Wikimedia fundraiser planned for fall 2007

Last month, Wikimedia consultant Sue Gardner announced that a fundraiser would be held sometime this fall, possibly from September 23 through November 22. The last Wikimedia fundraiser ended in January, and netted the Foundation over US$1,000,000 in one month. By comparison, over the 7 1/2 months since the end of the fundraiser, only about US$508,000 has been raised.

Wikimania 2008 bids closed

New bids for Wikimania 2008 closed this week. Bids can be expanded and refined, but must be finalized by September 23; on that day, a public meeting will be held, and over the following two weeks, a question-and-answer period will help the judges with their final decision, currently scheduled for October 6. Six bids have been entered: Alexandria, Atlanta, Cape Town, Karlsruhe, London, and Toronto.

Briefly

• The Thai Wikipedia has 30,000 registered users.
• The Turkish Wikipedia has reached 90,000 articles.
• The Estonian Wikipedia has reached 40,000 articles.
• The Bosnian Wikipedia has reached 20,000 articles.
• The Zulu Wikipedia has reached 100 articles.
• The Western Frisian Wiktionary reached 2,000 entries.
• The West Flemish Wikipedia has reached 2,000 articles.
• The English Wikipedia has reached 2,000,000 articles.