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July 2006

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June 2006

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  • The Russian Wikipedia has reached 20,000 registered users.
  • The total number of user page edits, in all languages and for all Wikimedia projects, has exceeded 150 million.
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  • The Venetian Wikipedia has reached 2,000 articles (and passed several other article-count milestones on the same day, shooting up from 150 articles to 3,500 in approximately 24 hours, thanks to a massive bot import of date and year entries).
  • The Arabic Wikipedia has reached 15,000 articles.
  • The Vietnamese Wiktionary has reached 25,000 pages total, with the addition of the English word stealthy by PiedBot. Laurent Bouvier's PiedBot has already imported tens of thousands of entries from a set of GPL/GFDL dictionaries by the Free Vietnamese Dictionary Project.
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  • The Malay Wikipedia has reached 4,000 registered users.
  • The Hebrew Wikipedia has reached 20,000 registered users.
  • The Vietnamese Wiktionary reaches 3,000 entries with the addition of the English word blatancy by PiedBot, a robot that is currently adding definitions and translations from the Free Vietnamese Dictionary Project.
  • Five days after passing the 5,000 mark, the Neapolitan Wikipedia has reached 10,000 articles thanks to a massive bot-assisted import of articles.
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May 2006

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  • The Swahili Wikipedia has reached 500 articles, the first Wikipedia in a language of African origin to reach the 500 article benchmark.
  • The Spanish Wikipedia has reached 150,000 registered users.
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  • The Occitan Wikipedia has reached 2,000 articles, becoming the 75th Wikipedia to reach that milestone.
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March 2006

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  • The Persian Wikipedia has reached 5,000 registered users.
  • Wikipedia is the 17th most-visited website on the Internet, reaching more audience than Google Japan, according to Alexa.
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  • The Indonesian Wiktionary has reached 1,000 entries.
  • The Wikibooks has updated the main portal page. Wikibooks has also entered the top 4,000 websites on the internet, according to Alexa.
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  • Wikipedia is the 18th most-visited website on the Internet, hitting more web pages than Blogger.com, according to Alexa.
  • The Danish Wikipedia has reached 40,000 articles.
  • The Hebrew Wikipedia has reached 15,000 registered users.
  • The Spanish Wikisource has reached 10,000 articles.
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Projects by number of articles/pages

