Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Newsroom/April 25

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Note that one of my articles was in the contest - any problems with me writing about this anyway? Worldtraveller 10:07, 19 Apr 2005 (UTC) (not really; just make sure someone else copyedits it! +sj +)
  • Media scoops: Cardinal Ratzinger elected the next Pope; Reuters, news.com reports on it
    Article quickly becomes one of the most edited...
    [4.19|16:36 EST] more than 400 edits on the en. article since the announcement :-/
    Could also mention the peak on server traffic around the time of the announcement. --cesarb 00:11, 20 Apr 2005 (UTC)
    Yes; cesar, can you get some details? The article got 100 edits/hr for the first 12 hours of its life... +sj + 06:32, 20 Apr 2005 (UTC)
    Sorry, I don't have many more details; I felt the slowdown, went to IRC (where other people reported the same), and looked at a peak in the traffic graphs (following a link from IRC). Looking at my IRC logs, I can give the following info:
    [1] Tim mentions the flash crowd and gives some numbers
    [2] The graphs sure look odd since this Tuesday
    If you want a copy of the relevant IRC logs, just ask.
    --cesarb 00:26, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)


[edit] International notes

maybe not so relevant to en: