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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 20,000,000 (twenty 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 2,411,250.

This pool will be closed for entries when the English Wikipedia article count reaches 15,000,000, so be sure to place your guess before then. This pool opened on September 9, 2007, shortly before the 2,000,000th article was created.

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[edit] Never

  • I feel quite sure Wikipedia is now so developed that it might be too finished before reaching 20M articles. Georgia guy 14:59, 9 September 2007 (UTC)
  • 20 million is too many! Chenzw (talk · contribs) 07:56, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] In the Past

  • By the time Wikipedia has 20M articles, time travel will have been invented, and the last article will be posted by someone researching (on-location) something that happened in the past. --Ye Olde Luke 23:53, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] 2007-2010

  • September 21, 2007. Marlith T/C 03:27, 18 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] 2011

  • September 22, 2011. David Remahl 07:42, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] 2012

  • November 19th, 2012. • Lawrence Cohen 20:37, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] 2013

[edit] 2014

[edit] 2015-2025

[edit] 2026-2100

  • 2036 February 29. SYSS Mouse 01:53, 10 September 2007 (UTC)
  • 1 January 2030. Why? I don't know. 99.247.137.108 20:24, 28 September 2007 (UTC)
  • 03:14:07 UTC on Tuesday, January 20, 2038. 24 hours previously a vast number, perhaps 80%, or all websites will have crashed, hard. Wikipedia will of course be one of those that remains, and the dispossed of other sites will overrun Wikipedia, creating a blitzkrieg of articles totally irrelevant to the purpose of an encyclopedia, but the rate will overwhelm our defences, and in this maelstrom the 20 millionth article will be created.

After this event all these pages will be moved to the new Asylum: namespace, thus allowing a second 20 millionth article to be created in the distant future. M0ffx 00:24, 3 November 2007 (UTC)

  • July 4, 2038 Growth trends... and rounded to the nearest significant day. --cuckooman (talk) 02:41, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
  • March 16, 2042 --ÐeadΣyeДrrow (Talk|Contribs) 16:48, 31 December 2007 (UTC)
  • January 23, 2045 - Or 1/23/45. Coincidentally, also the day Wikipedia takes over the world. --For An Angel (talk) 18:00, 22 February 2008 (UTC)
  • October 3, 2057 11:35 GCT (by then, a new timezone system will have been developed, in result of colonization of other planets, hence Galactic Coordinated Time) Crad0010 21:45, 6 October 2007 (UTC)
  • 8th September, 2066. my 75th birthday, weird to think about. -Fcb981(talk:contribs) 01:56, 17 October 2007 (UTC)
  • July 4th 2076 The tricentenial of the United States. The article will be about a tricentenial celebration. --Qazox (talk) 05:27, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
  • 2100 december 19 Blacksmith talk 07:57, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] 2101 or later

2300, after we establish a new human habitat on Mars, there will be a whole new world of articles to create. --User101010 11:09, 14 September 2007 (UTC)

September 12, 2300 Nillanilla3ee 19:16, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

18 September 2307 Fardell 08:40, 18 September 2007 (UTC)