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Date of last complete update

Please indicate here when you have checked the Wikipedias in all languages for their article counts:
  • The table is complete and up to date as of a few hours before the time I'm posting this message. - dcljr (talk) 03:42, 17 May 2008 (UTC)

Note that the article counts listed at the link above might not be completely up to date since it is "manually" updated by users by pasting periodically generated wikitext from a wiki statistics site into the page. When an active wiki is very near a milestone, you might want to check the wiki's Special:Statistics page to get the "live" count. See also m:Wikimedia News for article-milestone announcements and a similar table. - dcljr (talk) 01:15, 20 May 2008 (UTC)


See below for languages in need of watching this month.


Past discussion follows...

[edit] Numbers

I would prefer that the numbers appear with zeroes (eg as 100,000), rather than with a suffix of M or K (eg as 100 K). I think there will be many readers of Wikipedia for whom the suffix doesn't make immediate sense, and at least a few who will be unsure whether the letter refers to powers of ten e.g. Mega (which it does) or powers of two, e.g. mebi.-gadfium 22:01, 28 December 2006 (UTC)

I agree. The 0s weren't hurting anything. I'm going to put them back. - dcljr (talk) 05:40, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Languages watched in July 2007

Based on trends in article counts seen at m:List of Wikipedias, the following languages are the ones most likely to need promoting in the table this month (July 2007):

  • Lithuanian (lt:) will reach 50,000 Happened Aug 1. - dcljr
  • Slovenian (sl:) will reach 50,000 Happened Jul 18. - dcljr
  • Latvian (lv:) will reach 10,000 Happened Jul 19. - dcljr
  • Sicilian (scn:) will reach 10,000 Happened Jul 6. - dcljr
  • Divehi (dv:) will probably reach 2,000

The following are less likely, but possible promotions:

  • Bosnian (bs:) might reach 20,000
  • Yoruba (yo:) might reach 5,000
  • Nahuatl (nah:) might reach 2,000 Happened Jul 26. - dcljr
  • Bishnupriya Manipuri (bpy:) might possibly reach 20,000
  • Belarusian (be:) might possibly reach 10,000
  • Occitan (oc:) might possibly reach 10,000
  • Tajik (tg:) might possibly reach 10,000
  • Banyumasan (map-bms:) might possibly reach 5,000
  • Pali (pi:) might possibly reach 5,000
  • Swahili (sw:) might possibly reach 5,000 Happened Jul 11. - dcljr
  • Cantonese (zh-yue:) might possibly reach 5,000
  • Scots (sco:) might possibly reach 2,000

And these are the most likely newcomers to the table:

  • Pashto (ps:) will reach 1,000
  • Kabyle (kab:) might possibly reach 1,000

Within each list above, the entries are given in decreasing order of certainty, then in decreasing numerical order by milestone, and finally in alphabetical order by site prefix. Note that my prediction method is biased towards saying a wiki with a recent growth spurt will continue such activity. - dcljr (talk) 17:16, 6 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Languages watched in August 2007

Based on trends in article counts seen at m:List of Wikipedias, the following languages are the ones most likely to need promoting in the table this month (August 2007):

  • Scots (sco:) will reach 2,000 Happened Aug 18. - dcljr
  • Bosnian (bs:) will almost certainly reach 20,000 Happened Aug 30. - dcljr
  • Basque (eu:) will probably reach 20,000

The following are less likely, but possible promotions:

  • Bishnupriya Manipuri (bpy:) might reach 20,000 Happened Aug 16. - dcljr
  • Occitan (oc:) might reach 10,000
  • Yoruba (yo:) might reach 5,000
  • Divehi (dv:) might reach 2,000
  • English (en:) might possibly reach 2,000,000 (I think we can actually bump this up to "probably" at this point)
  • Russian (ru:) might possibly reach 200,000
  • Volapük (vo:) might possibly reach 50,000 Happened Aug 22. - dcljr
  • Kurdish (ku:) might possibly reach 10,000
  • Pali (pi:) might possibly reach 5,000
  • Yiddish (yi:) might possibly reach 5,000
  • Cantonese (zh-yue:) might possibly reach 5,000
  • Ossetian (os:) might possibly reach 2,000

