Wikipedia:Five-million pool

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This is 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 reaches 5,000,000 (five million). The person who comes closest to the actual date is the winner (of eternal fame). The current number of articles in the English Wikipedia is 6,802,760.

The English Wikipedia article count reached 2,500,000 on August 11, 2008 at about 22:29 (UTC), thereby closing the pool. This pool opened on March 21, 2005, shortly after the 500,000th article was created.

This pool is closed. Any further votes will be reverted. 5M reached on 2015 November 1. Winner of the pool: User:Mark E.

Today[edit]

  • Whenever it happens, there will be a huge announcement: "Wikipedia Hit 5,000,000 Mark Today" What do I win? CrazyLegsKC 01:00, August 4, 2005 (UTC)
I win too. Rentastrawberry 03:49, September 18, 2005 (UTC)
And then, the next day, there will be news that say "Wikipedia Hit 5,000,000 Mark Yesterday". You lose. --Joe Schme(ssages)dley 21:41, December 3, 2006 (UTC)
  • 2024 – March – 26 I win too. --antilived T | C 05:02, December 31, 2005 (UTC)
  • I win three ! The Procrastinator 00:10, January 11, 2006 (UTC)
  • What do you win for ?--Neverland 17:39, May 5, 2006 (UTC)

Day before tomorrow[edit]

The day before the day after it was created[edit]

1970[edit]

  • January 1, midnight precisely. I mean, hey, there's at least a one-in-a-billion chance that something will reset the server's ctime just before the five-millionth article, right? So I have a very small probability of getting it right down to the second instead of a slightly larger probability of getting it to within a year tops. —Simetrical (talk • contribs) 05:20, May 7, 2006 (UTC)

1991[edit]

I win!! :) Sango123 July 5, 2005 17:02 (UTC)

The first day of the rest of your life[edit]

1999[edit]

August 1 – The digital world screws everything else up, so why not? birdboy2000 22:11, December 17, 2005 (UTC)

12:00am [blinking on and off][edit]

Sadly, someone will pull the plug on Wikipedia and the clock will go back to 12:00am. IT'S DA...Ανέκδοτο 04:11, 12 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

2005[edit]

2006[edit]

2007[edit]

  • January 25 No particular reason – Hindleyite 21:08, March 4, 2006 (UTC)
  • February 29 – it's going to be a busy day – Joolz 21:10, May 23, 2005 (UTC)
  • March 14 – Pi Day '07! ~Linuxerist L / T 03:15, March 15, 2006 (UTC)
  • April 21 – One year after my first official edit! Acs4b 06:41, October 13, 2006 (UTC)
  • June 8 nocternaloxide 16:20, March 2, 2006 (UTC)
  • June 20 – As good as date as any. Wikipedia is one of the most phenomenal projects of this century... I could see it at five million. Of course, this is just a total guess. michaelb 21:00, April 5, 2006 (UTC)
  • July 2. --Gamingboy 17:27, March 12, 2006 (UTC)
  • July 4 – My Birthday! :) Michael Furdyk (and America's!--IAMTHEEGGMAN (talk) 21:16, March 4, 2006 (UTC))
  • September 1. --bainer (talk) 23:29, March 1, 2006 (UTC)
  • 6 November. My birthday. Trekphiler 03:56, 11 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • November 18. →Iñgōlemo← talk 20:33, 2005 Mar 23 (UTC)
  • September 19 24.54.208.177 18:25, September 11, 2005 (UTC)
  • September 25 (The end of the world!) --IAMTHEEGGMAN (talk) 21:16, March 4, 2006 (UTC)
  • September 29 CCMichalZ 22:16, March 2, 2006 (UTC)
  • August 4 – My Birthday. -DesPeaux
  • October 13. --TBC??? ??? ??? 16:15, March 2, 2006 (UTC)
  • October 23 Gflores Talk 21:39, February 27, 2006 (UTC)
  • November 29 AlexR 01:02, March 3, 2006 (UTC)
  • December 10 – Who in their right mind would want to be sane? Cyner 23:07, March 1, 2006 (UTC)
  • December 12 – Ek7 21:33, July 3, 2006 (UTC)
  • December 19, Kostja 17:05, 2005 May 15 (UTC)
  • December 25, Joseph Solis 03:14 UTC, April 8, 2006
  • December 31 – I know this is not the right date. But within a million on this day kaiser matias 07:19, December 1, 2006 (UTC)

