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Wikimedia servers got a new facility
On June 7, 2005 (UTC), Wikimedia cluster was moved to another facility, as there would be more space. The newer facility is better designed and in the same city of former one, in Tampa, Florida. Moving had to be done all at once, with all network and servers turned off and moved across the street. It took nearly 11 hours from 07:00 UTC, 03:00 at the local time. Domas Mituzas

New appointements on the Foundation team
On the 25th of june, Jimbo Wales has announced the appointement of the following people on official positions within the Foundation organigram
- Chief Financial Officer : DanielMayer (renewal)
- Chief Technical Officer (servers and development): Brion Vibber
- Hardware Officer: Domas Mituzas
- Developer Liaison: Jens Frank
- Chief Research Officer: Erik Möller
- Grants Coordinator: Danny Wool
- Press Officer: Elisabeth Bauer
- Lead Legal co-ordination: Jean-Baptiste Soufron
As Jimmy Wales best put it, the board encourages these people to work closely with, and even helps to formulate committees within Wikimedia. These appointed positions do not have any special power within any of those groups, but serve as a point of contact to the Board, and to the community, to ensure that information is flowing between all concerned parties within their own fields of xpertise. The appointment is a reflection of the work these people are already doing in these areas, and should not be seen as a disincentive to others to become involved. Florence Devouard

Portuguese and Spanish Wikipedia reaches 50,000 articles.
On 21 May, the Portuguese Wikipedia has reached 50,000 articles. The 50,000th one is Sé de Viseu. This makes Portuguese the eighth Wikipedia with more than 50,000 articles. Nine days later on 30 May, the Spanish Wikipedia has reached 50,000 too. Also Indonesian Wikipeda is remarkable as the first Austronesian language Wikimedia project which has over 10,000 articles. Other significant milestones of May 2005 - 100 articles: Gujarati Wikipedia, Bosnian Wiktionary, French Wikinews, Dutch Wikinews. 500 articles: Danish Wiktionary, Marathi Wikipedia. 1000 articles: Albanian Wikipedia, Corsican Wiktionary, Alemannic Wikipedia, Georgian Wikipedia, Javanese Wikipedia, Danish Wiktionary, Sicilian Wikipedia. 10,000 articles: Estonian Wikipedia, Czech Wikipedia.

MediaWiki won first prize at les Trophées du Libre
On thurdsay, May the 26th, a french event geared towards free software, in the category special php prize created just this year.

Many people often forget that, backing Wikimedia Foundation's projects, lies m:MediaWiki, an amazing piece of software. Developers's efforts were recognized on that day.

The Trophées du Libre, 2nd edition this year, gathers people from companies, associations, and also administration. Many people from many different backgrounds, working in or with open source software, sharing ideas, concerns (for instance software patents), solutions. Nicolas Weeger

Kennisnet supports Wikimedia Projects

Kennisnet and the Wikimedia Foundation are working together as partners. Jimbo will speak about this at the Holland Open. It does involve both content and technical support. For more details see the press release. Gerard Meijssen

Wikimedia Commons reaches 100,000 uploads, and receives Ars Electronica mention
The 100,000th file had been uploaded to our online repository of free images, sounds, and videos, the Wikimedia Commons. The young project received additional encouragement and recognition on Monday in the form of an honorary mention at the 2005 Prix Ars Electronica awards. More details are in the press release. Angela Beesley

Wikimedia site down on May 13
On May's Friday the 13th power supply troubles knocked majority of Wikimedia servers. As all of database servers had dual power supplies, they were the only ones to survive the crash. Though, main network switch, core file server and nearly all web and cache servers failed to function. Proper site recovery took more than one hour, with some resulting side effects (some hardware needs replacement). Domas Mituzas

The French Wikipedia reaches 100,000 articles.
On 20 April 2005 the French Wikipedia reaches 100,000 articles 7 months after the 50,000. Other significant milestones of April 2005 are as following: 1,000 articles: Vietnamese Wikipedia, 5,000 articles: French Wiktionary, Galician Wikipedia, Neo-Norwegian Wikipedia, 25,000 articles: Chinese Wikipedia.

Board election of the French chapter.
On 22 April 2005, Wikimedia France elected its new board. Sitting on the French board now are: Anthere, Jastrow (secretary), Meanos, notafish, Ryo (president), Sam Hocevar, Shaihulud (treasurer), Soufron, Yann. Florence Devouard.

U.S. Internal Revenue Service grants 501(c)(3) status to Wikimedia Foundation.
The Wikimedia Foundation has finally been classified as a public charity and granted 501(c)(3) (tax exempt) status by the IRS. Donations to the Foundation are now tax deductible. We our qualified to receive tax deductible bequests, devises, transfers or gifts. The effective date of the exemption is June 20, 2003 (the date on which the Foundation was created) and the status is fully retroactive. Angela Beesley.

The Board approves privacy policy.
The Privacy policy on all Wikimedia projects was approved by the board at the last board meeting. It will be translated in all languages and made visible to users and visitors over the next few weeks. Florence Devouard.

Yahoo! supports Wikimedia.
The Wikimedia Foundation and Yahoo! announced on April 7, 2005 that they have reached an agreement by which Yahoo will provide hosting capacity to Wikimedia.

Yahoo!'s donation is a gesture of support for the charitable goals of the Wikimedia Foundation, and does not imply any ownership of the content. Yahoo! does not expect Wikimedia to host advertisements in return for this support.Florence Devouard. Read the whole of press release

Wikimania 2005 is waiting for you.
Wikimania 2005, The First International Wikimedia Conference will be held in Frankfurt am Main, Germany from 4 August 2005 to 8 August 2005. It will be an insanely good time. All contributors and fans of the Wikimedia projects are encouraged to attend. Find out more at http://wikimania.wikimedia.org Elisabeth Bauer

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 *:On 21 May, the [[:pt:|Portuguese Wikipedia]] has reached 50,000 articles. The 50,000th one is [[:pt:Sé de Viseu|Sé de Viseu]]. This makes Portuguese the eighth Wikipedia with more than 50,000 articles.  Nine days later on 30 May, the [[:es:|Spanish Wikipedia]] has reached 50,000 too. Also Indonesian Wikipeda is remarkable as the first Austronesian language Wikimedia project which has over 10,000 articles. Other significant milestones of May 2005 - 100 articles: [[:gu:|Gujarati Wikipedia]], [[:bs:wikt:Početna strana|Bosnian Wiktionary]], [[:fr:n:Accueil|French Wikinews]], [[:nl:Main Page|Dutch Wikinews]]. 500 articles: [[:da:wikt:Forside|Danish Wiktionary]], [[:mr:|Marathi Wikipedia]]. 1000 articles: [[:sq:|Albanian Wikipedia]], [[:co:wikt:Main Page|Corsican Wiktionary]], [[:als:|Alemannic Wikipedia]], [[:ka:|Georgian Wikipedia]], [[:jv:|Javanese Wikipedia]], [[:da:wikt:Forside|Danish Wiktionary]], [[:scn:|Sicilian Wikipedia]]. 10,000 articles: [[:et:|Estonian Wikipedia]], [[:cs:|Czech Wikipedia]].