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huskyr at gmail

Sep 2, 2009, 5:53 AM

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Commons reaches 5 million files

Around 11:46 UTC we reached 5 million files on Commons! Not quite sure
which file is the 5th million, but this is one of the candidates:

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kj%C3%B8benhavnsposten_28_nov_1838_side_1.jpg

Thanks everyone for making Commons such as a fantastic project, and
creating the world's largest repository of free images!

-- Hay

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mathias.schindler at gmail

Sep 2, 2009, 5:58 AM

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Re: Commons reaches 5 million files [In reply to]

On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 2:53 PM, Hay (Husky)<huskyr [at] gmail> wrote:
> Around 11:46 UTC we reached 5 million files on Commons! Not quite sure
> which file is the 5th million, but this is one of the candidates:
>
> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kj%C3%B8benhavnsposten_28_nov_1838_side_1.jpg

Does anyone else get a broken image at that url?

Mathias

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effeietsanders at gmail

Sep 2, 2009, 6:03 AM

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Re: Commons reaches 5 million files [In reply to]

works fine here...

2009/9/2 Mathias Schindler <mathias.schindler [at] gmail>

> On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 2:53 PM, Hay (Husky)<huskyr [at] gmail> wrote:
> > Around 11:46 UTC we reached 5 million files on Commons! Not quite sure
> > which file is the 5th million, but this is one of the candidates:
> >
> >
> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kj%C3%B8benhavnsposten_28_nov_1838_side_1.jpg
>
> Does anyone else get a broken image at that url?
>
> Mathias
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Sep 2, 2009, 6:05 AM

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Re: Commons reaches 5 million files [In reply to]

On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 10:58 PM, Mathias
Schindler<mathias.schindler [at] gmail> wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 2:53 PM, Hay (Husky)<huskyr [at] gmail> wrote:
>> Around 11:46 UTC we reached 5 million files on Commons! Not quite sure
>> which file is the 5th million, but this is one of the candidates:
>>
>> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kj%C3%B8benhavnsposten_28_nov_1838_side_1.jpg
>
> Does anyone else get a broken image at that url?
>
> Mathias
Nope, just make sure your browser is rendering the third character in
the file name properly.

-Peachey

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smolensk at eunet

Sep 2, 2009, 6:07 AM

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Re: Commons reaches 5 million files [In reply to]

effe iets anders wrote:
> works fine here...

That's b/c the image was reverted. See file history.

> 2009/9/2 Mathias Schindler <mathias.schindler [at] gmail>
>> On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 2:53 PM, Hay (Husky)<huskyr [at] gmail> wrote:
>>> Around 11:46 UTC we reached 5 million files on Commons! Not quite sure
>>> which file is the 5th million, but this is one of the candidates:
>>>
>>>
>> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kj%C3%B8benhavnsposten_28_nov_1838_side_1.jpg
>>
>> Does anyone else get a broken image at that url?

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mathias.schindler at gmail

Sep 2, 2009, 6:18 AM

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Re: Commons reaches 5 million files [In reply to]

On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 3:03 PM, effe iets
anders<effeietsanders [at] gmail> wrote:
> works fine here...

The broken version was reverted, it is now working again. In case you
want to test it, see the version history or get the following file:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/archive/a/af/20090902125937!Kj%C3%B8benhavnsposten_28_nov_1838_side_1.jpg

From a PR perspective, taking this image as the 5millionth one is a
desaster, the only positive aspect is that it is "honest" to take that
one instead of a shiny picture.

Mathias

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guillom.pom at gmail

Sep 2, 2009, 6:21 AM

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Re: Commons reaches 5 million files [In reply to]

Hello,

On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 3:18 PM, Mathias
Schindler<mathias.schindler [at] gmail> wrote:
>
> From a PR perspective, taking this image as the 5millionth one is a
> desaster, the only positive aspect is that it is "honest" to take that
> one instead of a shiny picture.

Nah, we can use it to make a case for Wikisource and encourage
libraries to provide high-quality scans!

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Guillaume Paumier
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everton137 at gmail

Sep 2, 2009, 6:32 AM

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Re: Commons reaches 5 million files [In reply to]

How do we know this picture is the 5th million?

Just for curiosity, does anyone know what is the scanned paper about?

[]'s,

Tom

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smolensk at eunet

Sep 2, 2009, 6:32 AM

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Re: Commons reaches 5 million files [In reply to]

Mathias Schindler wrote:
>>From a PR perspective, taking this image as the 5millionth one is a
> desaster, the only positive aspect is that it is "honest" to take that
> one instead of a shiny picture.

Perhaps not so much, as it happened to be a first page of the newspaper.

And I guess it is still better than the 2millionth file ;)

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huskyr at gmail

Sep 2, 2009, 6:36 AM

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Re: Commons reaches 5 million files [In reply to]

On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 3:32 PM, Everton Zanella
Alvarenga<everton137 [at] gmail> wrote:
> How do we know this picture is the 5th million?
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Village_pump#5.000.000

And again, this is just a guess by Platonides. Apparently it could also be:

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sollies_Ville_-_Valp_-_P1200358.JPG

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cary at wikimedia

Sep 2, 2009, 9:35 AM

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Re: Commons reaches 5 million files [In reply to]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: foundation-l-bounces [at] lists
> [mailto:foundation-l-bounces [at] lists] On Behalf
> Of Nikola Smolenski
> Sent: Wednesday, September 02, 2009 6:33 AM
> To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Commons reaches 5 million files
>
> Mathias Schindler wrote:
> >>From a PR perspective, taking this image as the 5millionth one is a
> > desaster, the only positive aspect is that it is "honest"
> to take that
> > one instead of a shiny picture.
>
> Perhaps not so much, as it happened to be a first page of the
> newspaper.
>
> And I guess it is still better than the 2millionth file ;)
>

I would also like to note, this image is a shiny example of the new
annotations feature!

Cary

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pharosofalexandria at gmail

Sep 2, 2009, 12:25 PM

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Re: Commons reaches 5 million files [In reply to]

On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 12:35 PM, Cary Bass<cary [at] wikimedia> wrote:
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: foundation-l-bounces [at] lists
>> [mailto:foundation-l-bounces [at] lists] On Behalf
>> Of Nikola Smolenski
>> Sent: Wednesday, September 02, 2009 6:33 AM
>> To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List
>> Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Commons reaches 5 million files
>>
>> Mathias Schindler wrote:
>> >>From a PR perspective, taking this image as the 5millionth one is a
>> > desaster, the only positive aspect is that it is "honest"
>> to take that
>> > one instead of a shiny picture.
>>
>> Perhaps not so much, as it happened to be a first page of the
>> newspaper.
>>
>> And I guess it is still better than the 2millionth file ;)
>>
>
> I would also like to note, this image is a shiny example of the new
> annotations feature!

I agree, the scroll-over annotation and translation looks brilliant to my taste.

Thanks,
Pharos

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huskyr at gmail

Sep 2, 2009, 2:54 PM

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Re: Commons reaches 5 million files [In reply to]

on Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 3:32 PM, Everton Zanella
Alvarenga<everton137 [at] gmail> wrote:
> How do we know this picture is the 5th million?
According to the description this is from an oppositional newspaper
calling for more democracy in the absolute monarchy of Denmark. Isn't
it a great coincidence that the 5th million media file on the free
media repository of Wikipedia happens to be a piece about democracy?
:)

-- Hay

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