2008[edit]

  • January 1--Acebrock 08:32, October 5, 2006 (UTC)
  • January 6 Runtime April 16, 2006
  • January 18 SpirckleM 18:18, 1 Mar 2006 (PST)
  • January 25 – Tazza 10:32, March 2, 2006 (Australian WST)
  • February 6 – when I turn 20. zanzer7 09:36, March 2, 2006 (UTC)
  • February 10 – according to a very questionable neural network model. +-7 months with 95% confidence, or so it claims. --Denoir 21:27, March 2, 2006 (UTC)
  • February 13 – Sage Tuvitor 04:35, March 2, 2006 (UTC)
  • February 17 – gausie 00:09, May 15, 2006 (GMT)
  • February 20 – Two years should be enough.  :) --Galaxy001 21:44, July 3, 2006 (UTC)
  • February 23 – Fred-Chess 13:25, October 29, 2006 (UTC)
  • February 27, 2008 16:27 and 12 seconds and 43 milliseconds EST ToldYouSo
  • February 28 – claiming by 27th b'day. Alba 16:47, March 2, 2006 (UTC)
  • February 29 – not my guess, just pointing out that it could occur on this once in every 4 years day.--HamedogTalk|@ 13:49, 18 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • March 14. It is the same amount of days from the two million as the two million is from the one million. Someone the Person 19:42, 10 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • March 16. Schutz 17:45, April 2, 2006 (UTC)
  • March 18 I'm predicting a biographical entry. ~Kylu (u|t) 01:11, April 22, 2006 (UTC)
  • March 25 Kevin Baastalk 00:00, February 20, 2006 (UTC)
  • March 26 --Jonathan talk 18:56, July 13, 2006 (UTC)
  • April 1 rfernand
  • April 2 – Acebrock 07:07, October 5, 2006 (UTC)
  • April 3, when I turn 50. Communism is Stupid 08:36, August 10, 2005 (UTC)
  • April 6 I had to do the regression by hand! TJ0513 15:37, May 7, 2006 (UTC)
  • April 11 --Stoopideggs2 04:41, March 2, 2006 (UTC)
  • April 15 – Bielle 06:27, 11 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • April 24 — This will be my 20. birthday ;) FBali 19:00, March 20, 2006 (UTC)
  • April 29 – extrapolation Andrew pmk | Talk 01:37, June 19, 2006 (UTC)
  • May 1--GwydionM 18:13, February 25, 2006 (UTC)
  • May 5--JD 06:05, March 2, 2006 (UTC)
  • May 8 --Lyght 03:37, June 22, 2006 (UTC)
  • May 10 – 124.168.67.249 09:09, May 21, 2006 (UTC)
  • May 19 – Chris Ccool2ax contrib. 15:28, May 21, 2006 (UTC)
  • May 23 --TechnoGuyRob 23:46, March 2, 2006 (UTC)
  • May 30 -- >|< shablog talk/cont 18:55, 3 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • June 3 --JAHall 04:21, May 4, 2006 (EST)
  • June 8 nocternaloxide 16:20, March 2, 2006 (UTC)
  • June 10 Someoneinmyheadbutit'snotme 14:27, 10 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • June 12 User: Gwidion 16:49, March 2, 2006 (UTC)
  • June 12 WHEN THIS COUNTRY Philippines TURNS 110 By: Ian Lopez 19:12, 22 September 2007 (Pamantayang Oras ng Pilipinas/Philippine Standard Time/PHT)
  • June 14 so9q 14:30, March 14, 2006 (UTC) YES! will probably be adjusted before closure.
  • June 15 don't ask why – but i will change this @2,400,900 --Zayani 15:23, March 3, 2006 (UTC)
  • June 17 --Pelotastalk 19:34, September 15, 2006 (UTC)
  • June 19 --Amir E. Aharoni 08:14, April 30, 2006 (UTC)
  • June 22 --HurricaneJeanne 07:31, March 2, 2006 (UTC)
  • June 24 --Kajas 15:27 (UTC) 5000000!!!!!
  • July 1 Canada Day!!! --Canuck85 07:25, March 2, 2006 (UTC)
  • July 11 – current natural log regression prediction. --YbborT 23:20, December 1, 2006 (UTC)
  • July 12, my 20th birthday. --Ilovedanieljackson 16:28, 2 March 2006
  • July 15 --Joewithajay 19:05, 9 September 2007 (UTC) Seems about right[reply]
  • July 17 Rhall4Happy 30th bday me.
  • July 23 --Emijrp 10:22, July 23, 2006 (UTC)
  • July 25 Hello32020 12:17, 9 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • August 1 --Carnildo 04:05, February 25, 2006 (UTC)
  • August 4 – [Multimiedia Fairyland] – Acerperi 03:40, March 2, 2006 (UTC)
  • August 9 – EVOCATIVEINTRIGUE TALKTOME | EMAILME | IMPROVEME 12:22, July 20, 2006 (UTC)
  • August 10, Leithp 13:02, October 29, 2005 (UTC)
