Wikipedia:Simple News/13-12-08

Issue 2 - 13th December 2008 1,440,102 editors, 250,874 articles, 818,151 pages.
Announcements	♥	Administrators
Entry to the 2009 Wikicup is now open, and will close at 00:00 UTC on December 31st 2008. The cup will begin at 00:00 January 1st 2009. Did You Know? is now accepting seasonal hooks for Christmas 2008! Hot chocolate was promoted to Good article status on December 1. Tropical Storm Ingrid (2007) was promoted to Good article status on November 16. User Articles Kennedy - Article 2 It's a bumper edition from Kennedy this month, with a round-up of recent and future developments, and also news of a spin-off from Simple News. Bluegoblin7 - Article 2 In his second article, Bluegoblin7 writes of the new wikicup that has come to the wiki. Yotcmdr - Article 1 Yotcmdr writes about the Good Article and Very Good Article processes and how we need your help in his debut article.	[Subscribe] [Dates] [Discussion] [The Team]	Christianman16 has applied to be an Administrator. Yotcmdr applied to be an Administrator, and was promoted. Matilda had applied to be an Administrator, but was not promoted. Chocolates had applied to be an Administrator, but was not promoted. Gwib had applied to be a Bureaucrat, but was not promoted. QandA The QandA. Every month, Kennedy will interview one of Simple English Wikipedia's editors, asking them about themselves, and their opinions on Wikipedia. It is an exciting insight behind the anonymous face of an online username. Las month we debuted with Microchip08. Due up next was Shapiros10 but due to uncontrollable circumstances we have had to postpone this to next month. Instead, Bluegoblin7 takes the reigns and interviews Gwib, who kindly volunteered to keep the section in this issue. Click for his interview: Gwib's Interview Everyone at Simple News would like to wish all users at the Simple English Wikipedia a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.