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* [[Press releases/Wikipedia tightens editorial control|Wikipedia tightens editorial control]] 12/06/2005 |
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*[[Press releases/Kennisnet supports Wikimedia Projects|Kennisnet supports Wikimedia Projects]] 05/26/2005 ([[Press release/Kennisnet ondersteunt Wikimedia-projecten|Dutch version]]) |
*[[Press releases/Kennisnet supports Wikimedia Projects|Kennisnet supports Wikimedia Projects]] 05/26/2005 ([[Press release/Kennisnet ondersteunt Wikimedia-projecten|Dutch version]]) |
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; [[Press releases/Wikimedia announces Yahoo support|Wikimedia announces Yahoo support]]: 04/07/2005: The Wikimedia Foundation and Yahoo! announced today that they have reached an agreement by which Yahoo will provide hosting capacity to Wikimedia. Yahoo will dedicate a significant number of servers in one of its Asian facilities for hosting Wikimedia's free content websites. Jimmy Wales, CEO of the Wikimedia Foundation, says that this generous donation will be of particular benefit to the vibrant and growing community of Wikipedia users in that part of the world. |
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| ⚫ | ; [[Press releases/German Wikipedia available on DVD|German Wikipedia available on DVD]]: ''04/06/2005'': Spurred by the success of its CD distribution of the German Wikipedia in autumn 2004, the publishing house Directmedia Publishing, with the support of the Wikipedia community, has published an updated DVD version now. It contains a snapshot of the German-language Wikipedia from March 3, 2005, with over 200.000 articles. The DVD runs under Windows, Linux and Macintosh, and contains images of the encyclopedia for PDAs and modern cellular phones. |
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; [[Press releases/500k English articles|English Wikipedia reaches 500,000 articles]]: ''3/18/2005'': The Wikimedia Foundation announced today the creation of the 500,000th article in the English-language Wikipedia, its project to create a free, multilingual, online encyclopedia. The article was about "Involuntary settlements in the Soviet Union." Wikipedia is a comprehensive online reference that has won acclaim and awards for its detailed coverage of current events and popular culture, its usability, and its community of contributors. It receives millions of visits each day. |
; [[Press releases/500k English articles|English Wikipedia reaches 500,000 articles]]: ''3/18/2005'': The Wikimedia Foundation announced today the creation of the 500,000th article in the English-language Wikipedia, its project to create a free, multilingual, online encyclopedia. The article was about "Involuntary settlements in the Soviet Union." Wikipedia is a comprehensive online reference that has won acclaim and awards for its detailed coverage of current events and popular culture, its usability, and its community of contributors. It receives millions of visits each day. |
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Revision as of 17:02, 9 August 2006
- 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: The Wikimedia Foundation and Yahoo! announced today that they have reached an agreement by which Yahoo will provide hosting capacity to Wikimedia. Yahoo will dedicate a significant number of servers in one of its Asian facilities for hosting Wikimedia's free content websites. Jimmy Wales, CEO of the Wikimedia Foundation, says that this generous donation will be of particular benefit to the vibrant and growing community of Wikipedia users in that part of the world.
- en français, auf Deutsch)
- German Wikipedia available on DVD
- 04/06/2005: Spurred by the success of its CD distribution of the German Wikipedia in autumn 2004, the publishing house Directmedia Publishing, with the support of the Wikipedia community, has published an updated DVD version now. It contains a snapshot of the German-language Wikipedia from March 3, 2005, with over 200.000 articles. The DVD runs under Windows, Linux and Macintosh, and contains images of the encyclopedia for PDAs and modern cellular phones.
- auf Deutsch
- English Wikipedia reaches 500,000 articles
- 3/18/2005: The Wikimedia Foundation announced today the creation of the 500,000th article in the English-language Wikipedia, its project to create a free, multilingual, online encyclopedia. The article was about "Involuntary settlements in the Soviet Union." Wikipedia is a comprehensive online reference that has won acclaim and awards for its detailed coverage of current events and popular culture, its usability, and its community of contributors. It receives millions of visits each day.
- Wikipedia hits 1,000,000 articles in 100 languages
- 9/20/2004: The Wikimedia Foundation announced today the creation of the one millionth article in Wikipedia, its project to create a free, open-content, online encyclopedia (Wikipedia.org). Started in January 2001, Wikipedia is currently the world's largest and fastest growing encyclopedia, with articles under active development in over 100 languages. Nearly 2,500 new articles are added to Wikipedia each day, along with ten times that number of updates to existing articles.