Queenqpaw This is when it will happen. This is when it will happen.
• August 14 - Aiden Fisher 08:09, 26 September 2007 (UTC)
• 15 August - --ŴôôDéļf 14:02, 31 August 2007 (UTC)
• September 6, 04:38 UTC -- Jonny 07:20, 5 February 2006 (UTC)
• September 22 - Dvandetta March 1, 2006, 6:05pm PST
• August 17 -- FeldBum 01:56, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
• August 18 - Whaatt 00:50, 11 August 2007 (UTC)
• August 30 – Psychless 02:46, 29 June 2007 (UTC)
• August 31 -- Mercator79 07:25, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
• September 12 -- Raguiar 08:39, 4 March 2006 (UTC)
• September 17 -- Jpo 19:22, 24 September 2007 (UTC)
• October 2 -- Cattus ^talk 19:56, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
• October 10 -- Clayto 08:01, 2 March 2006 (EST)
• October 15 Spencer^T♦C 19:12, 10 May 2008 (UTC)
• October 22- Would be great on my birthday. STORMTRACKER 94 21:08, 28 October 2007 (UTC)
• November 2010 - it should be a surprise for my 30th birthday. [[User:NazismIsntCool|Nazism isn't cool]] 07:48, 30 Apr 2005 (UTC)
• November 12 -- don't tell anybody this is actually the second time I made a bet Dixonsej 16:20, 4 October 2007 (UTC)
• November 15 --Surachit 01:25, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
• November 17 -- I Don't know something the rest of you Don't Really I Don't...--St.daniel 14:22, 3 February 2007 (UTC)
• November 18 -- Berserkerz Crit 12:01, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
• November 23 --Aquillyne-- (talk) 19:15, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
• December 2 -- Twthmoses (talk) 06:16, 19 December 2007 (UTC)
• December 4 -- Mr.crabby (Talk) 16:51, 9 June 2007 (UTC)
• December 20 -- Highway99 03:49, 10 September 2007 (UTC)
• December 28 -- Duozmo 10:54, 5 March 2006 (UTC)
• December 29 -- (8:39) this should be a good birthday present. (Noah Dayspring)
• December 31 -- Car salesman 20:07, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] 2011

• January 7 - Just a guess. Spawn Man 06:58, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
• January 9- Wikipedia got 1million in 2006, 2million over a year later in 2007 so 3mill in 2008/9 4mill in 2009/10 and 5 million between 2010-2012 so im guessing 2011 would be most likely based on the rate we going now. Pathfinder2006 15:35, 1 January 2008 (UTC)
• January 11, leveling Simply south 17:24, 14 January 2007 (UTC)
• January 15 — the year feels right to me given current growth trends, and what better day than Wikipedia's tenth anniversary? --WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 19:47, 19 June 2007 (UTC)
• January 27, RyanGerbil10 20:38, 25 December 2005 (UTC)
• February 4, owlny 01:34, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
• February 12, just wait! -- @pple complain 06:23, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
• February 14, how romantic. -Ambuj Saxena (talk) 18:05, 2 May 2006 (UTC)
• February 26 - b'day --Hamedog_Talk|^@ 09:01, 10 October 2007 (UTC)
• March 9, my EXTREMELY rough estimation from how fast Wikipedia is growing... Crazy Eddy 17:53, 9 September 2007 (UTC)
• March 18, my 30th birthday, Renatta 00:07, 6 March 2006 (UTC)
• April 2, an available day in a year that sounds about right -- Imperator3733 (talk) 20:01, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
• April 1, why not? Acetic Acid 08:28, 4 August 2007 (UTC)
• April 12, 2011, judging by the rate Wikipedia is growing I'm probably not far off here... --Mark J 20:32, 22 May 2005 (UTC)
• April 14 - the day I can register to vote! Johnleemk | Talk 07:26, 7 January 2006 (UTC)
• April 17, 2011 - my 20th birthday =) --antilived ^{trash vandal results} 11:15, 22 October 2005 (UTC)
• April 26, 2011 -Jj137, May 9, 2007 (UTC)
• May 3, 2011 - WillMak050389
• May 6, 2011- My birthday :) Metsguy234 (talk) 04:08, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
• May 11 -- Phoeba Wright^OBJECTION! 12:23, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
• May 30 - GDonato (talk) 00:34, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
• June 17 - nobody
• June 21 - The
• June 30 - graduating from university, ish - Jack · talk · 18:52, Sunday, 4 February 2007
• July 1 - right smack in the middle of the year. (I think) Alvinpiggy
• July 1 - Robbsi 13:02, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
• 3 July - MattJones1512 I will make damn sure of it
• July 9 - Average Earthman 04:45, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
• July 14 - Darkfire
• July 15 - Slumgum 02:04, 15 July 2006 (UTC)
• August 1 -- ^Tom_Phil 12:49, 18 April 2007 (UTC)
• August 2 - random guess, number popped into my head. Hey, I've never won anything before... —Vanderdecken∴ ∫ξφ 16:35, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
• August 12, 2011, Llamadog903 11:18, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
• September 1, it'll be then! 12:37, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
• September 5 - I'm assuming software and policy changes that open the floodgates wider, though. ragesoss 14:01, 9 September 2007 (UTC)
• September 10, Let's hope the internet still has freedom Jeremyh 13:27, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
• September 14, on the assumption that the number of articles doubles every 18 months, a la Moore's Law (assuming I did the math correctly from 2007-04-02, 1.72m articles). — Loadmaster 14:41, 2 April 2007 (UTC)
• October 1 - Luis1007 19:39, 27 June 2007 (UTC)
• October 2 --Thorsen 08:00, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
• October 8 - Vinsfan368 Would be a good 14th birthday present for me.
• October 10 pashmina 22:03, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
• November 7 No particular reason to guess this. --Mblumber (talk) 02:29, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
• November 11 numerical date of 11-11-11; --HJKeats 14:28, 10 September 2007 (UTC)
• November 12 - Why not? It's close enough to several computer modeling programs that I've seen, so I might as well. Sageofwisdom
• November 13, 2011, 12.30 UTC. SqueakBox 18:50, 21 September 2005 (UTC)
• November 29 ez lesz a dátum, ha nyerek értesítsetek 2006 március 4.
• December 1. Wild guess based on growth trends. Amaryllis25 ^{"Talk to me"} 15:32, 14 December 2007 (UTC)
• December 15 I'm assuming the rate of growth will slow due to there being nothing more important to write about. Plus there's a nice big gap here. D0nkeypie 19:05, 23 April 2008 (EST)
• December 31 — but I'm just guessing. I don't know for 100 percent sure. --JayHenry 01:17, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] 2012

• January 1 - another New Year and an even bigger wiki. Wikipikarefulgenschu 01:39, 3 March 2006 (UTC)
• January 23 at 1:37 PM (13:37!) --Minoru 20:23, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
• February 12 at 12:00 PM --11:59 September 9, 2007
• February 24, 2012 Zginder ^{(talk) (Contrib)} 03:20, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
• February 29, 2012 -- a leap day. What could be better? nneonneo ^talk 05:52, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
• March 2 Mieciu K 22:52, 19 August 2007 (UTC)
• March 12, is the day my highly advanced mathematical predictions state Wikipedia will reach 5 million articles --ÐeadΣyeДrrow (Talk|Contribs) 16:39, 31 December 2007 (UTC)
• March 24, 2012 --Pozsy 23:21, 1 May 2006 (UTC)
• April 1, 2012, that'd be a neat birthday present for me! Matt0401 22:23, 1 March 2006 (EST)
• April 6, 2012 Noliver (talk) 08:09, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
• April 7, 2012 Arbon42 19:47, 15 October 2007 (UTC)
• April 18 at 3:26 a.m. UTC for no reason at all --Ravi12346 03:32, 4 March 2006 (UTC)
• May 5, 2012 at 07:00. Merosonox 00:33, 10 September 2007 (UTC)
• May 12, 2012. user 24.171.36.233
• May 28 - Nice birthday. Soxred93 (u t) 21:07, 15 May 2008 (UTC)
• June 10, simply because no one had guessed this month yet. :) Terraxos (talk) 14:53, 14 January 2008 (UTC)
• 14 July-gadfium 03:26, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
• July 21, of course - 22:42, 3 March 2006 (UTC)
• August 1 Pigslookfunny 00:17, 2 March 2007 (UTC)
• August 29, At 8.29 pm, as it is my birthday. By this time I'll be famous enough for Wikipedia not to delete a page about me. Johnwrw (talk) 07:40, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
• September 8, 2012 my 21st birthday, that way, if I win, I'll legally be able to throw an absolutely crazy party. -Fcb981^{(talk:contribs)} 02:04, 17 October 2007 (UTC)
• September 13, 2012 bCube _{(talk · contribs)} 04:57, 19 June 2007 (UTC)
• September 17, 2012This is the date i think it'll hit 5 million articles! meekzzz 23:00, 1 March 2006 (EST)
• October 1. shoy 15:20, 1 October 2007 (UTC)
• October 14 is my guess Homestarmy 16:04, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
• November 3, 04:56 UTC. --AllyUnion (talk) 06:45, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
• November 6 This election day in the USA when the democrat who is elected president in 2008 is re-elected will also be when Wikipedia hits five million articles. Workster 19:56, 9 August 2006 (UTC)
• November 7 Based on current growth trends. Oh, and since my prediction was only 3 days away from my birthday, might as well make it my birthday. --cuckooman (talk) 02:37, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
• November 10 i.e. Ten, Eleven, Twelve in countries and territories that use a logical ordering of day month year Saga City 14:43, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
• November 11 -LtNOWIS (talk) 19:51, 22 May 2008 (UTC)
• November 13 James Lednik (talk) 14:32, 15 February 2008 (UTC)
• December 5, My Birthday! The ed17 19:38, 24 April 2006 (UTC) (talk)
• December 8, at 04:09 UTC. --AllyUnion (talk) 06:45, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
• December 14, 2012 --Anthony Ivanoff (talk) 00:33, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
• December 15, 2012, possibly 4:52 a.m. MST - Tim Q. Wells 05:12, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
• December 20, 2012 I invented time travel in 2014. MortimerCat (talk) 22:35, 2 January 2008 (UTC)
• December 21, 2012, because something has to happen that day. Anomaly1 02:06, 10 December 2005 (UTC)

