Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2007-02-12/News and notes

Commons Picture of the Year competition
The Wikimedia Commons Picture of the Year competition has begun. In the first round, which lasts through Wednesday, 14 February, users with at least 100 edits on any local project or Commons can vote on up to 5 of the 321 pictures. 10 finalists will be selected for a final round of voting from 15 February through 28 February. A gallery of images likely to make the final round can be found here.

Community noticeboard inaugurated
A new noticeboard has started operation after being suggested by Durova. The Community noticeboard is intended to serve as a forum for community input and decisionmaking. It serves as a counterpart to the administrators' noticeboards; these are also open for all members of the community to participate, but tend to see less participation by non-administrators on account of their names.

Briefly

 * The Gilaki Wikipedia has passed 100 articles.
 * The Maori Wikipedia has passed 500 articles.
 * The Finnish Wikipedia has passed 100,000 articles.
 * The Spanish Wikipedia has reached 200,000 articles, becoming the 10th Wikipedia to reach this status.
 * The Arabic Wikipedia has reached 50,000 registered users.
 * The Welsh Wikipedia has reached 7,000 articles.
 * The Hungarian Wikipedia has reached 50,000 articles.