[WikiEN-l] Milestone

Tue Aug 17 18:40:54 UTC 2004

On Tue, 17 Aug 2004 15:34:10 +0100, Pete/Pcb21
<pete_pcb21_wpmail at pcbartlett.com> wrote:
> When we passed 100,000 , 200,000 , 300,000 etc articles there was a fair
>    bit of fanfare.
> 
> I think it is only right therefore to announce that en passed the
> 100,000,000 word mark earlier this month.
> 
> This is about the same size as Columbia, Encarta Deluxe and EB put
> together, and if printed would weigh about the same as George Bush.
How many kilos, what kind of paper and how many words pr/page ? (I
have no idea how heavy George Bush is (Is this the new measurement for
weight in the spirit of "football fields" and "vw beatles"?))
> 
> Across all languages we reached this milestone back in January, and are
> now up to 220,000,000 words.
> 
> Qualitätsoffensive, anyone?
> 
> Pete/Pcb21
> 
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