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   Welcome to the second Wikimedia Foundation newsletter. This letter has news about recent and future events, articles about new Wikimedia initiatives, and comments from our Board of Trustees and our founder, Jimmy the Whale. The letter also contains reports from community projects, photography, and an interview with Larry Lessig.

    This fall saw a big increase in the visibility of Wikimedia. The number of computers we use to host the site doubled. So did the total amount of data we distribute, and the number of visitors to the site. This was partly because of a good response to the "one million article" press release in September. Wikipedia has also received growing attention from conferences and philanthropies, who all want to help change the world.

    The number of active projects has expanded: see information inside on Wikicommons, Wikispecies and Wikinews. In the coming months, we are preparing for a major Wikimedia conference in August in Frankfurt, Germany (see the Wikimania section on Page 6).

    Finally, thanks to the many great writers, designers, artists, and translators who make this letter possible.