And these are the most likely newcomers to the table:

  • Bavarian (bar:) will almost certainly reach 1,000 Happened Aug 16. - dcljr
  • Pashto (ps:) will almost certainly reach 1,000 Happened Aug 5. - dcljr

Within each list above, the entries are given in decreasing order of certainty, then in decreasing numerical order by milestone, and finally in alphabetical order by site prefix. Note that my prediction method is biased towards saying a wiki with a recent growth spurt will continue such activity. - dcljr (talk) 02:14, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Languages watched in September 2007

Based on trends in article counts seen at m:List of Wikipedias, the following languages are the ones most likely to need promoting in the table this month (September 2007):

  • English (en:) will reach 2,000,000 (my prediction method is saying Sep 9th) Happened Sep 9. - dcljr
  • Russian (ru:) will reach 200,000 Happened Sep 4. - dcljr
  • Basque (eu:) will reach 20,000 Happened Sep 11. - dcljr
  • Occitan (oc:) will reach 10,000 Happened Sep 11. - dcljr
  • Simple English (simple:) will probably reach 20,000

The following are less likely, but possible promotions:

  • Kurdish (ku:) might reach 10,000 Happened Sep 19. - dcljr
  • Tarantino (roa-tara:) might reach 10,000
  • Divehi (dv:) might reach 2,000
  • Azerbaijani (az:) might possibly reach 20,000
  • Nahuatl (nah:) might possibly reach 5,000
  • Cantonese (zh-yue:) might possibly reach 5,000 Happened Sep 23. - dcljr
  • Ossetian (os:) might possibly reach 2,000

And these are the most likely newcomers to the table:

  • Kazakh (kk:) might possibly reach 1,000
  • Oriya (or:) might possibly reach 1,000

Within each list above, the entries are given in decreasing order of certainty, then in decreasing numerical order by milestone, and finally in alphabetical order by site prefix. Note that my prediction method is biased towards saying a wiki with a recent growth spurt will continue such activity. - dcljr (talk) 21:41, 2 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Commons

I see that Wikimedia Commons is not far away from reaching 2 million media files. Would it be worth adding it in here? Commons reached their 1 millionth file on 30 November 2006.

Also, I notice that the Māori Wikipedia reached 5,000 articles about a week ago. How do I determine the exact date that figure was reached to use in updating the table?-gadfium 04:57, 16 September 2007 (UTC)

Regarding the Commons stat: no. Place that information at m:Wikimedia News. That's also the place to find the date a particular wiki passed a milestone, assuming someone else has noticed and posted it there. If you're the only one who's noticed a milestone, you can check the Special:Statistics and Special:Newpages pages for the particular wiki (those page names will work on any language's wiki). By comparing the current article count with the list of most recently created pages, you should be able to approximate the date that the wiki passed a certain milestone (assuming you can read / figure out the information presented on those pages — in certain languages, that can be a real challenge!). Only problem with this approach is, the article count at Special:Statistics doesn't include all pages that get created: they have to fit certain criteria to count toward the official article count. Plus, if any pages have been deleted since the milestone was reached, that will also skew the results. Another way that sometimes works is to check updates to m:List of Wikipedias, which is updated periodically by various users and will give snapshots of article counts for any particular wiki you're interested in. Problem there is, it's not always updated every day. - dcljr (talk) 05:27, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Languages watched in October 2007

Based on trends in article counts seen at m:List of Wikipedias, the following languages are the ones most likely to need promoting in the table this month (October 2007):

  • Simple English (simple:) will reach 20,000 Happened Oct 16. - dcljr
  • Piedmontese (pms:) will reach 10,000 Happened Oct 2. - dcljr
  • Quechua (qu:) will probably reach 5,000 Happened Oct 31. - dcljr

The following are less likely, but possible promotions:

  • Azeri (az:) might reach 20,000
  • Tarantino (roa-tara:) might reach 10,000
  • Nepali (ne:) might reach 2,000
  • Romanian (ro:) might possibly reach 100,000
  • Nahuatl (nah:) might possibly reach 5,000
  • Pangasinan (pag:) might possibly reach 5,000
  • Divehi (dv:) might possibly reach 2,000
  • Ossetian (os:) might possibly reach 2,000

