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Wikipedia traffic skyrockets
In the wake of the Seigenthaler dispute, Alexa reports that Wikipedia traffic has increased significantly. From 2 December to 11 December, Wikipedia's daily traffic rank had risen from 37th to 27th, passing such sites as Livedoor, craigslist, eBay UK, and CNN.com. Wikipedia's page views per million rose from 1,000 to over 1,500, a 50% increase in traffic relative to other websites.

Fundraiser starts Friday
The next Wikimedia Foundation fundraising drive, which was originally slated to begin 1 December, will start on 16 December. The fundraiser will still last for three weeks, ending on 6 January. Although no specific goal has been set, Daniel Mayer, Wikimedia CFO indicated he hoped it could raise at least USD $500,000.

German Wikipedia sells DVD third edition
The German Wikipedia has issued a third edition DVD including updated articles. The DVD is license-compliant, and contains over 300,000 articles. In addition, a series of printed books are being sold. Both the DVD and the books are released under the GFDL, and are available for download.

Briefly

 * The Finnish Wikipedia has reached 40,000 articles.
 * The Belarusian Wikipedia has reached 2,000 articles.
 * The Esperanto Wikipedia has reached 30,000 articles.