I agree it will happen in 2012. It will either happen on December 21 (my 25th birthday) or December 24 (the day the Aztecs predicted the world will end. A documentary that predicted the ending of the world based on the Bible also said this date). --Ted87 02:07, 30 June 2006 (UTC)

• December 22, 2012 - Or 12/22/2012. Coincidentally, also the day that aliens invade the Earth. For An Angel (talk) 17:23, 22 February 2008 (UTC)
• December 30 My 35 Birthday. I guessed 5 years earlier for the Wikipedia:Two-million pool --Reflex Reaction (talk)• 18:41, 10 May 2006 (UTC)
• December 31 The expiration of the Kyoto Protocols should be good for a laugh. J•A•K 00:24, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] 2013

• January 20, when Bush ends his third term. ;) --Efitu (Tlk Unc) 02:23, 10 September 2007 (UTC)
• February 16, 02:35 UTC --AllyUnion (talk) 06:45, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
• 29 March - at a rate of 1500 a day it will be early 2013 and there's a nice big gap to plonk myself between January and June. --Jpeeling (talk) 20:55, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
• 14 June - However, it is possible that the deletionists will take over and the number will stop increasing and start to decrease. -- ☑ SamuelWantman 07:49, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
• June 22 -- Earl Andrew - talk 06:21, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)
• 13 Smarch, after it's decided that all individual humans are notable, and they simultaneously reach forth from their nano cybercores to insert entries on themselves, causing the biggest meganet crash since 2008. Radiant_>|< 12:41, Jun 10, 2005 (UTC)
• 18 July -Reuvenk_{T C E} 02:16, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
• August 12 At 9:30 am, the date of my birthday Lefairh 16:43, 5 October 2007 (UTC)
• August 22 01:33 GMT David 14:19, 4 March 2006 (UTC)
• September 25 Jet Engines 18:05, 3 April 2006 (UTC)
• December 7. Because it's my birthday --Monsterxxl 17:18, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
• December 11. My Birthday, and considering 500.000 articles every year, this year is my choice. 12345_lewis
• December 31 Peak growth will be at 2.500.000 articles around June 2008 HenkvD 19:10, 21 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] 2014

• January 13, also known as 13-13-13! --Taktser 03:24, 17 August 2007 (UTC)
• 25 January --Neo 11:04, 25 Mar 2005 (UTC)
• January 27, shortly after 1 PM EST -- the 13th hour of the 13th day of the 13th month of the 13th year of Wikipedia's existence. —JonTerry4 21:46, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
• February 23rd - Forseti11 22:35, 13 July 2007 (UTC)
• 14 July Yrithinnd 01:51, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
• August 27 - no reason. --Joe Schme^(ssages)dley 21:36, 3 December 2006 (UTC)
• September 9, assuming a linear growth rate since 0.5 million, and using 0.5, 1 and 1.5 million as data points. No, I don't really believe that linear growth is a correct model. --User101010 18:55, 20 December 2006 (UTC)
• 26 September -My 31st Birthday (yikes!)-Captain Bob 07:40, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
• January 18, 2014 – b_jonas 16:16, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
• April 22 Greeves ^{(talk • contribs)} 17:46, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
• 10 June Chenzw (talk · contribs) 07:15, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] 2015

