[Foundation-l] Delay in press release

[Michael Snow]

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