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This was a pool for predicting the date at which the number of articles (as defined by the official article count presented on the Special:Statistics) in the English Wikipedia would reach 1,000,000 (one million). And Wikipedia reached 1,000,000 on Wednesday, March 1, 2006 at 23:09 (UTC). This pool opened on December 1st, 2004, at 23:47, about when the 410,000th article was created. This pool was closed for entries on March 18, 2005. Shortly after the English Wikipedia article count reached 1,000,000. András Mészáros came closest to the actual date, March 1st, 2006, and became the winner (of eternal fame). The correct date was March 1st, 2006. The current number of articles in the English Wikipedia is 6,912,964.

This pool is closed. Any further votes will be reverted.

March 2005

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  • March 16 - an enormous cache of previously overlooked articles will be revealed. silsor 23:12, Mar 15, 2005 (UTC)

September 2005

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  • September 10 --Arcadian 14:11, 21 Feb 2005 (UTC)

October 2005

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  • October 22, my birthday (*cough* *cough*) - jredmond 00:07, 6 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  • October 30 10h01m42s AM --Ctrl_buildtalk 03:18, 14 Dec 2004 (UTC)

November 2005

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  • 1 November --Henrygb 23:47, 1 Dec 2004 (UTC)
  • November 8 --Bohemian Coast 17:46, 31 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  • November 14 -- Zerbey 06:20, 17 Dec 2004 (UTC)
  • November 27 -- My wedding anniversary! PS, I'm sure that to fit in with the theme the 500,000 mark will be on Valentine's Day - Feb 14th Tompagenet 16:10, 15 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  • November 28 -- My birthday. -Rholton 20:07, 15 Jan 2005 (UTC)

If I could still vote, I would have chosen either the 27th or the 28th—just for the record. Bannus 13:53, 23 Oct 2005 (UTC)

December 2005

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January 2006

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  • January 1 - Ливай | 00:28, 23 Dec 2004 (UTC)
  • January 7 - DavidA 23:00, 26 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  • January 8 - JamesTeterenko 18:38, 15 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  • January 13 - Amaxson 22:40, 17 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • 15 January - Revolver 09:25, 31 Dec 2004 (UTC)
  • January 17 - Carnildo 19:56, 25 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  • 25 January - Oldak Quill 21:59, 15 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • January 26 - Guettarda 22:23, 17 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • January 28 - Oska 08:57, Feb 18, 2005 (UTC)
  • January 31 - Conti| 18:39, Jan 15, 2005 (UTC)

February 2006

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March 2006

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  • March 6 - David Remahl 17:52, 21 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  • March 7 - Goplat 22:26, 13 Feb 2005 (UTC)
  • March 8 - Maxm 04:51, Jan 20, 2005 (UTC)
  • March 10 - My 32nd birthday... -- Francs2000 | Talk 22:45, 27 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  • March 11 - Etimbo | Talk 11:02, 16 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • March 12 - sjorford →•← 10:21, 16 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • March 12 - (at 18:29:34.561 UTC) Hedley (talk) 18:12, 17 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • March 13 - Richie 19:56, Jan 15, 2005 (UTC)
  • March 14 at 1:59:26.5358 (UTC) – ABCD 18:33, 14 Feb 2005 (UTC)
  • March 14 at 1:59:26.5359 (UTC) anthony 警告 02:15, 16 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • March 14 - It's my *ahem* birthday. Inter 20:51, 29 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  • March 15 - iMeowbot~Mw 18:17, 15 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  • March 16 - dml 23:46, 9 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • March 17 - Sarge Baldy 01:00, Dec 28, 2004 (UTC)
  • March 17 @ 20:54 UTC - Exactly one year after the English Wikipedia reaches 500,000
    • Don't know the date yet, but that's my guess. --Jpkoester1 04:45, Feb 13, 2005 (UTC)
    • I'll join in on this guess. Kim Bruning 21:26, 17 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • March 18 - CryptoDerk 06:51, Mar 15, 2005 (UTC)
  • March 19 - Dannish 18:02 15 January 2005
  • March 20 - Timwi 21:13, 17 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • March 21 - hike395 03:37, 16 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • March 22 - JohnWilson 00:32 16 March 2005
  • March 26 — Bogdan | Talk 22:03, 5 Feb 2005 (UTC)

