Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2007-12-03/News and notes

On Wednesday, Wikipedian Marine 69-71 (Tony the Marine) was honored by the Senate of Puerto Rico. In a resolution (near the top of page 4), the Senate decreed:

The Wikimedia Foundation fundraiser continued this week. In the first five weeks of the fundraiser, about 32,950 people had donated at least US$1, and the Foundation had raised about $1,016,000.

Monday's total donations ($13,096.63) and number of contributions (375) reached a fundraiser low; however, the average donation of $34.92 was the fifth-highest total of the fundraiser.

• A London meetup has been scheduled for Wednesday, to mark Wiki Wednesday. The meetup coincides with a trip to London by Wikimedia officials; Jimbo Wales is expected to attend, and Executive Director Sue Gardner may also attend.
• The military history WikiProject has started a tag-and-assess drive, spanning over 165,000 articles. The drive runs through December 31, and help is requested.
• The Galician Wikipedia has reached 30,000 articles.
• The Catalan Wikipedia has reached 90,000 articles.
• The English Wiktionary has reached 600,000 entries.
• The Arabic Wikipedia has reached 200,000 pages.
• The Bikol Wikipedia has reached 100 articles.
• The Aromanian Wikipedia reaches 1000 articles.