And these are the most likely newcomers to the table:

  • Kazakh (kk:) will reach 1,000 Happened Oct 3. - dcljr
  • Anglo-Saxon (ang:) might possibly reach 1,000
  • Oriya (or:) might possibly reach 1,000

Within each list above, the entries are given in decreasing order of certainty, then in decreasing numerical order by milestone, and finally in alphabetical order by site prefix. Note that my prediction method is biased towards saying a wiki with a recent growth spurt will continue such activity. (Note that the predictions above were made based on Oct 2nd data, even though I'm posting this on Oct 12th.) - dcljr (talk) 00:29, 13 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Languages watched in November 2007

Based on trends in article counts seen at m:List of Wikipedias, the following languages are the ones most likely to need promoting in the table this month (November 2007):

  • Romanian (ro:) will probably reach 100,000
  • Malayalam (ml:) will probably reach 5,000

The following are less likely, but possible promotions:

  • Nepali (ne:) might reach 2,000 Happened Nov 14. - dcljr
  • Lombard (lmo:) might possibly reach 100,000 Happened Nov 20. - dcljr
  • Bulgarian (bg:) might possibly reach 50,000
  • Asturian (ast:) might possibly reach 10,000 Happened Nov 20. - dcljr
  • Maori (mi:) might possibly reach 10,000
  • Kannada (kn:) might possibly reach 5,000

And these are the most likely newcomers to the table:

  • Lingala (ln:) might possibly reach 1,000 Happened Dec 1. - dcljr
  • Mongolian (mn:) might possibly reach 1,000 Happened Nov 24. - dcljr
  • Oriya (or:) might possibly reach 1,000

Within each list above, the entries are given in decreasing order of certainty, then in decreasing numerical order by milestone, and finally in alphabetical order by site prefix. Note that my prediction method is biased towards saying a wiki with a recent growth spurt will continue such activity. - dcljr (talk) 06:45, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Languages watched in December 2007

Based on trends in article counts seen at m:List of Wikipedias, the following languages are the ones most likely to need promoting in the table this month (December 2007):

  • Bulgarian (bg:) will reach 50,000 Happened Dec 26. - dcljr
  • Upper Sorbian (hsb:) will reach 5,000
  • Malayalam (ml:) will reach 5,000 Happened Dec 12. - dcljr

The following are less likely, but possible promotions:

  • Romanian (ro:) might reach 100,000
  • Kannada (kn:) might reach 5,000 Happened Dec 27. - dcljr
  • Kazakh (kk:) might reach 2,000
  • Scottish Gaelic (gd:) might possibly reach 5,000
  • Yoruba (yo:) might possibly reach 5,000 Happened Jan 3. - dcljr
  • Romansh (rm:) might possibly reach 2,000

No languages have been flagged this month as likely newcomers to the table (i.e., reaching 1,000 articles).

Within each list above, the entries are given in decreasing order of certainty, then in decreasing numerical order by milestone, and finally in alphabetical order by site prefix. Note that my prediction method is biased towards saying a wiki with a recent growth spurt will continue such activity. - dcljr (talk) 09:10, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

Latest predictions (using Dec 19th data) reveal:
  • Aromanian (roa-rup:) will probably reach 2,000 Happened Dec 22. - dcljr
- dcljr (talk) 05:30, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Languages watched in January 2008

Based on trends in article counts seen at m:List of Wikipedias, the following languages are the ones most likely to need promoting in the table this month (January 2008):

  • Romanian (ro:) will reach 100,000 Happened Jan 11. - dcljr
  • Azeri (az:) will reach 20,000
  • Catalan (ca:) will probably reach 100,000 Happened Jan 18. - dcljr
  • Upper Sorbian (hsb:) will probably reach 5,000

The following are less likely, but possible promotions:

