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Press releases

see also the other press releases on Meta

English Wikipedia Publishes Millionth Article
Wikimedia Foundation launches year-end fundraiser 12/16/2005
Nature compares Wikipedia and Britannica 12/15/2005
Wikipedia tightens editorial control 12/06/2005
Kennisnet supports Wikimedia Projects 05/26/2005 (Dutch version)
Wikimedia announces Yahoo support 04/07/2005 (en français)
German Wikipedia available on DVD 04/06/2005 (auf Deutsch)
English Wikipedia reaches 500,000 articles 3/18/2005
Wikipedia hits 1,000,000 articles in 100 languages 9/20/2004

Materials

Presskit about Wikimedia and its projects
Photos and Logos and Logos — before use of the logos, please consult our Wikimedia visual identity guidelines.
m:Trophy box (awards and trophies)
Press clippings
Statistics:
- Article growth, user numbers
- more different statistics

Press contacts

You can contact Wikipedia founder Jimmy (Jimbo) Wales directly:

by email - jwales (at) wikimedia.org
by phone - contact Danny Wool at 727-231-0101.

"My travel schedule is here. I am eager to meet journalists everywhere I go. Even if I am out of the U.S. do not assume you can't reach me -- I try to stay in constant contact with email and/or phone to Danny. I speak only English, but if you want to do an email interview in some other language, we can easily find someone to assist us." -- Jimmy Wales

General press inquiries may be sent to press@wikimedia.org.

Asia

Thailand

Walter van Kalken - waerth (at) yahoo (dot) com or by phone: +66 (0)5 1222025 (for Thailand, the Netherlands and any Asian country)

America

United States

Kat Walsh - mindspillage (at) gmail (dot) com
Mark Pellegrini - mapellegrini (at) comcast (dot) net
Samuel Klein - metasj (at) gmail (dot) com | 617.529.4266 - Boston, USA

Canada

Nicholas Moreau - nicholasmoreau@gmail.com | 416.675.6622 x 73338 (for english speaking Canada)

Europe

Belgium

Walter Vermeir - walter (at) wikipedia (dot) be

France

Florence Devouard - fdevouard (at) wikimedia (dot) org - Clermont-Ferrand, France and any French speaking country.
Nicolas Weeger - nicolas.weeger (at) wikimedia (dot) fr - Paris