  • August 13 --Gerrit CUTEDH 11:35, March 2, 2006 (UTC)
  • August 17 Childzy talk contribs 17:07, July 11, 2006 (UTC)
  • August 20 – Miyu 09:42, March 2, 2006 (CAT)
  • August 23-- --MacMad (talk · contribs)  06:54, 10 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • August 25, --Snagglepuss 14:06, March 3, 2006 (EST)
  • August 26, – Nils 14:42, March 2, 2006 (CET)
  • August 27 seems like a nice date. Witty lama 01:30, November 27, 2006 (UTC)
  • August 30, --lightdarkness (talk) 02:17, March 2, 2006 (UTC)
  • August 31 – Nzd (talk) 23:01, March 6, 2006 (UTC)
  • September 1 --Neo3DGfx 06:55, March 2, 2006 (UTC)
  • September 2 --Hu Totya 02:11, 6 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • September 13--* BIRTHDAY!Perfect Proposal Speak out loud! 23:59, 10 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • September 15--Durean 7:33, August 8, 2006 (UTC)
  • September 21 DonkeyKong the mathematician (in training) 23:18, 28 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • September 28 David | Talk 17:36, March 4, 2006 (UTC)
  • September 31 – American champagne 21:26, May 30, 2006 (UTC)
  • October 1, 23:09 (UTC) -Scottwiki 08:07, April 18, 2006 (UTC)
  • October 4 Nrohan 06:55 PM, March 2, 2006 IST
  • October 5 PKtm 04:02, September 29, 2005 (UTC)
  • October 9 Well, it took much less time for the wiki to make its second million articles than its first million, didn't it? ætərnal ðrAعon 10:22, 14 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • October 15 – Crystallina 21:51, March 25, 2006 (UTC)
  • October 16 – 2 years to the day after my 2 million edit guess; once again, the rational is obvious. Tim Sailor 15:45, June 4, 2006 (UTC)
  • October 19 – Well, it is my birthday, after all. --Christhebull 19:42, July 4, 2006 (UTC)
  • October 22 Yeah, Its gonna happen then Jetteleigh 23:44 March 1, 2006 (EST)
  • October 23 – Mole Day! – FlocciNonFacio 00:44, March 3, 2006 (UTC)
  • October 25 – BigHairRef | Talk 16:14, 14 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • October 26 --Húsönd 17:27, August 9, 2006 (UTC)
  • October 29 • Lawrence Cohen 20:35, 10 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • November 4 Kevin Ray 08:55, October 1, 2006 (UTC) It's the US Presidential Elections!
  • November 11 jet57 (ut) 10:36, 24 April 2007 (UTC) 16:01, November 12, 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  • November 17 Terence Ong (恭喜发财) 06:58, January 31, 2006 (UTC)
  • November 18 Another birthday present for me! Ezratrumpet 00:28, 2 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • November 21 --kralahome 23:50, August 7, 2006 (UTC)
  • November 23 BLong
  • November 28 My real guess--HamedogTalk|@ 13:49, 18 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • December 1 --May the Force be with you! Shreshth91($ |-| ŗ 3 $ |-| ţ |-|) 11:28, May 11, 2006 (UTC)
  • Dec 6 Hope I'm lucky! Sr13 (T|C) 08:31, 13 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Dec 8 In keeping with the trend, I'm guessing my birthday. With the rapid growth of Wikipedia, I don't expect to be off by more than a year or so. YechielMan 23:25, September 21, 2006 (UTC)
  • Dec 11 guess User: Septa
  • December 12 Hot water heater 15:06, April 3, 2006 (UTC)
  • December 13 --Montchav 21:05, 9 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • December 14 Robert 17:24, July 27, 2006 (UTC)
  • December 17 I know I'm right. EamonnPKeane 17:56, March 5, 2006 (UTC)
  • December 24, 14:24 ddrager 10:42, 1 Mar 2006 (EST)
  • December 25 Because I have inside knowledge that someone is planning me a fantastic birthday present! – Huntster T@C 17:19, 14 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
And they're going to give it to you on Christmas? --Ye Olde Luke 23:34, 15 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • December 26 Nationalparks 02:08, May 6, 2006 (UTC)
  • December 31 Chris M. 14:40, June 19, 2006 (UTC)
  • December 31, 2000 hrs UTC \Mikez 08:57, 1 Apr 2005 (UTC)