  • Samogitian (bat-smg:) might possibly reach 5,000 Happened Jan 24. - dcljr
  • Scottish Gaelic (gd:) might possibly reach 5,000
  • Franco-Provençal/Arpitan (frp:) might possibly reach 2,000
  • Kazakh (kk:) might possibly reach 2,000
  • Romansh (rm:) might possibly reach 2,000 Happened Jan 29. - dcljr

And finally, the following language is the most likely newcomer to the table:

  • Interlingue (ie:) might possibly reach 1,000

Within each list above, the entries are given in decreasing order of certainty, then in decreasing numerical order by milestone, and finally in alphabetical order by site prefix. Note that my prediction method is biased towards saying a wiki with a recent growth spurt will continue such activity. In particular, it's predicting:

  • Lombard (lmo:) will probably reach 20,000

But, of course, seeing as how that wiki has dropped from over 100K to below 15K over the past month, it seems unlikely that it will be growing to over 20K this month. But you never know... - dcljr (talk) 05:56, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Demotion of Lombard

Given the huge swings in article counts of the Lombard Wikipedia this year — from 10K in Feb to over 100K in Nov, and back to below 15K now — I've decided to demote that wiki in the table to the 10K section, using the Feb 27th date that the wiki first passed that milestone. Usually wikis that drop below a recently passed milestone only do so for a brief time, and then they pass the mark again; in such cases, the first date the wiki passed the milestone is retained in the table, but in the case of Lombard, the drop is so significant that, IMO, the 100K milestone should not stand. - dcljr (talk) 06:38, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

Agreed. David Cannon (talk) 09:02, 5 January 2008 (UTC)
Well, now Lombard is well below 5K, and has been for a couple of months now (currently stands at 2,756). I don't necessarily think it should be demoted again, but just thought I'd ask for others' opinions on the matter... - dcljr (talk) 05:00, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Languages watched in February 2008

Based on trends in article counts seen at m:List of Wikipedias, the following languages are the ones most likely to need promoting in the table this month (February 2008):

  • Turkish (tr:) will reach 100,000 Already happened (Feb 3). - dcljr
  • Icelandic (is:) will reach 20,000 Happened Feb 15. - dcljr
  • Georgian (ka:) will reach 20,000 Happened Feb 12. - dcljr

The following are less likely, but possible promotions:

  • Belarusian (be:) might reach 10,000
  • Zazaki (diq:) might reach 2,000 Happened Feb 6. - dcljr
  • Classical Chinese (zh-classical:) might reach 2,000
  • Upper Sorbian (hsb:) might possibly reach 5,000
  • Aromanian (roa-rup:) might possibly reach 5,000
  • Franco-Provençal/Arpitan (frp:) might possibly reach 2,000
  • Maltese (mt:) might possibly reach 2,000

And finally, the following languages are the most likely newcomers to the table:

  • Crimean Tatar (crh:) might possibly reach 1,000
  • Interlingue (ie:) might possibly reach 1,000

Within each list above, the entries are given in decreasing order of certainty, then in decreasing numerical order by milestone, and finally in alphabetical order by site prefix. Note that my prediction method is biased towards saying a wiki with a recent growth spurt will continue such activity. In particular, it's still predicting:

  • Lombard (lmo:) might possibly reach 20,000

Even though that wiki dropped from over 100K to below 15K over the month of Dec 2007, and so is very unlikely to grow to over 20K this month. - dcljr (talk) 08:27, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Languages watched in March 2008

Based on trends in article counts seen at m:List of Wikipedias, the following languages are the ones most likely to need promoting in the table this month (March 2008):

  • Belarusian (be:) will reach 10,000 Happened Mar 15. - dcljr
  • Kazakh (kk:) will reach 2,000 Happened Mar 10. - dcljr
  • Scottish Gaelic (gd:) will almost certainly reach 5,000 Happened Mar 12. - dcljr
  • Ukrainian (uk:) will probably reach 100,000 Happened Mar 28. - dcljr

The following are less likely, but possible promotions:

  • Yiddish (yi:) might reach 5,000
  • Walloon (wa:) might possibly reach 10,000 Happened Mar 20. - dcljr
  • Aromanian (roa-rup:) might possibly reach 5,000
  • Hawaiian (haw:) might possibly reach 2,000
  • Maltese (mt:) might possibly reach 2,000
  • Classical Chinese (zh-classical:) might possibly reach 2,000

