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New accounts may no longer include the at sign (@) in their names (thanks to a bugzilla request). Users complained that many accounts with the symbol were mainly users who registered with their e-mail addresses, opening up the likelihood of spamming. In addition, many accounts with e-mail addresses as usernames were being blocked, according to username policy.

• The Novial Wikipedia has reached 500 articles.
• The Russian Wikipedia has reached 110,000 articles.
• The Romanian Wikipedia has reached 20,000 registered users.
• The West Frisian Wikipedia has reached 3,000 articles.
• The Cantonese Wikipedia has reached 1,200 articles.
• The Faroese Wikipedia has reached 2,000 articles.
• The Ilokano Wikipedia has reached 2,000 articles.
• The Czech Wikipedia has reached 10,000 registered users.
• The Voro Wikipedia has reached 500 articles.
• The Zazaki Wikipedia has reached 500 articles.
• The Upper Sorbian Wikipedia has reached 100 articles.
• The Pangasinan Wikipedia has reached 100 articles.
• The Newar / Nepal Bhasa Wikipedia has reached 100 articles.
• The Arabic Wikipedia has reached 30,000 registered users.
• The Breton Wikipedia has reached 9,000 articles.
• The Urdu Wikipedia has reached 3,000 articles.
• The Siberian / North Russian Wikipedia has reached 6,000 articles.
• The Turkish Wiktionary has reached 10,000 entries.
• The Samogitian Wikipedia has reached 500 articles.
• The English Wiktionary has reached 250,000 entries.
• The Thai Wikipedia has reached 15,000 articles and 12,000 registered users.
• The French Wikipedia has reached 370,000 articles.
• The Portuguese Wikisource has reached 4,000 texts.

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