2009[edit]

  • January 1, 2009. Don Proctor March 1, 2006 (UTC)
  • January 4 --JuntungWu 16:07, 10 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • January 7, 2009 at 7:15 AM.
  • January 7, 2009 – My birthday. ۩ Dracion (Level 84 Rs Player) ۩ 10:45, 24 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • January 9 – my 41st birthday – get off my lawn ;-) --Barista | a/k/a マイケル | T/C 01:02, 10 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • January 12 – Amphytrite 02:23, March 13, 2006 (UTC)
  • 2009-01-14 — coelacan talk — 00:42, December 10, 2006 (UTC)
  • January 17 – Because I'm a legal adult on this date. --Johan (speak to me, human) (yes i've been here) 14:05, 9 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • January 20 – This date is significant in US History, why?N734LQ 07:22, 16 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • January 21--69.140.157.227 (talk)
  • January 25, 2009 Don Gray March 1,2006 (UTC)
  • February 2--T. Anthony 15:27, September 26, 2005 (UTC)
  • Feburary 8 – Marlith T/C 03:22, 18 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • February 9 – Bielle 06:29, 11 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • February 11 – --131.251.0.7 16:48, January 15, 2006 (UTC)
  • February 13--Pkrzic 20:44, May 5, 2006 (UTC)
  • February 15--Jovanvb (talk) 17:50, 18 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • February 22 Juppiter 05:02, March 2, 2006 (UTC)
  • February 24 – JustPhil 10:58, April 7, 2006 (UTC) (my 20th birthday!)
  • February 27 – (My 21st birthday :) ) Superm401Talk 14:43, 16 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • March 1 TraxPlayer 11:05, March 2, 2006 (GMT+1)
  • March 4 at exactly noon. Mark it down. --fuzzy510 07:04, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • March 7 – Guy0307 06:52, 10 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • March 8 – riiiiiiight abouttttttt NOW!! exactl;y this date. that guy 04:12, Tuesday, March 26, 2024 (UTC)
  • March 14, 3:14:59 Smartech 06:50, 24 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • March 19, Mizu onna sango15/珊瑚15 04:37, 20 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • MARCH 24-Avi wizardWell ya it is my Birthday......and I hope 5 million are completed on this day!!!
  • March 20, Stormscape 01:04, March 3, 2006 (UTC) (My 20th birthday yay!)
  • March 29 — Jack · talk · 01:50, Saturday, 25 August 2007
  • April 1 —Keenan Pepper 20:29, 3 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • April 3 spider1224
  • April 6 — Sarge Baldy 01:25, Apr 20, 2005 (UTC)
  • April 9 TheCoffee 20:28, July 9, 2005 (UTC)
  • April 14 Lennycek 20:33, 14 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • April 15 ៛ Bielle (talk) 02:53, 1 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • April 16 My birthday, plus coming off an election year there will be a lot of new articles--Seventy-one 07:20, May 14, 2006 (UTC)
  • April 19 I'd hate to take 4/20 away from a deserving stoner. Deltabeignet 00:45, 10 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • April 20 OK, I'll do it, Deltabeignet. ;) – Trvsdrlng (talk) 19:31, 16 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • April 22 LUCKY GUESS??? QENZAF
  • April 23 – St. George's Day Flag of EnglandAndrew 16:57, June 12, 2006 (UTC)
  • April 26 — Michael J 01:05, May 3, 2006 (UTC) (My 50th birthday!)
  • May 1 – —AySz88\^-^ 23:33, September 27, 2006 (UTC)
  • May 3 – so be it – as May 8 the aniversary of WikiHowTo is already taken Moa3333 19:58, 16 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • May 8 – Samuel Wantman 19:23, 24 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • May 9 – PYLrulz What the hell, ill shoot for my birthday
  • May 10 – Mitch119 10:20, August 26, 2006 (UTC)
  • May 11 – Denjak 8:29, 03 March 2006
  • May 12 — Sintonak.X 14:51, March 2, 2006 (UTC)
  • May 15 at 00:23:32 UTC – skagedal... 17:15, December 5, 2006 (UTC)
  • May 16 – Clavecin 14:51, 1 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • May 17 – Simondrake 16:51, November 18, 2006 (UTC)
  • May 21 – Mailer Diablo 17:48, May 22, 2006 (UTC)
  • May 25 – Lesgles (talk) 23:30, May 7, 2006 (UTC) (graduation)
  • May 28 --Liface
  • June 1 bnlacava 11:28, March 2, 2006 (UTC)
  • June 9 --Alfakim-- talk 13:35, 9 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • June 10 – glennb28 tc 19:43, 25 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • June 14 – splot 07:13, July 16, 2006 (UTC)
  • June 20 – the b'day method;  Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus | talk  18:07, 2 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • June 21 – Catherine 05:30, 18 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • June 28 – Quesotiotyo 8:51, February 2, 2007 (UTC)
  • June 29 Howard the Duck 07:06, March 2, 2006 (UTC)
