-----Original Message----- From: foundation-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:foundation-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Aphaia Sent: Monday, May 07, 2007 11:44 AM To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List Subject: [Foundation-l] Wikiquote, the free compendium of quotations,reaches 10, 000 articles in the English edition

Hello there, English Wikiquote reaches today 10,000 articles. Here is a part of our press release ...

---- 7 May, 2007 (St. Petersburg, Fl) - The Wikimedia Foundation announced today the creation of the 10,000th article in the English language edition of Wikiquote (http://www.wikiquote.org), a community-built multilingual compendium of quotations. The article is for quotes by or about Langdon Smith (http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Langdon_Smith), and it was started by the Wikiquote contributor whose username is Kalki.

The Wikiquote project itself is going to celebrate its four-year anniversary on June 27. The Wikiquote in the English language edition is the biggest and oldest among all Wikiquote language editions. But the growth is not limited to the English version, as more than 50,000 articles are now being worked on in the non-English editions of Wikiquote in over 35 languages. As of yet, thirteen projects including English Wikiquote have more than 1,000 articles: top 5 are English, German, Polish, Italian and Slovak.

The scope of Wikiquote collection is from notable people like Tony Blair to creative works like Lord of the Rings or Latter Days in every language, including sources (where known) and translations of non-English quotes as Rainer Maria Rilke. Besides articles by source, Wikiquote also provides its readers articles by theme.

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Since 2004, the English Wikiquote provides a good quotation for readers every day selected from its collection. It is available on its Main Page and also archives. -----

The whole press release is available on http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Wikiquote:Press_releases/May_2007