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Writer's note: This week's Introduction to Commons video marks the third news and notes story in a row to use a video, following the WikiProject Screencast video last week and the MediaWiki shorts two weeks before. It appears the use of videos for tutoring purposes is on the rise. I have to say, I'm supportive of it: videos are a great, and underutilized, way of passing on information.

To the GA reviewers and writers: congratulations! The 10,000th GA marks a historical point in Wikipedia content; I am proud to have added my eight to the bunch. Regards, ResMar 03:02, 9 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

10,000 GA's is great! How do we know, as Geometry Guy says, that they are maintained to GA standard? Rich Farmbrough, 17:20, 12 October 2010 (UTC).[reply]

They are systematically reviewed - I think about annually or so. Of course, at any one time, an article's quality may have slipped, but folks like User:Jezhotwells work very hard to keep their quality up. And, of course, some of them go on to FAC. -- Ssilvers (talk) 21:06, 12 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Congrats to Cumulus and Rododendron YellowMonkey (new photo poll) 06:33, 12 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I don't understand Dutch but Rododendron removed pictures and congratulations from the talk page. User:Elitre —Preceding undated comment added 10:21, 12 October 2010 (UTC).[reply]
- Cumulus had temporarily removed the normal contents of her talk page; she placed them back. Ucucha 11:58, 12 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Heh, I wonder if it would be possible to actually get married on Wiki... The Thing // Talk // Contribs

In nomine Jimbonis, communitatis et spiritu collaborationis... – ukexpat (talk) 14:11, 12 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

HaeB, I honestly think that the GA story was the highlight this week, and should be at the front of the post rather then the back :L ResMar 04:28, 13 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I disagree. It's a great achievement, but is still a milestone, and milestones traditionally come at the end of the report (actually usually after "Briefly"). — Pretzels^Hii! 19:26, 13 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It's a pretty major milestone. The French story last week ran in first place. ResMar 21:06, 13 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It's fine to mention jubilees and other numerical milestones, but they are not really among the kind of news which comes most unexpected or has the most impact on our readers.

Besides, this particular story did not offer much additional value in context, history or analysis (such as, for example, statistics on the growth of GAs), merely a quote by some user saying, basically, that Good articles are a good thing - not very informative, see also Tony's remark about the quote. You may recall a similar discussion about the 3000th FA story.

Regards, HaeB (talk) 17:43, 14 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I'd rather not think about it. Waste of a day's work that was... ResMar 23:29, 15 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]