September 15 no longer feels so far away... (crossposting to wikipedia-l).
As to other versions of the release : Do you think it is worth creating a simple, one-paragraph version for the tiny languages, in which we may not be able to find someone conversant in both that language and english? Will there be separate HTML and text-only versions again?
I copied the en: page to [[m:How to distribute a press release]], and added a few FAQ at the end. For the meta page, it would be nice to get information on distributing press releases from people outside the US... I imagine it is rather different in Japan, for example.
--Sj
On Wed, 08 Sep 2004 07:22:41 -0700, Michael Snow wikipedia@earthlink.net wrote:
The press release is now in its final version. The text has been frozen should not be edited any further. If you have started translating the press release already, please update your translation to reflect the final version.
If the press release has not been translated into your language yet, please post an announcement on your Wikipedia asking for someone who can do that. Translation is being coordinated at: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Translation_requests/PR-1mil
Different languages may add content that would be of local interest to media in that language. I would recommend that any such additions be kept brief, so that the overall press release is not too long.
We are still planning for the press release to start going out on September 15 when we reach one million articles. Thank you to everyone who has helped so far, and to everyone who will help when it comes time to distribute the press release as well.