Wikipedias

Wikipedias by number of articles
Milestone Languages (dates milestones reached, in order of reaching them)
1,500,000
1,000,000 English (1 March 2006)
900,000
800,000
700,000
600,000
500,000
400,000 German (18 May 2006)
300,000 French (4 June 2006)
250,000
200,000 Polish (26 January 2006); Japanese (9 April 2006); Dutch (24 May 2006);
150,000 Swedish (6 April 2006); Italian (10 April 2006); Portuguese (23 June 2006);
100,000 Spanish (8 March 2006)
90,000 Russian (27 June 2006)
80,000
70,000 Chinese (30 May 2006)
60,000 Finnish (2 May 2006); Norwegian (6 May 2006)
50,000
40,000 Esperanto (5 February 2006); Danish (13 March 2006); Slovak (4 June 2006); Hebrew (3 July 2006)
30,000 Romanian (11 March 2006); Serbian (2 April 2006); Hungarian (26 April 2006); Czech (29 April 2006); Catalan (6 May 2006); Slovenian (2 July 2006)
20,000 Ukrainian (1 October 2005); Bulgarian (24 November 2005); Korean (12 Feb 2006); Indonesian (28 March 2006); Turkish (29 March 2006); Lithuanian (23 May 2006);
15,000 Estonian (12 February 2006); Croatian (24 March 2006); Norwegian Nynorsk (15 April 2006); ; Galician (1 May 2006); Arabic (24 June 2006)
10,000 Ido (24 October 2005); Malay (21 December 2005, 23 December 2005); Persian (18 February 2006); Thai (14 March 2006); Icelandic (6 May 2006); Greek (15 May 2006); Basque (28 May 2006); Neapolitan (20 June 2006)
5,000 Walloon (10 June 2004); Luxembourgish (11 July 2004); Simple English (27 September 2005); Bosnian (25 November 2005); Albanian (28 December 2005); Vietnamese (28 January 2006); Georgian (23 February 2006); Breton (11 March 2006); Afrikaans (24 March 2006); Macedonian (31 March 2006); Latin (6 May 2006); Sicilian (8 June 2006)
2,000 Welsh (15 August 2004); Tatar (November 2004); Asturian (27 November 2004); Interlingua (20 June 2005); Latvian (15 October 2005); Kurdish (15 October 2005); Irish (21 October 2005); Western Frisian (29 October 2005); Tagalog / Filipino (20 November 2005); Serbo-Croatian (20 November 2005); Telugu (23 November 2005); Belarusian (6 December 2005); Low German / Low Saxon (27 December 2005); Azeri (15 January 2006); Marathi (2 February 2006); Tamil (5 February 2006); Corsican (1 March 2006); Aragonese (3 March 2006); Chuvash (9 March 2006); Occitan (6 April 2006); Ripuarian (30 April 2006); Limburgish (17 May 2006); Alemannic (7 June 2006); Bengali (11 June 2006); Haitian (11 June 2006); Kannada (15 June 2006)
1,000 Scottish Gaelic (7 January 2005); Hindi (25 January 2005); Javanese (7 May 2005); Ossetian / Ossetic (20 May 2005); Minnan (30 June 2005); Faroese (2 September 2005); Scots (29 October 2005); Cebuano (30 December 2005, 22 January 2006); Waray-Waray / Samar-Leyte Visayan (21 February 2006); Yiddish (12 March 2006); Ilokano (18 April 2006); Kapampangan (5 May 2006); Arpitan / Franco-Provençal (17 May 2006); Cornish (22 May 2006); Uzbek (28 May 2006); Piedmontese (10 June 2006); Northern Sami (10 June 2005); Urdu (19 June 2006)
500 Sundanese (4 September 2004); Armenian (5 April 2005); Kashubian (14 May 2005); Sanskrit (19 August 2005); Anglo-Saxon / Old English (14 September 2005); Friulian (22 Feb 2006); Pennsylvania German (17 April 2006); Malayalam (4 May 2006); Pashto (5 May 2006); Norman (10 May 2006); Swahili (22 May 2005); Ladino / Judeo-Spanish (25 May 2006); Uyghur (10 June 2006); Dutch Low Saxon (11 June 2006); Cantonese (19 June 2006); Lombard (4. july 2006)
100 Kashmiri (4 October 2004); Maori (5 October 2004); Interlingue (18 November 2004); Tok Pisin (15 April 2005); Gujarati (19 May 2005); Maltese (4 June 2005); Nauruan (17 June 2005); Nahuatl (19 June 2005); Mongolian (3 July 2005); Malagasy (14 July 2005); Raeto Romance (19 July 2005); Lingala (31 July 2005); Moldovan (7 August 2005); Võro (30 October 2005); Amharic (19 November 2005); Udmurt (22 November 2005); Lojban (23 January 2006); Sardinian (3 February 2006); Venetian (11 February 2006); Divehi (4 March 2006); Bashkir (29 March 2006); Dutch Low Saxon (16 April 2006); Turkmen (18 April 2006); Gothic (23 April 2006); Tetun (15 May 2006); Kyrgyz (17 May 2006); Wolof (18 May 2006); Lombard (date unknown); Banyumasan (date unknown); Bambara (25 May 2006); Kongo (29 May 2005); Romani (6 June 2006); Quechua (8 June 2006); Avar (date unknown); Samogitian (2 July 2006); Ligurian (3 July 2006); Nepali (4 July 2006)

Wiktionaries

Wiktionaries by number of articles
Milestone Languages (dates milestones reached, in order of reaching them)
150,000 French (23 February 2006); English (12 June 2006)
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50,000 Chinese (5 May 2006); Ido (12 May 2006)
40,000 Polish (18 February 2006); Italian (21 April 2006)
30,000 Greek (7 June 2006)
20,000 Bulgarian (28 April 2005); Dutch (29 September 2005); Finnish (22 April 2006); German (6 May 2006); Hungarian (20 May 2006); Vietnamese (June 2006)
15,000 Galician (22 September 2005); Kurdish (26 May 2006); Portuguese (5 June 2006);
10,000 Estonian (28 Apr 2006); Indonesian (10 June 2006);
5,000 Sicilian (4 February 2005); Swedish (17 October 2005); Japanese (24 January 2006); Slovenian (7 February 2006); Spanish (18 March 2006); Korean (30 March 2006); Russian (7 May 2006);
2,000 Latin (7 June 2004); Norwegian (23 July 2005); Hebrew (18 February 2006); Serbian (31 March 2006);Persian (14 May 2006);
1,000 Hindi (20 February 2005); Corsican (15 May 2005); Danish (26 May 2005); Anglo-Saxon (24 June 2005); Turkish (21 September 2005); Tamil (25 November 2005); Afrikaans (6 March 2006); Icelandic (20 March 2006); Slovak (22 April 2006); Romanian (27 May 2006); Min Nan (29 June 2006)
500 Croatian (21 February 2005); Czech (9 November 2005);Arabic (23 January 2006); Low Saxon (11 March 2006); Catalan (25 March 2006)
100 Interlingua (24 February 2005); Esperanto (6 July 2004); Gujarati (28 November 2004); Bosnian (5 May 2005); Interlingue (12 June 2005); Ukrainian (2 September 2005; Kazakh (1 October 2005); Yiddish (8 November 2005); Malayalam (17 November 2005); Welsh (18 February 2006); Thai (13 March 2006); Sindhi (18 March 2006); Macedonian (26 April 2006); Lithuanian {4 May 2006); Marathi (27 June 2006)

