After community approval and first applications last month, the process of usurping other users' accounts has been put into effect. The process is allowed only when taking the username of a user with no prior edits or log entries, save for an entry in the user creation log. As of press time, 50 usurpations had been performed.
Indian WikiCamp event attracts media, hundreds of Wikimedians
"WikiCamp India", held on 25 February at Tidel ParkinChennai, India, attracted over 300 participants from throughout the country, including administrators Bhadani, Ganeshk, and Sundar. The event was covered by multiple Indian press sources, including the Indian Express ([1]), and is expected to have raised Wikipedia's profile within the country significantly.
German Wikipedia reaches 1,000 featured articles
The German Wikipedia reached 1,000 Exzellente Artikel this week with Pamir (Schiff) (English: Pamir (ship)), becoming the second language to reach that milestone. With 1,002 articles, about 1 in 550 articles are featured in the German Wikipedia, compared to about 1 in 1310 articles on the English Wikipedia.
Wikipedia magazine feature selected for anthology
AWired story about Wikipedia, "The Book Stops Here", has been chosen by the University of Michigan Press for inclusion in its volume The Best of Technology Writing 2006. One odd point about the selection—the article was actually published in the magazine's March 2005 issue (see archived story).
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