Wikipedia:Milestones/2008
7 September 2008[edit]
Category:Living people passed 300,000 articles (200,000 were reached on 14 June 2007 and 90,000 on 11 May 2006).
11 August 2008[edit]
The 2.5 millionth article on the English edition of Wikipedia is created. While no attempt was made to officially identify the 2.5 millionth article, Joe Connor has been suggested as the possible article.
26 July 2008[edit]
WikiProject Lakes reached 5,000 articles with infobox lake. 2700 of those still need illustrations.
5 July 2008[edit]
WikiProject Mountains passed 5,000 articles in the last two weeks and reached 5,500 articles with Infobox Mountain.
21 March 2008[edit]
Category:Living people passed 260,000 articles (200,000 were reached on 14 June 2007 and 90,000 on 11 May 2006).