  • July 4 – Come on! Be Patriotic! On this day, the American flag will be the wikipedia logo. Whaatt (talk) 20:58, 14 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • July 13 – Mdelves 09:38, November 8, 2006 (UTC)
  • July 19 – UD490 01:30, November 12, 2006 (UTC)
  • July 22 – the day when the Solar eclipse with longest central duration in the 21st century will occurs. – Korean alpha for knowledge (Talk / Contributions) 13:50, 16 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • July 24 – Xerol 22:18, November 25, 2006 (UTC)
  • July 27 – RitaE 8:29, 03 March 2006
  • August 1 – about the same time Bigbrother, Idol, Biggestlooser and 5,000 other reality tv shows announce the next lot contestant. Gnangarra 01:58, 28 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • August 7 ▪◦▪≡ЅiREX≡Talk 00:16, 11 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • August 9 ...Scott5114 02:53, May 20, 2006 (UTC)
  • August 17, at about half-past ten. Matt Yeager 07:12, November 6, 2005 (UTC)
  • August 19, 3:28 A.M. Flying Hamster 21:46, November 24, 2006 (UTC)
  • August 20 at 13:37, but I don't think I'll be around to notice it... Qevlarr 19:53, 1 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • August 23, 2009 John William Whitaker March 2,2006 (UTC)
  • August 31, Marcos Juárez 04:33, February 28, 2006 (UTC)
  • September 1, --NerdEF 16:51, April 2, 2006 (UTC)
  • September 2, my 23rd birthday and I will create it. TJ Spyke 02:00, September 22, 2006 (UTC)
  • September 10 Chefette1223 17:47, November 1, 2006 (UTC) when i turn 18, it has to be sign ,i will create it myself, go Essex CCC
  • September 11, ten years after Gonzalo Rodriguez' death – NaBUru38 16:46, 27 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • September 15 Ydam 01:40, July 3, 2006 (UTC)
I second this one. It will be September 15, 2009. John Titor told me. Sadly it will be bot-created. aliasd·U·T 14:19, 16 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • September 18 – My 30th birthday. Js farrar 04:11, 16 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • September 27, my birthday and also around the time when people are back at school and work – and Wikipedia. CountdownCrispy 14:21, July 31, 2006 (UTC)
  • October 4, but only if we start deleting garbage, such as many of the unwatched articles. Cool Hand Luke 02:49, 15 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • October 5 – article growth rate seems to be slowing a bit. --T-rex 22:31, 19 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • October 10 – Also my 21st Birthday. ~ PHDrillSergeant...§ 05:05, 18 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • October 12, Cimon avaro; on a pogostick. 08:11, March 6, 2006 (UTC)
  • October 12, 06:35:27 UTC, according to my new exponential formula. JIP | Talk 18:01, 24 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • October 15 – WikadaTalk Contribs 22:08, 14 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • October 19, probably some pop culture figure/cartoon (like pokemon or a computer game character) – Kristod 23:52, October 13, 2006 (UTC)
  • October 22 – One day after my birthday, for no reason whatsoever. Unusual Gazelle 13:56, 18 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • October 23 MahangaTalk to me 18:56, 24 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • October 29 – Wikipedia'll have got so engrained into the public conciousness by then that the 5 million mark will pass pretty much unnoticed. --Uberisaac 17:56, 28 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • October 31 – Surely everyone would have covered every single popular culture reference by then. User:Alternika
  • November 4 – Trevor Andersen 05:10, January 28, 2006 (UTC)
  • November 8 – It will be a new teenybopper band --Zojj (t,c) 01:52, 22 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • November 12 – User:Dixonsej 16:20 11 october 2007 (UTC)
  • November 14 – Eivindt@c 07:50, April 6, 2006 (UTC)
  • November 15 – Todd Bowers 14:50, August 19, 2007 (UTC)
  • November 26 – Lee Stanley (talk) 00:09, 15 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • November 27 – Subsurd 03:07, 19 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • December 2 – jwandersTalk 06:45, 6 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • December 10, 333 17:57, 7 September 2007 (UTC)
  • December 15 – Mikker (...) 03:10, April 4, 2006 (UTC)
  • December 21 – Marty P.
  • December 28 – The Dominator (talk) 01:22, 27 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • December 29 – Niffweed17, Destroyer of Chickens (talk) 03:59, 10 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • December 31 – Some poor bastard will have nothing better do on New Year's Eve. :D Druworos 13:23, November 2, 2006 (UTC)
  • Undecimber 3 --90.229.181.103 10:17, 22 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

