[Foundation-l] 2M articles

[Jimmy Wales]

Erik Moeller wrote:
> Wikimania should get a dedicated press release when we have finalized
> the programme. We can mention the "2 million articles" number in that,
> but it shouldn't be the focus. It seems unlikely that anyone who would
> not care about Wikimania itself would care about yet another Wikipedia
> milestone. 

I think the opposite in this case.  The press will care about 2 million.
 They will not care about Wikimania.  Using 2 million as the hook to get
attention to Wikimania makes sense.

--Jimbo