# Wikipedia Closing in on One Million Articles **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 1, 2006, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wikipedia-closing-in-on-one-million-articles/346648 "2006-03-01T19:03:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2006, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wikipedia-closing-in-on-one-million-articles/346648/1 "2006-03-01T19:03:22Z")
It looks like the english version of Wikipedia should exceed one million articles very soon, maybe even some time today. When I was just there it was at 999,292. Kind of like watching the odometer on your car turnover. Isn’t that exciting! (OK, even a teeny bit?) It doesn’t appear to be of any hoopla over at Wikipedia? What wil the one-millionth article be? Some random album from some non-descript band? A thirteenth century mayor of a small German village? Or will it be a vanity page that is speedy deleted? The world waits with bated breath. ---
**Author:** ![Mayo\_Speaks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c57346/32.png) [@Mayo\_Speaks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mayo_Speaks)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2006, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wikipedia-closing-in-on-one-million-articles/346648/2 "2006-03-01T19:10:46Z")
> [@Gangster Octopus](#): > > It looks like the english version of Wikipedia should exceed one million articles very soon, maybe even some time today. When I was just there it was at 999,292. Kind of like watching the odometer on your car turnover. Isn’t that exciting! (OK, even a teeny bit?) It doesn’t appear to be of any hoopla over at Wikipedia? What wil the one-millionth article be? Some random album from some non-descript band? A thirteenth century mayor of a small German village? Or will it be a vanity page that is speedy deleted? The world waits with bated breath. [Here’s the most up-to-the-minute stats](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Statistics) ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2006, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wikipedia-closing-in-on-one-million-articles/346648/3 "2006-03-01T19:37:42Z")
> [@](#): > > It doesn’t appear to be of any hoopla over at Wikipedia? What wil the one-millionth article be? I think, based on past observation, that they don’t like to pre-publicize these milestones. They probably feel that that would encourage people to try to “game” the system to hit the mark. But they usually publicize it after the fact. ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2006, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wikipedia-closing-in-on-one-million-articles/346648/4 "2006-03-02T00:18:18Z")
…and [one million it is](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page). [Press release](http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Press_releases/English_Wikipedia_Publishes_Millionth_Article). ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2006, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wikipedia-closing-in-on-one-million-articles/346648/5 "2006-03-02T02:53:39Z")
> [@Gangster Octopus](#): > > It looks like the english version of Wikipedia should exceed one million articles very soon, maybe even some time today. When I was just there it was at 999,292. Kind of like watching the odometer on your car turnover. Isn’t that exciting! (OK, even a teeny bit?) It doesn’t appear to be of any hoopla over at Wikipedia? What wil the one-millionth article be? Some random album from some non-descript band? A thirteenth century mayor of a small German village? Or will it be a vanity page that is speedy deleted? The world waits with bated breath. Good catch and yes I am excited. When I started using Wikipedia it had around 250,000 and it seems like half of then were the Public Domain Britanica Articles. This is cool. Happy 1,000,000[sup]th[/sup] Wikipedia English version. Jim ([Garion Fairbairns on Wiki](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Teeming_Millions)) ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2006, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wikipedia-closing-in-on-one-million-articles/346648/6 "2006-03-02T03:29:48Z")
Jordanhill must be very proud. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2006, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wikipedia-closing-in-on-one-million-articles/346648/7 "2006-03-02T04:35:33Z")
> [@Troy McClure SF](#): > > …and [one million it is](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page). [Press release](http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Press_releases/English_Wikipedia_Publishes_Millionth_Article). Does that mean I don’t need to write that article on History of Dishcloths in the Sunspace Household, then?