April 2006

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May 2006

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  • May 1 - Chazzoz 17:52, Jan 15, 2005 (UTC)
  • May 2 - Sabbut 19:14, 16 Jan 2005 (UTC) - My birthday was already taken, but this date is pretty close anyway :P
  • May 3 - Andylkl 23:48, Mar 4, 2005 (UTC) (changed to a day earlier)
  • May 4 - Tipiac 00:43, 19 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  • May 4 - --Andylkl 18:52, Feb 11, 2005 (UTC) (It's me 18th birthday! xD)
  • May 5 - →Raul654 03:09, Dec 14, 2004 (UTC)
  • May 7 - Gentgeen 23:18, 12 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • May 8 - MrWeeble 19:30, 15 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  • May 9 - Angela 13:57, Nov 21, 2004 (UTC)
  • May 10 - Crazyjoe 05:25, 2 Dec 2004 (UTC)
  • May 12 - RSpeer 15:07, Feb 16, 2005 (UTC)
  • May 13 - Mozzerati 21:26, 2005 Feb 28 (UTC)
  • May 14 - Vacuum | tcw 15:56, Nov 27, 2004 (UTC)
  • May 15 - Johnleemk | Talk 15:30, 7 Dec 2004 (UTC)
  • May 15 at 19:23 UTC - ...01. 07:33, 19 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  • May 16 - If Nadav is just as wrong as he was in the 500k pool, I should be right on! AngryParsley 00:15, 16 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • May 17 - My Grandma's birthday, and my Auntie's. BillyH 19:36, 17 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • 19 May - BLANKFAZE | (что??) 00:35, 24 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  • May 20 - Schneelocke (cheeks clone) 22:07, 27 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  • May 21, at 4:58 UTC Lectonar 11:52, 7 Feb 2005 (UTC)
  • May 23, at 17:21 UTC. EventHorizon 05:23, 4 Dec 2004 (UTC)
  • May 24 - Josh Parris 06:50, 03 Feb 2005 (UTC)
  • May 27 - Neow 15:26 (UTC), 17 Mar 2005
  • May 30 - --Randy 17:18, 15 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  • May 31 - BanyanTree 07:47, 9 Feb 2005 (UTC)

June 2006

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  • June 1 - Cyrius|
  • June 3 - Kurieeto 15:33, Feb 11, 2005 (UTC)
  • June 4 - Volrath50 02:46, 8 Mar 2005 (UTC) my birthday's taken, I'll use my little brother's :-)
  • June 6--Evil Monkey 02:49, Nov 24, 2004 (UTC)
  • June 8 - yeah, birthdays are popular, but I'm the first one to put my namesday in ;) Helix84 21:39, 16 Feb 2005 (UTC)
  • June 10 - Jonik 18:07, 5 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • June 11 -- Nadavspi | talk 17:46, 30 Dec 2004 (UTC)
  • June 12 - Kaiser_matias 7:07 (UTC), 16 Jan 2005 Birthdays seem popular
  • June 14 - Samuel Wantman 10:48, 25 Feb 2005 (UTC)
  • June 15 - Li-sung 22:01, 17 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • June 16 - SocratesJedi | Talk 11:32, 15 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  • June 17 - CheekyMonkey 23:12, 13 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • June 20 - Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus 20:28, 15 Jan 2005 (UTC) (birthday strategy :) )
  • June 22 - Cimon 14:31, Mar 17, 2005 (UTC) (equidistant from preceding and antecedent guess; *not* a special day like a solstice or mid-summer/St.Johns) alea iacta est.
  • June 24 - ugen64 06:05, 24 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  • June 25 - Gkhan 17:47, Jan 23, 2005 (UTC)
  • June 25, at 04:00 UTC - bainer 02:24, 5 Feb 2005 (UTC)
  • June 30 - -- Scott e 04:29, Feb 12, 2005 (UTC) (ya, ya, the birthday thing)

July 2006

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August 2006

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  • August 1 — Ae-a 20:35, 8 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • August 2 — Robinson Bruginski 14:56, 15 jan 2005 (UTC)
  • August 5 — Brookie\talk my birthday - so must be in with a chance!
  • August 7 - Taxman 13:54, Mar 17, 2005 (UTC)
  • August 8 — Rhobite 19:40, Feb 13, 2005 (UTC)
  • August 11 — SimonP 02:33, Mar 16, 2005 (UTC)
  • August 15 — Kieff | Talk 18:36, Nov 21, 2004 (UTC)
  • August 18 — KingTT 18:14, 15 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • August 19 — αγδεε(τ) 21:55, 2004 Nov 23 (UTC)
  • August 21 — Wegge 04:43, 13 Feb 2005 (UTC)
  • August 22 — MpegMan 19:59, 15 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  • August 25 — Norman Rogers 00:08, 27 Nov 2004 (UTC)