And finally, the following languages are the most likely newcomers to the table:

  • Crimean Tatar (crh:) might possibly reach 1,000
  • Interlingue (ie:) might possibly reach 1,000
  • Tok Pisin (tpi:) might possibly reach 1,000

Within each list above, the entries are given in decreasing order of certainty, then in decreasing numerical order by milestone, and finally in alphabetical order by site prefix. Note that my prediction method is biased towards saying a wiki with a recent growth spurt will continue such activity. - dcljr (talk) 01:52, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Languages watched in April 2008

Based on trends in article counts seen at m:List of Wikipedias (as of a week ago), the following languages are the ones most likely to need promoting in the table this month (April 2008):

  • Albanian (sq:) will reach 20,000 Happened Apr 19. - dcljr
  • Yiddish (yi:) will reach 5,000

The following are less likely, but possible promotions:

  • Haitian (ht:) might reach 20,000 Happened Apr 22. - dcljr
  • Võro (fiu-vro:) might possibly reach 2,000
  • Hawaiian (haw:) might possibly reach 2,000
  • Maltese (mt:) might possibly reach 2,000

And finally, the following languages are the most likely newcomers to the table:

  • Interlingue (ie:) might possibly reach 1,000
  • Tok Pisin (tpi:) might possibly reach 1,000

Within each list above, the entries are given in decreasing order of certainty, then in decreasing numerical order by milestone, and finally in alphabetical order by site prefix. Note that my prediction method is biased towards saying a wiki with a recent growth spurt will continue such activity. - dcljr (talk) 02:57, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Languages watched in May 2008

Based on trends in article counts seen at m:List of Wikipedias, the following languages are the ones most likely to need promoting in the table this month (May 2008):

  • Polish (pl:) will reach 500,000 Happened May 14. - dcljr
  • Latin (la:) will reach 20,000 Happened May 8. - dcljr
  • Yiddish (yi:) will reach 5,000 Happened May 5. - dcljr
  • Franco-Provençal/Arpitan (frp:) will reach 2,000 Happened May 2. - dcljr

The following are less likely, but possible promotions:

  • Hindi (hi:) might possibly reach 20,000 Happened May 29. - dcljr
  • Võro (fiu-vro:) might possibly reach 2,000
  • Manx (gv:) might possibly reach 2,000

And finally, the following languages are the most likely newcomers to the table:

  • Interlingue (ie:) might possibly reach 1,000 Happened May 31. - dcljr
  • Tok Pisin (tpi:) might possibly reach 1,000
  • Tahitian (ty:) might possibly reach 1,000

Within each list above, the entries are given in decreasing order of certainty, then in decreasing numerical order by milestone, and finally in alphabetical order by site prefix. Note that my prediction method is biased towards saying a wiki with a recent growth spurt will continue such activity. - dcljr (talk) 03:57, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Languages in need of watching

Based on trends in article counts seen at m:List of Wikipedias, the following languages are the ones most likely to need promoting in the table this month (June 2008):

  • Japanese (ja:) will reach 500,000
  • Czech (cs:) will reach 100,000
  • Esperanto (eo:) will reach 100,000
  • Estonian (et:) will reach 50,000
  • Breton (br:) will reach 20,000
  • Belarusian (Tarashkevitsa) (be-x-old:) will reach 10,000 Happened Jun 1. - dcljr
  • Afrikaans (af:) will almost certainly reach 10,000

The following are less likely, but possible promotions:

  • Ripuarian (ksh:) might reach 10,000
  • Slovak (sk:) might possibly reach 100,000

And finally, the following language is the most likely newcomer to the table:

  • Tahitian (ty:) might possibly reach 1,000

Within each list above, the entries are given in decreasing order of certainty, then in decreasing numerical order by milestone, and finally in alphabetical order by site prefix. Note that my prediction method is biased towards saying a wiki with a recent growth spurt will continue such activity. - dcljr (talk) 05:58, 1 June 2008 (UTC)