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:We should write a press release for our 1000th article!
:See also http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_press_releases/Wikipedia_hits_milestone_1_million_English_articles and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Press_releases

: Maybe something from [[Hitchwiki:Why we work on Hitchwiki]] is useful.
: We gotta hurry, it's almost 1000 :D

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:I'll set up a mailinglist at [[Image:Hitchwiki press.png]] and add anyone who is interested. Just contact me. --[[User:MrTweek|MrTweek]] 10:23, 3 September 2008 (CEST)
: yes, please. --[[User:Alex|Alex]] 16:28, 16 September 2008 (CEST)

Would anyone add his phone number? I could do that, but i'll be offline until october. --[[User:MrTweek|MrTweek]] 10:17, 3 September 2008 (CEST)

:You can add me to the press email list.   I hope Robin will volunteer for the phone number ;)  [[User:guaka|guaka]]<small><sup>[http://guaka.org site], [[user talk:guaka|wikitalk]]</sup></small> 12:01, 3 September 2008 (CEST)
:: I could and I am available + will update contact details --[[User:Robino|Robino]] 12:17, 3 September 2008 (CEST)
:: any other volunteers ? --[[User:Robino|Robino]] 12:18, 3 September 2008 (CEST)

==Text==
Can someone translate this back into English? Sounds better structured ;) 
* ''Das Konzept eines Wiki besteht darin, Informationen und Wissen möglichst effizient öffentlich zugänglich zu machen. Jeder kann eigene Artikel schreiben und bestehende Artikel bearbeiten - und sei es nur um Tippfehler zu beheben. Dieses Konzept brachte Wikipedia einen bahnbrechenden Erfolg. Auch das Wachstum des Hitchwiki ist sehr vielversprechend.''
* The concept of a wiki consist of public sharing of information in a very efficient way. Everyone can write articles or edit them - even if it's only for correcting spelling mistakes. '''[ugly english, please correct]''' That concept led wikipedia to it's groundbreaking success. Now hitchwiki's growing looks very promising for the future.

==Spreading the news==
Some links:
* http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Press_release_logbook/pr-1mil
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Press_releases/How_to_send_a_press_release

===Dutch list===
* http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Verzendlijst_persberichten

===English list===
* http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Press_release_logbook/En:

We can copy the lists we can find on Wikipedia.  Robin and I can work on the Dutch press. [[User:guaka|guaka]]<small><sup>[http://guaka.org site], [[user talk:guaka|wikitalk]]</sup></small> 12:19, 3 September 2008 (CEST)

===German list===
* http://www.openbroadcast.de/
* http://www.openpr.de/
* http://www.pressbot.net/
* http://pressemitteilung.ws/
* http://www.inar.de/blog/voe.html
* http://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Pressemitteilungen/Empf%C3%A4nger&oldid=1443255
* http://www.wikivoyage.org/de/News:Reisenachrichten
* http://wikitravel.org/de/Reisenachrichten

==Wikipedia==
If we get to be mentioned in the press we can try to get an article up on Wikipedia.  That would definitely improve our pagerank and visibility. [[User:guaka|guaka]]<small><sup>[http://guaka.org site], [[user talk:guaka|wikitalk]]</sup></small> 23:06, 5 September 2008 (CEST)
: What kind of article? A hitch[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wikis wiki-article], or only in their news? Wikipedia tags any links with rel='nofollow', so it would only improve visibility, but that would still be great :) --[[User:MrTweek|MrTweek]] 21:57, 10 September 2008 (CEST)

== misc ==
Nice article! --[[User:Alex|Alex]] 16:28, 16 September 2008 (CEST)