The draft press release is now up at: http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Press_releases/ Wikimedia_Commons_5_million_files
Comments / suggestions / direct edits to the page are more than welcome. I guess we'll hit the milestone in the next 24 hours or so... Thanks, Mike Peel Wikimedia UK On 29 Aug 2009, at 22:28, Michael Peel wrote: > > On 29 Aug 2009, at 22:21, Isabell Long wrote: > >> 2009/8/29 Maarten Dammers <[email protected]>: >>> Hi everyone, >>> >>> In a couple of days from now (three?) Wikimedia Commons will hit >>> the 5 >>> million uploaded files (see the statistics at >>> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Statistics). >>> At that point Wikimedia Commons also exists almost 5 years. >>> Wouldn't it >>> be nice to send out a real press release to a couple of news >>> agencies to >>> get some press attention? 5 million files is a big milestone and >>> should >>> get some coverage. >> >> I agree with that, I think there should be something in the news >> about >> this! I don't know if this has already been thought of, but Commons >> doesn't get very much press coverage (mind you nor does Wikipedia in >> England at least) so it would be very interesting and maybe Commons >> could gain even more files from it being publicised?! > > Wikimedia UK is contemplating sending out a press release about this, > also highlighting Wikipedia Loves Art [1] and the upcoming Britain > Loves Wikipedia [2]. Assuming we manage to get it written in time... > > Mike > > [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Loves_Art > [2] http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Initiatives/Britain_Loves_Wikipedia > > _______________________________________________ > Commons-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/commons-l _______________________________________________ Commons-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/commons-l
