Talk:English Wikipedia publishes 3 millionth article

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Revision 862877 of this article has been reviewed by Tristan Thomas (talk · contribs) and has passed its review at 13:06, 17 August 2009 (UTC). Copyright: Passed Newsworthiness: Passed Verifiability: Passed NPOV: Passed Style: Passed Comments by reviewer: Good effort The reviewed revision should automatically have been edited by removing {{Review}} and adding {{Publish}} at the bottom, and the edit sighted; if this did not happen, it may be done manually by a reviewer.

Revision 862877 of this article has been reviewed by Tristan Thomas (talk · contribs) and has passed its review at 13:06, 17 August 2009 (UTC). Copyright: Passed Newsworthiness: Passed Verifiability: Passed NPOV: Passed Style: Passed Comments by reviewer: Good effort The reviewed revision should automatically have been edited by removing {{Review}} and adding {{Publish}} at the bottom, and the edit sighted; if this did not happen, it may be done manually by a reviewer.

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A screen shot image of Wikipedia Main Page or subject of the 3 millionth article would be work fine. Zainichi Gaikokujin [talk] 11:55, 17 August 2009 (UTC)

Done I added Image:Wikipedia Main Page - 3 million articles.png to the article. Zainichi Gaikokujin [talk] 16:13, 17 August 2009 (UTC)

source

who ediot added Main page of Wikipedia as source,

• "Welcome to Wikipedia," — Wikipedia, August 17, 2009

What better source for the wording of the page than, eh, the page itself? Blood Red Sandman ^{(Talk) (Contribs)} 17:59, 18 August 2009 (UTC)

I tried to cite external sources as per Wikinews:Style guide for reliability and improve presentation but reverted. Zainichi Gaikokujin [talk] 19:07, 18 August 2009 (UTC)

Nowhere does WN:SG say "cite loads of shit that isn't actually used to back up anything in the article". Wikinews:Cite sources, another policy, does say "Only cite sources used for information - do not add sources if you did not include any information from them." Blood Red Sandman ^{(Talk) (Contribs)} 19:39, 18 August 2009 (UTC)

It is nice to note that WP is hitting the mainstream media however in this event.... so will add a few here. The Guardian Telegraph.co.uk Telegraph.co.uk - 50 most viewed SriMesh | talk 23:35, 18 August 2009 (UTC)

• The third sentence of the Article about the 3 millionth article should read:

"The 3 millionth article, about a Norwegian film actress and director Beate Eriksen, was created at 04:04 UTC by Wikipedia user Lampman." rather than: "The 3 millionth article about a Norwegian film actress and director Beate Eriksen was created at 04:04 UTC by Wikipedia user Lampman.". This is because the 3 millionth article is the only one about 'a Norwegian film actress, etc'.