Wikiquotes

Wikiquotes by number of pages
Milestone Languages (dates milestones reached, in order of reaching them)
5,000 English (4 November 2005); German (9 March 2006)
2,000 French (28 April 2005); Bulgarian (23 September 2005); Polish (11 November 2005); Italian (26 November 2005); Portuguese (23 December 2005); Russian (7 March 2006); Slovak (17 May 2006) Bosnian (15 June 2006)
1,000 Spanish (28 December 2005); Slovenian (4 February 2006);
500 Indonesian (23 December 2005); Hebrew (15 January 2006); Chinese (19 March 2006); Japanese (5 May 2006); Turkish (20 June 2006)
100 Norwegian; Swedish; Dutch (5 February 2005); Czech (1 June 2005); Finnish (14 August 2005); Esperanto (28 August 2005); Arabic (15 September 2005); Hungarian (11 November 2005); Persian (4 December 2005); Galician (12 January 2006); Greek (26 January 2006); Kurdish (14 February 2006); Lithuanian (19 February 2006)

Wikibooks

Wikibooks by number of book modules
Milestone Languages (dates milestones reached, in order of reaching them)
15,000 English (20 June 2006);
10,000
5,000 German (19 May 2006);
2,000 French (18 May 2006);
1,000 Spanish (3 January 2006); Portuguese (6 February 2006); Polish (2 March 2006); Italian (28 June 2006);
500 Dutch (19 December 2005); Japanese (15 January 2006); Swedish (31 March 2006); Hungarian (4 April 2006); Hebrew (7 April 2006); Macedonian (27 May 2006);
100 Danish (27 June 2005); Korean (6 June 2005); Russian (18 April 2005); Finnish (8 July 2005); Esperanto (21 July 2005); Czech (July 2005); Chinese (August 2005); Anglo-Saxon (27 October 2005); Slovak (2 November 2005); Arabic (14 November 2005); Tamil (December 2005); Galician (December 2005); Catalan (2 February 2006); Bulgarian (3 March 2006); Indonesian; Thai; Turkish (28 June 2006);

Wikinews

Wikinews by number of pages
Milestone Languages (dates milestones reached, in order of reaching them)
5,000 English (Apr 30 2006);
2,000 German (13 Sep 2005); Swedish (27 March 2006) Polish (16 May 2006)
1,000 Polish (31 July 2005); Italian (5 December 2005); Portuguese (28 November 2005); Spanish (27 December 2005)
500 Japanese (24 October 2005); French (24 November 2005)
100 Romanian (27 April 2005); Dutch (27 May 2005); Ukrainian (12 September 2005); Russian (20 December 2005); Serbian (19 March 2006); Chinese (24 March 2006)

Wikisources

Wikisource by number of pages
Milestone Languages (dates milestones reached, in order of reaching them)
20,000 English (27 November 2005)
15,000
10,000 French (1 February 2006); Spanish (13 March 2006)
5,000 Polish; Chinese (7 June 2006)
2,000 German; Romanian; Croatian; Portuguese (12 June 2006)
1,000 Latin (23 October 2005); Italian (21 December 2005); Russian (31 January 2006); Turkish (18 February 2006); Hebrew (23 April 2006); Portuguese (11 May 2006)
500 Japanese; Arabic (19 October 2005); Serbian (5 February 2006); Swedish (6 February 2006);
100 Danish; Greek; Dutch; Korean (27 September 2005); Indonesian (26 May 2006)

Archive

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