• 15 January, Wikipedia Day 2015. WODUP 16:03, 18 April 2007 (UTC)
• January 24 - My 30th birthday, why not? Pax 05:55, Apr 20, 2005 (UTC)
• March 26 - No particular reason, but it's the first date that came to mind for me. FreakyFlyBry 05:19, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
• April 15 ៛ Bielle (talk) 02:58, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
• June 24 - this is reasonable. — Sverdrup 00:28, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)
• June 12 --Fir0002 07:53, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
• October 3 -- The day I turn 25....

[edit] 2016

• April 14!!! I'm betting five bucks on this one. -- Mac Davis ☢ ญƛ. 08:59, 3 March 2006 (UTC)

October 19 Bennity 11:28, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
December 9 G Clark 02:42, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

• November 18 - Berserkerz Crit 15:36, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] 2017

• 20 October because it'll be my 25th ;). --Tyman 101 (talk) 02:33, 28 November 2007 (UTC)
• 12 November because it is the correct date-> 14 hours before the technological singularity occurs. Adelord 09:11, 3 July 2006 (UTC)
• 28 December -- Grunt   ҈  02:35, 2005 Mar 23 (UTC)

[edit] 2018

22 - 02 - 18 (Roy van Rijn) --217.195.241.2 09:07, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] 2019

The fifty-seventh day of 2019. --Berney 21:37, 16 December 2005 (UTC)

April 3, 2019. --Nomader 00:02, 3 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] 2020-2021

• April 15, 2020 ៛ Bielle (talk) 02:56, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

June 15, 2020, this was a tough prediction, but I think the middle of 2020 is the way to go. --Evan Robidoux 19:46, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

May 15, 2021. 23:59 hrs UTC - If I'm right, I'll probably be dead before this day comes. :( Ryan 07:17, July 27, 2005 (UTC)

August 17, 2020, whereupon Wikipedia will receive perfect vision (and subsequently receive an asolute barrage of new articles, as I've also predicted that this is the date where Wikipedia will receive its eleventy-billionth post). Matt Yeager 06:14, 30 December 2005 (UTC)

October 10, 2021, when the police snipers finally take me down. Proto 12:51, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] 2022-2023

Better than Human AI achieve consciousness and names him self Tay The Procrastinator 00:13, 11 January 2006 (UTC)

March 15, 2022 My 35th birthday 24.199.216.91 04:14, 17 October 2006 (UTC)Procty

July 14, 2022 Dang that's far away...I'll be 34. Zarxos 03:14, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

October 23, 2023 I just have a feeling. Chachilongbow 16:47, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] 2024-2025

July 10, 2025. Give or take 2 years, 3 months and 27 days. - Ghelae^talk_contribs 15:56, 25 February 2006 (UTC)

March 2 or March 10, 2025. Think about it, you know it makes sense. Daesumnor 01:59, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] 2026-2027

May 2, 2027 - [[1]] (it will be my 40th birthday !)

May 12, 2027 on my 40th birthday (oops I will be 50 haha, oh I am an old fart!). By then Wikipedia will do datadumps to our brains every third millisecond.--Adam ^(talk) 02:49, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

On May 25 2027 will be the day.

[edit] 2028-2029

• Just before Skynet declares martial law over the Internet and sends his T-800s after us.- JustPhil 21:07, 8 October 2005 (UTC)
• November 23rd, 2028. Toonmon2005 01:55, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] 2030-2034

• September 16, 2031 --Astrowob 20:00, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC)
• September 17.33333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333... 20:27, 18 May 2005 (UTC)

[edit] 2035-2039

• January 18, 2038 - the day before civilization collapses along with unix time. -- Cyrius|✎

• January 19, 2038 - The day that civilization collapses with unix time. 71.192.130.225 12:38, 26 August 2007 (UTC)

• January 20, 2038 - The day after civilization collapses along with unix time. Skudrafan1 (talk) 04:47, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] 2040-2044

4 october 2040 it will be the 23rd article published that day and it will be the 5 millionth ever. (----)

[edit] 2045-2049

• 6 September Ashibaka tock 03:32, 6 January 2006 (UTC)
• September 22, 2046 — Celticshk ^Talk 07:05, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] 2050 or later