2010[edit]

2011[edit]

  • January 7 – Just a guess. Spawn Man 06:58, 6 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • January 9- Wikipedia got 1million in 2006, 2million over a year later in 2007 so 3mill in 2008/9 4mill in 2009/10 and 5 million between 2010–2012 so im guessing 2011 would be most likely based on the rate we going now. Pro66 15:35, 1 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • January 11, leveling Simply south 17:24, 14 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • January 15 — the year feels right to me given current growth trends, and what better day than Wikipedia's tenth anniversary? --WCQuidditch 19:47, 19 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • January 27, RyanGerbil10 20:38, December 25, 2005 (UTC)
  • February 4, owlny 01:34, March 2, 2006 (UTC)
  • February 12, just wait! – @pple complain 06:23, 11 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • February 14, how romantic. -Ambuj Saxena (talk) 18:05, May 2, 2006 (UTC)
  • February 26 – b'day --HamedogTalk|@ 09:01, 10 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • March 9, my EXTREMELY rough estimation from how fast Wikipedia is growing... Crazy Eddy 17:53, 9 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • March 18, my 30th birthday, Renatta 00:07, March 6, 2006 (UTC)
  • April 1, why not? Acetic Acid 08:28, 4 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • April 2, an available day in a year that sounds about right – Imperator3733 (talk) 20:01, 9 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • April 12, 2011, judging by the rate Wikipedia is growing I'm probably not far off here... --Mark J 20:32, May 22, 2005 (UTC)
  • April 14 – the day I can register to vote! Johnleemk | Talk 07:26, January 7, 2006 (UTC)
  • April 17, 2011 – my 20th birthday =) --antilived trash vandal results 11:15, October 22, 2005 (UTC)
  • April 26, 2011 -Jj137, May 9, 2007 (UTC)
  • May 3, 2011 – WillMak050389
  • May 6, 2011– My birthday :) Metsguy234 (talk) 04:08, 9 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • May 11 -- Phoeba WrightOBJECTION! 12:23, 6 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • May 30 – GDonato (talk) 00:34, 21 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • June 17 – nobody
  • June 21 – The
  • June 30 – graduating from university, ish – Jack · talk · 18:52, Sunday, 4 February 2007
  • July 1 – right smack in the middle of the year. (I think) Alvinpiggy
  • July 1 – Robbsi 13:02, 4 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • July 3 – MattJones1512 I will make damn sure of it
  • July 9 – Average Earthman 04:45, April 4, 2006 (UTC)
  • July 14 – Darkfire
  • July 15 – Slumgum 02:04, July 15, 2006 (UTC)
  • August 1 – TomPhil 12:49, 18 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • August 2 – random guess, number popped into my head. Hey, I've never won anything before... —Vanderdeckenξφ 16:35, 13 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • August 12, 2011, Llamadog903 11:18, march 2, 2006 (UTC)
  • August 25 The day I become 16 and can get a learner's permet. =) DA PIE EATER (talk) 02:46, 27 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • September 1, it'll be then! 12:37, March 2, 2006 (UTC)
  • September 5 – I'm assuming software and policy changes that open the floodgates wider, though. ragesoss 14:01, 9 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • September 10, Let's hope the internet still has freedom Jeremyh 13:27, March 2, 2006 (UTC)
