Q3 Wikimedia Funding Drive off to strong start

Through just ten days, the Wikimedia fundraising drive has raised more than USD $115,000, over half of the 21-day fundraiser's goal. A $200,000 funding drive started on 19 August. The drive aims to pay for the significant server costs, which have risen dramatically recently.

Briefly

• The Swedish Wikipedia passes 100,000 articles. The 100,000th article is believed to be sv:Jógvan við Keldu or sv:Epiglottal klusil. Wikinews has coverage: "Swedish Wikipedia reaches 100,000 articles".
• The English Wikipedia has reached 700,000 articles.
• The German Wikipedia has reached 500 featured articles.
• The Czech Wikipedia has reached 15,000 articles.
• The Portuguese Wikipedia has reached 70,000 articles.
• The Arabic Wikipedia has reached 5,000 articles.
• The Sicilian Wikipedia reached 2,000 articles.
• The Limburgian Wikipedia has reached 1,000 articles.
• The Russian Wikipedia has reached 30,000 articles.
• The Turkish Wikipedia has reached 5,000 articles.