[WikiEN-l] We've Hit One Million

[Keith Old]

 On 3/2/06, MacGyverMagic/Mgm <macgyvermagic at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > I guess Jimbo seeded Wikipedia with its initial articles. Best would be
> > to
> > check [[History of Wikipedia]] or ask him.
> >
> > Mgm
> >
> >
> > On 3/2/06, STEFAN CLAUDIU TIULEA <wizzard_bane at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Who wrote the first article and what was it about?
> > > Anyone who knows?
> > >
> > > --- "Ilya N." <ilyanep at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hehe...
> > > >
> > > > I agree the article will probably be FA sometime
> > > > tomorrow or this week ;)
> > > >
> > > > Anyways, congratulations on the great achievement to
> > > > everyone.
> > > >
> > > > On 3/1/06, Jimmy Wales <jwales at wikia.com> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Ben Emmel wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_press_releases/Wikipedia_hits_milestone_1_million_English_articles
> > > > > >
> > > > > > The article is [[
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordanhill_railway_station]]
> > > > > >
> > > > > > This is a pretty big accomplishment. Good job,
> > > > everyone. Our next
> > > > > milestone
> > > > > > will be 1,000,000 featured articles, sometime in
> > > > March 2050.
> > > > >
> > > > > I think our next milestone will be 1,000,000
> > > > userboxes... sometime next
> > > > > week. ;-)
> > > > >
> > > > > Everyone don't party too much tonight, we don't
> > > > need to have a huge
> > > > > WikiHangover tomorrow. :)
> > > > >
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According to the History of Wikipedia article, it was U if you mean the
first article still in our article space.

Regards


*Keith Old*