Wikipedia talk:Announcements

This page (or one that was redirected to it) was nominated for deletion on 25 July 2006. The result of the discussion was redirect. At the time of the discussion, the page was called Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost.

This page (or one that was redirected to it) was nominated for deletion on August 22, 2017. The result of the discussion was keep.

"April 9, 2004 The Welsh Wikipedia (http://cy.wikipedia.org) reached 1,000 articles at 00.01 BST. The 1000th article was [cy:Laura Ann Jones], about a member of the Welsh National Assembly."

Is this relevant to simple english wikipedia? just wondering.

10,000[change source]

I think that we will very soon reach 10,000 articles. All should work to achieve this. Thanks. --Bhadani 16:34, 12 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

We're over 11,000 now! mfg --- ארגה · ‽ · Manecke 14:51, 8 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

new Layout; new Name[change source]

Hello,

this article got an new name and a new layout. mfg --- ארגה · ‽ · Manecke 16:29, 8 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

No way. -- Netoholic @ 20:20, 8 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Simple English Wikipedia will be universly appreciated[change source]

The attainment of 10,000 articles will be achieved within the blink of an eye, counting on the rapid trides made by the simple English wikipedia. Truthfulness and decency of facts shall be acknowledge with profund appreciation, with the Simple English wikipedia. Be deligentHenryhanior 20:48, 17 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

59.000-th article[change source]

I think the 59.000^th article was ‎Batabanó, Cuba by ‎Juliancolton at 02:44, 13 March 2010. Thx. Kenrick95 (talk) 12:35, 6 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for informing us. Let's hope this is the correct article. I just added it to the list. Barras ^talk 14:49, 6 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

64,000th article[change source]

What was it? πr² (talk • changes) 21:46, 30 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

If I haven't miscounted: # 20:56, 24 August 2010 ‎Millennium Bridge (hist) ‎[6,201 bytes] ‎Macdonald-ross (Talk | contribs | block) (new article) -Barras (talk) 22:08, 30 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

That's what I got. Updated page. Griffinofwales (talk) 22:13, 30 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

1,000?[change source]

Is there really a point to updating the announcements for every 1,000 new pages? Exert 20:36, 12 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Not when most of them are pointless. We should focus on being proud of good content. Problem is it's easy to create a stub, or ten, or a hundred, or a thousand, on nothing useful to the world. We need a basic list of topics and when 1,000 of them are good then we can be proud and make an announcement. Right now, this Wikipedia is just being used as an alternative to Facebook. More content, more excellence, more more more. The Rambling Man (talk) 20:46, 12 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Alright, I'm just going to RFD this page then. Exert 20:54, 12 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, good one. The point is that this Wikipedia has become a social network site (which is why there's no progress on good or very good articles) so I'll be advocating the closure of this entire Wikipedia unless some progress is made. The Rambling Man (talk) 20:58, 12 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Per the thoughts posted here and at the RFD I think it is safe to say that we can begin reducing this page greatly. We can start by removing the entries for every 1,000. I would like to keep the milestones, like the first thousand, the first 5 thousand, and then every even numbered 10,000 increment after that. ie, ten thousand, twenty thousand, thirty thousand ect. What are your thoughts on that? After we have it reduced, we can begin adding the VGAs and the GAs.--Gordonrox24 | ^Talk 21:38, 19 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Sounds like a good idea. Griffinofwales (talk) 00:46, 20 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Move to Wikipedia:Milestones[change source]

Discussion on WP:ST. --Chem ical int er est (talk) 21:14, 22 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Why?[change source]

Why the new addition? I thought it was agreed that this page was only to be updated with large accomplishments...--Gordonrox24 | ^Talk 04:29, 3 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Done Gob lin 22:45, 3 January 2011 (UTC) I ♥ S3CR3T![reply]

Update[change source]

This hasn't been updated since 2017. I propose we update it every 6 months (June and January). I've updated it today. IWI (chat) 18:40, 14 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Could we get a bot to do this if possible? Tsugaru let's talk! :) 04:27, 8 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Suggestion[change source]

Instead of "As of this milestone, the Simple English Wikipedia has: (whatever)", just say "Now Simple English Wikipedia has...(whatever)" Phrases like "As of this..." are much too formal, and actually not very good English. Macdonald-ross (talk) 06:32, 20 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

In general, this seems fairly redundant seeing as few people are going to see it and doesn't really hold any value in the community. MrMeAndMrMe_{Let's talk} 04:32, 21 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Update[change source]

@Ferien: Can this get updated it hasn't been updated in 2 years and according to the statistics page we have recently hit 750k total pages. 3/4 of a million. Special:Statistics Bobherry Talk My Changes 23:01, 18 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]