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News and notes

New York Times notes errors in Wikipedia logo

Noam Cohen of The New York Times noted errors in typography on the Wikipedia globe logo, and the difficulty in correcting these errors. The article includes quotes from Jimbo Wales, Paul Stansifer, the creator of the original logo, David Friedland (Nohat), who refined the image and introduced the errors noted, and Kizu Naoko (Aphaia).

Norwegian chapter formed

In an announcement on Sunday, Jon Harald Søby announced that Wikimedia Norge was officially founded. Bylaws were approved, and will be submitted to the Chapters committee for approval.

Briefly

The Galician Wikipedia has reached 25,000 articles.
The Welsh Wikipedia has reached 10,000 articles with Celtiberiaid.
The Macedonian Wikipedia has reached 10,000 articles.
The Greek Wiktionary has reached 125,000 entries.
The French Wikinews has reached 2,000 articles.
The Czech Wikipedia has reached 70,000 articles.
The German Wikipedia has reached 600,000 articles.
The Vietnamese Wikipedia has reached 20,000 articles.
The Volapük Wikipedia has reached 10,000 articles.
The Marathi Wikipedia has reached 23,000 pages.
The Cantonese Wikipedia has reached 4,000 articles.
The Nepal Bhasa Wikipedia has reached 20,000 articles.
The Indonesian Wikipedia has reached 62,000 articles.

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I tried fixing the big Wikipedia PNG logo to correct the errors pointed out by the New York Times. Take a look at [1]. Thue | talk 12:22, 26 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The dot above the Omega is missing there. (It wasn't present at the NYT's image either.) --32X 01:39, 1 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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