September 2006

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  • September 1 - Acaides 01:28, 16 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  • September 4 - Teehee, definitely not not my birthday... →mathx314(talk)(email) 01:19, 17 Feb 2005 (UTC)
  • September 5 - Eloquence* 00:43, Dec 19, 2004 (UTC)
  • September 10 - variable 23:16, 15 Feb 2005 (UTC)
  • September 11 - Sam Hocevar 21:16, 17 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • September 13 - Haukurth 20:28, 12 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • September 17 at 8:18 UTC - TheDotGamer 17:11, Jan 15, 2005 (UTC)
  • September 19 - sannse (talk) 23:45, 21 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  • September 28 - Jwrosenzweig 23:49, 1 Dec 2004 (UTC)
  • September 30 - James F. (talk) 04:58, 31 Dec 2004 (UTC)

October 2006

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  • October 1 - 69.112.100.195 16:50, 15 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  • October 2 - Mackensen (talk) 04:56, 31 Dec 2004 (UTC)
  • October 6 - Jongo 22:19, 8 Dec 2004 (UTC)
  • October 8 - Velela 12:57, 13 Feb 2005 (UTC)
  • October 10 --Bart133 18:55, 15 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  • October 12 - Andre (talk) 23:32, Nov 21, 2004 (UTC)
  • October 16 - WpZurp 00:16, 25 Feb 2005 (UTC)
  • October 19 at 11:17 UTC - Jpo 16:01, Mar 17, 2005 (UTC)
  • October 22 - Etaonish 17:12, Jan 15, 2005 (UTC) (birthday)
  • October 23 - Walker 14:13, 6 Dec 2004 (UTC)
  • October 25 - Denelson83 22:55, 19 Feb 2005 (UTC)
  • October 30 ilya 00:31, 7 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  • October 31 --ZayZayEM 12:44, 15 Jan 2005 (UTC) (I'm heading April to be the half mill point)

November 2006

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  • November 1 --Andrew 00:15, 25 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  • November 3 --Datrio 23:12, 5 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • November 5 — Trilobite 16:56, 15 Feb 2005 (UTC)
  • November 9 --Whosyourjudas (talk) 16:42, 24 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  • November 9 -- user:zanimum
  • November 10 —WHEELER 17:40, 3 Feb 2005 (UTC)
  • November 15 --Nick 18:10, 17 Feb 2005 (UTC)
  • November 17 - David Cannon 22:23, 17 Mar 2005 (UTC) (It just has to happen on my birthday).
  • November 18 - Kaldari 04:22, 15 Feb 2005 (UTC)
  • November 30 - Mushroom 23:02, 11 Mar 2005 (UTC)

December 2006

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  • December 11 - Milkmandan 00:09, 2005 Jan 31 (UTC)
  • 12 December - Eric Herboso 22:42, 27 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  • 15 December - Pavel Jurosz 21:00, 14 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • 19 December at 21:21:21 UTCTheNewAuk 19:42, 2 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  • December 25 - Sepper 04:21 6 Feb 2005 (UTC)

January 2007

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  • January 2 - Neutralitytalk 03:42, Mar 16, 2005 (UTC)
  • January 4 - Tuf-Kat 20:12, Dec 8, 2004 (UTC)
  • January 6 - Laisak 00:44, Mar 16, 2005 (UTC)
  • January 15 --AmethystAngel 22:12, 9 Feb 2005 (UTC)
  • January 17 - steelmole 11:31, Jan 15, 2005 (UTC)
  • January 18 - Jeff Q (talk) 23:45, 17 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • January 25 - Neo 19:15, 15 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  • January 26 - Twthmoses 02:57, 24 Jan 2005 (UTC) - I can feel it :)
  • January 27 - Autiger 04:56, 26 Feb 2005 (UTC) - Wanted my b'day (1/26) but Twthmoses took it. :-(

February 2007

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  • February 7 - tooto 22:02, 19 Jan 2005 (UTC) -my, 19th birthday
  • February 15 - WLD 17:09, 14 Feb 2005 (UTC)
  • February 24 - Enochlau 11:45, 24 Feb 2005 (UTC) - a nice 21st birthday present for me...

March 2007

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  • March 2 - Rafa 21:51, Feb 15, 2005 (UTC) - my birthday
  • March 7 - Wetman 14:51, 17 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • March 15 - Reene (リニ) 18:40, Nov 21, 2004 (UTC)
  • March 17 - Aoi 09:06, 20 Jan 2005 (UTC)

David Lindgren

April 2007

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  • April 1 - Wouldn't it be ironic to have 1 million articles by April Fools' Day? --Ryan! | Talk 06:25, Mar 11, 2005 (UTC)
  • April 6 - My B-day SYSS Mouse 22:24, 17 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • April 8 at 1700 UST. - Estel (talk) 20:29, Jan 15, 2005 (UTC)
  • April 10 - number poped into my head Bawolff 05:12, 6 Feb 2005 (UTC)
  • April 13 - Friday 13th, and my birthday. Formulax 03:25, 16 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  • April 18 fvw* 16:48, 2004 Dec 6 (UTC)
  • 24 April 03:01 UTC - IulianU 23:37, 15 Mar 2005 (UTC)