• Exactly 1 year after the moment we land a person on Mars. (please move this vote when we've landed on Mars :)) -- BRIAN0918  15:14, 22 Mar 2005 (UTC)

" Exactly 1 year after the moment we land a person on Mars". Jim Kirk will be President first.=] Trekphiler 03:52, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

• Does "we" mean Americans or mankind?? (it may will be two different landing events)

  "We" refers to the squirrel population in Antarctica, of course. Sango123 July 5, 2005 17:00 (UTC)

Does a monkey still count? :) Smartech 02:53, 15 July 2005 (UTC)

Since people are technically just a breed of monkeys, yes. --86.130.24.206 15:12, 28 August 2005 (UTC)

No - technically people are a breed of ape, not monkeys. Both though a part of the primate group. David Ruben ^Talk 01:57, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

Why don't we just say:

When a lifeform from Earth intentionally lands themself or another lifeform from Earth onto Mars or one of its satellites.

--Joe Schme^(ssages)dley 21:39, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

-- Isn't this supposed to be a place where you bet rather than discuss nonexistent squirrel populations from Antarctica ;). Dixonsej 16:23, 4 October 2007 (UTC)

• March 14, [2]159 2:65:35.89793238 UTC. — Ilγαηερ (Tαlκ) 04:09, 20 July 2005 (UTC)

[edit] 2066

March 14, pi day π Nillanilla3ee 19:22, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] 2094

• God I wish I could live to see it.199.111.230.195 00:40, 28 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] 2095

January 3rd

[edit] 2101

Whenever humanity invents the Zig. The 5-millionth article will be All their base are belongs to us. nneonneo ^talk 05:59, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Eternity

I'm betting on the year ALEF_null+1, 12:01 (UTC+pi)

[edit] Never

• Whether or not Wikipedia will reach five million articles is one thing. Whether it should is another. It's reached the point where - excluding current events or news articles - almost every new article created for Wikipedia is pointless. It will be a local band creating their own page for their band, or something else of the sort. So, in other words, my answer is: Wikipedia will reach five million articles when ... well, right after it reaches 4,999,999 articles.

That wasn't funny at all, was it? Free-encyclopedia 19:23, 21 September 2007 (UTC)

• It is not possible, The sum of all knowlegde < 5,000,000 articles --Clawed 05:12, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)
• Shortly after the heat death of the sun.  ALKIVAR™ 01:40, 23 Mar 2005 (UTC)
• After pi is found to be a rational number. Sango123 23:07, May 22, 2005 (UTC)
• When Romania denies having ever had yellow in their flag when it has yellow now. Barely There 12:07, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
• When boys start being named Sarah. HellRaiser 04:43, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)
• After blindness is found to be just a state of mind. Jesus Lover 05:27, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)
• When a vandal named User:Willy on Wheels ON WHEELS!!!!!haha takes complete control of Wikipedia, and uses it to destroy every Internet connection in France, creating 5,000,000 articles in the process. --Mark J 19:09, 17 July 2005 (UTC)
• When Essex becomes a independent country. --Weirdguy 06:42, 19 July 2005 (UTC)
• At this rate, it will be after 2012. Gogo December 21, 2012. - RPharazon 03:56, August 12, 2005 (UTC)
• When the Wikimedia Foundation takes over every company in the world, creating 4,595,151 articles in the process.--207.200.116.136 20:27, 25 December 2005 (UTC)
• Not if the mergists have a say :) Deckiller 01:18, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
• When the People's Action Party loses control of the government in Singapore. (nah, just kidding. real guess below) - splot 07:07, 16 July 2006 (UTC)
• Isopropyl 05:57, 2 May 2006 (UTC)
• Delete. Not notable. ;-) DarthVader 08:44, 18 May 2006 (UTC)
• Never, Everytime Wikipedia gets 5 million Articles, Andrea Yates appears puts all 5 Million articles in her bathtub until they drown, and Wikipedia has to star all over again 12.183.203.184 08:48, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
• Wikipedia will probably a) further deteriorate, alienating too many good contributors, or b) abolish IP editing, both alternatives with the result of a lot fewer articles being created. —AldeBaer 10:55, 26 May 2007 (UTC)
• More precisely when Willy on Wheels passes his RfA. Cool Blue^{talk to me} 22:21, 9 June 2007 (UTC)
• 5,000,000? Doesn't that come right before ∞? —[[Animum | talk]] 22:54, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
• When Catholics turn into Theistic Satanists. --Agüeybaná 20:30, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
• When Laika makes her long awaited return.Yohan euan o4 20:11, 22 October 2007 (UTC)