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It's a new dawn, it's a new day, it's a new life for me... and I'm feeling free
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Public Domain Day 2025: which material did break free and how you can use it
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WikiProject Women in Red celebrates their 20% biography milestone
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Spanish Wikipedia kicks off 2025 by reaching 2,000,000 articles
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On 2 January 2025, the Spanish Wikipedia hit the first article milestone of the new year, and it was actually a very notable one: in fact, es.wiki managed to reach 2,000,000 articles, becoming just the sixth edition of the encyclopedia to do so, following the Swedish, German, French, Dutch and Russian Wikipedias.
Volunteers reported that the lucky number was hit at 16:23 (UTC) on 2 January, thanks to the article Hieracium lapponicifolium, a species of hawkweed that has first been described by Russian botanist Román Schljakov in 1981 and is endemic to the central Ural Mountains, most specifically to the Perm Krai. The page was created by Peruvian user Santi Chuco, who had already claimed to have published the 1,500,000th article on the same platform, and is generally a well-known name within the Spanish-speaking community. As of now, Chuco ranks second among the users who contributed the highest number of articles to es.wiki, and 19th among the human editors who made the most edits on the site.
In other linguistic news, the Mazandarani Wikipedia reached 50,000 articles on 24 December 2024, right on time to wrap up quite an eventful year for the local communities covering Iranian languages, as the Persian Wikipedia joined the one-million-article club back in April, whereas the Pashto and Gilaki Wikipedias both hit the 20,000 article feat within a few weeks between November and December. – O
Brief notes
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- New administrators and a round-up of 2024 RfAs: The Signpost welcomes the English Wikipedia's newest administrator, Sennecaster, whose RfA was accepted with unanimous support (230 votes) on 25 December 2024, capping off a year that finally showed some promising signs for admins.
- A total amount of 54 RfAs were submitted throughout 2024, with 24 of them being successful: in both cases, they are the highest yearly numbers recorded since 2014. These statistics are very likely influenced by the outcome of the first admin elections trial ― in which 11 new admins were elected all at once ― and the overall encouraging results of the RfA reform ― see previous Signpost coverage here and here for more context.
- Active users added to the Main Page: Following the positive outcome of a lengthy discussion, the Main Page of the English Wikipedia now includes the number of active users in the previous 30 days. You can also check out the whole list here.
- The 2025 WikiCup starts off: A new edition of the WikiCup officially began on 1 January 2025, introducing some new judges ― users Guerillero and Lee Vilenski joined in ― and even new rules: signups will now be open throughout the whole year, and the lowest-scoring contestants will not be eliminated between rounds anymore. The top 16 scorers in each round will receive tournament points, which will play role in defining the final rankings. Whether you feel confident to beat the magic trio from last year, or you just want to help improve Wikipedia a little bit, you can sign up here!
- Wikipedia Day (a reminder): First celebrated by common acclamation in 2002, this year's celebrations will be held between January 11 (in Seattle) and February 1 (in Park City, Utah), according to the list compiled by Wikimedia NYC, with other meetups taking place in Minnesota, San Francisco, Chicago, Toronto and NYC itself. Be bold: don't bother asking anybody for permission to organize an event, just do it. Kwara State University is running a month-long series of editing events between December 17 through February 21.
- Articles for Improvement: This week's Article for Improvement is Pirn (beginning 13 January 2025), followed by Medical prescription (beginning 20 January 2025). Please be bold in helping improve this article!
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