Wikipedia:Announcements
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If your announcement might be of interest to other language Wikipedia editions, please place a copy on the "Wikimedia News" page of our multilanguage discussion site. Announcements having no direct connection with the English language Wikipedia, such as those concerning sister projects should be made on Wikimedia News and/or the article milestones statistics page. Announcements9 SeptemberThe English Wikipedia article count passed 2.0 million. The official two millionth article by consensus is El Hormiguero. 22 JulyThe English Wikipedia article count passed 1.9 million. 14 JuneCategory:Living people reached 200,000 biography articles (90,000 on 11 May 2006) 25 MayThe English Wikipedia article count passed 1.8 million. 22 MarchThe English Wikipedia article count passed 1.7 million. 21 FebruaryWikipedia's daily Alexa ranking hit 8 for the first time, a new high. [1] 11 JanuaryThe English Wikipedia’s revision counter, indicating the total number of edits, has passed 100,000,000. 7 JanuaryWikipedia's weekly Alexa ranking hit 10 for the first time. Meanwhile, its daily ranking hit 9, a new high. 3 JanuaryWikipedia's daily Alexa ranking hit 10 again today. Of the total traffic to all Wikipedia sites, the share attributable to en: has now fallen to 54%, demonstrating the rapid growth of the many other Wikipedia language editions, while growth in en: continues unchecked. 2 JanuaryWikipedia entered 2007 with over 6 million articles in 251 languages, 1560143 of them in English. During 2006, the English Wikipedia contributed 666,906 of the almost 3 million new articles project-wide, which almost doubled in 12 months. Full statistics are now available. 26 DecemberWikipedia's Alexa 3-monthly average traffic rank hit a new high of 12, hitting daily rank of 10 twice during December. Milestone statisticsFor more details on these milestones, please see Wikimedia News.
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