In connection with the upcoming press release celebrating one million
Wikipedia articles, we are working to translate not only the press
release itself, but also make the Wikimedia Foundation website available
in languages other than English. This is needed for us to make the best
use of the publicity and also to help our fundraising efforts. However,
this project will carry us through the weekend.
Therefore, at the request of the Board of Trustees, I am delaying the
distribution of the press release until Monday, September 20. That will
be the day for the official announcement, although we may actually reach
the million-article milestone earlier. This will allow us sufficient
time to get things ready in as many languages as possible. Also, it may
be helpful to have the press release come at the beginning of the weekly
news cycle, as this may allow for better exposure over the course of the
week.
Please pass this on to your respective projects and anyone who is
planning to help with this effort. In the meantime, everyone who will
help distribute the press release could make good use of the time to
identify the right contact people at the media organizations you plan to
send the press release to.
--Michael Snow