[Foundation-l] Press release finalized

[Sj]

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 at 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.

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