[WikiEN-l] Milestone

Tue Aug 17 20:11:44 UTC 2004

On 08/17/04 14:34, Pete/Pcb21 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.


I award you the job of writing the Slashdot story, using that exact
weight measurement ;-)


> Across all languages we reached this milestone back in January, and are 
> now up to 220,000,000 words.


- d.