May 2007

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June 2007

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July 2007

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  • 2 July 18:45 UTC (making this date/time just that much more special) Ericl234 12:03, Feb 7, 2005 (UTC)
  • 9 July (my 22nd birthday) Chris 00:59, Feb 18, 2005 (UTC)
  • 15 julyGeni 09:58, 10 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • 19 July 07:13 UTC (my random guess) Baltakatei 02:44, 9 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  • 22 July Wombat 00:36, Dec 2, 2004 (UTC)

August 2007

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  • August 18 - My birthday - Burgundavia 17:49, Jan 5, 2005 (UTC)
  • August 25 - My birthday. ;) r3m0t 10:29, 13 Feb 2005 (UTC)
  • August 26 - --Tubutler 21:35, Jan 15, 2005 (UTC)
  • August 30 - I will be long gone from the site by then I'm sure. Thewayforward. Sorry for not logging in to sign

September 2007

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  • 11 September --Yincrash 09:45, 11 Sept 2004 (UTC)
  • 19 September --Rad Racer 21:59, 4 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • 23 September --Rje 17:14, Feb 14, 2005 (UTC)

October 2007

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  • 2 October Snowspinner 17:44, Feb 13, 2005 (UTC) (My sister's birthday)
  • 15 October --Der Eberswalder 20:58, 29 Dec 2004 (UTC)
  • 31 October - --Xezbeth 11:48, 7 Dec 2004 (UTC)

November 2007

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  • 10 November --Gal Buki 23:40, 20 Dec 2004 (CET)
  • 11 November -- Grunt 🇪🇺 23:56, 2005 Jan 8 (UTC)
  • 22 November --Sponge! 05:45, 25 Nov 2004 (UTC)

December 2007

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  • December 2 - Alex Krupp 23:34, Feb 4, 2005 (UTC)
  • December 3 18:00 UTC -- Cacycle 17:28, 6 Feb 2005 (UTC)
  • December 15 --Key45 00:51, 24 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  • December 25 Mike H 07:07, Mar 12, 2005 (UTC)
  • December 31 Grue 11:28, 19 Feb 2005 (UTC)

January 2008

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  • 11 January --Akumiszcza 09:23, 17 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • 15 January Hajor 18:41, 15 Feb 2005 (UTC)

February 2008

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  • 29 February -- Uris 00:09, 25 Jan 2005 (UTC)

March 2008

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May 2008

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November 2008

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  • 18 November --JerryArr 21:29, 9 Jan 2005 (UTC)

December 2008

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  • 25 December 13:48:18 UTC JIP | Talk 10:55, 25 Feb 2005 (UTC) (note: this was previously added by me when I was still anonymous)

January 2009

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March 2009

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  • 1 March --MarkSteward 19:17, 15 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  • 6 March at 3:33 PM --Sparky Lurkdragon 05:55, Feb 23, 2005 (UTC) (The date will be 3/6/09, if you write dates in that style.)
  • 17 March --Samohyl Jan 10:26, 16 Mar 2005 (UTC)

October 2009

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  • 8 October -- Silvermane 23:43, 17 Mar 2005 (UTC) - based on the present growth of about 300 articles per day.

October 2013

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  • October 7 at 17:32 UTC - will be a good 25th birthday present for me. (I was born on October 8, 1988 at 06:32 New Zealand Time.) Scott Gall 01:14, 15 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Never

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  • — Kate Turner | Talk 18:38, 2004 Nov 21 (UTC)
  • BrokenSegue 21:07, 13 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Invalid, uninterpretable, and just plain silly guesses

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Moments after article 999,999 is created

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A complex econometric vector autoregression time series trend modeling code was adapted for use in this problem, and 14 simulations were performed on a 1,024 node cluster over a period of 6 months. This was the average result. -- BRIAN0918  22:45, 17 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Midnight of Never

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  • Will there be a miracle? No. 6,912,964 -- Toytoy 01:11, Dec 31, 2004 (UTC)
  • Since 777,777th article the growth will become so fast that every even number of articles will be skipped.

After the Final Conflagration

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Desolation

Patient centuries have eroded much of the topsoil from the landscape. Loose, charred earth stretches away in every direction.

Inconceivable!

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there simply aren't one million topics in existence. --Alterego 07:29, Mar 18, 2005 (UTC)

  • Isn't this "Never"? -- BRIAN0918  07:34, 18 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • Is this where I say that I don't think it means what you think it means? JIP | Talk 07:45, 18 Mar 2005 (UTC)
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