2009/8/29 Maarten Dammers
<maarten(a)mdammers.nl>nl>:
Hi everyone,
In a couple of days from now (three?) Wikimedia Commons will hit
the 5
million uploaded files (see the statistics at
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Statistics).
At that point Wikimedia Commons also exists almost 5 years.
Wouldn't it
be nice to send out a real press release to a couple of news
agencies to
get some press attention? 5 million files is a big milestone and
should
get some coverage.
I agree with that, I think there should be something in the news about
this! I don't know if this has already been thought of, but Commons
doesn't get very much press coverage (mind you nor does Wikipedia in
England at least) so it would be very interesting and maybe Commons
could gain even more files from it being publicised?!
Wikimedia UK is contemplating sending out a press release about this,
also highlighting Wikipedia Loves Art [1] and the upcoming Britain
Loves Wikipedia [2]. Assuming we manage to get it written in time...
Mike
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