  • September 14, on the assumption that the number of articles doubles every 18 months, a la Moore's Law (assuming I did the math correctly from 2007-04-02, 1.72m articles). — Loadmaster 14:41, 2 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • September 22, my birthday :D Apoz2 (talk) 13:57, 10 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • October 1 – Luis1007 19:39, 27 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • October 2 --Thorsen 08:00, February 21, 2006 (UTC)
  • October 8 – Vinsfan368 Would be a good 14th birthday present for me.
  • October 10 pashmina 22:03, 11 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • November 7 No particular reason to guess this. --Mblumber (talk) 02:29, 15 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • November 11 numerical date of 11-11-11; --HJKeats 14:28, 10 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • November 12 – Why not? It's close enough to several computer modeling programs that I've seen, so I might as well. Sageofwisdom
  • November 13, 2011, 12.30 UTC. SqueakBox 18:50, September 21, 2005 (UTC)
  • November 14, Dixonsej (talk) 10:56, 30 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • November 29 ez lesz a dátum, ha nyerek értesítsetek 2006 március 4.
  • December 1. Wild guess based on growth trends. Amaryllis25 "Talk to me" 15:32, 14 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • December 15 I'm assuming the rate of growth will slow due to there being nothing more important to write about. Plus there's a nice big gap here. D0nkeypie 19:05, April 23, 2008 (EST)
  • December 19 – I think the growth is linear Iccaldwell (talk) 19:56, 3 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • December 31 — but I'm just guessing. I don't know for 100 percent sure. --JayHenry 01:17, 3 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

2012[edit]

  • January 1 – another New Year and an even bigger wiki. Wikipikarefulgenschu 01:39, March 3, 2006 (UTC)
  • January 23 at 1:37 PM (13:37!) --Minoru 20:23, March 2, 2006 (UTC)
  • February 12 at 12:00 PM --11:59 September 9, 2007
  • February 24, 2012 Zginder (talk) (Contrib) 03:20, 7 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • February 29, 2012 – a leap day. What could be better? nneonneo talk 05:52, 18 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • March 2 Mieciu K 22:52, 19 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • March 12, is the day my highly advanced mathematical predictions state Wikipedia will reach 5 million articles --ÐeadΣyeДrrow (Talk|Contribs) 16:39, 31 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • March 24, 2012 --Pozsy 23:21, May 1, 2006 (UTC)
  • March 25, --Jhattara (Talk · Contrib) 07:36, 25 June 2008 (UTC) (My 33rd birthday)[reply]
  • April 1, 2012, that'd be a neat birthday present for me! Matt0401 22:23, March 1, 2006 (EST)
  • April 6, 2012 Noliver (talk) 08:09, 6 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • April 7, 2012 Arbon42 19:47, 15 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • April 18 at 3:26 a.m. UTC for no reason at all --Ravi12346 03:32, March 4, 2006 (UTC)
  • May 5, 2012 at 07:00. Merosonox 00:33, 10 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • May 12, 2012. user 24.171.36.233
  • May 28 – Nice birthday. Soxred93 (u t) 21:07, 15 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • June 10, simply because no one had guessed this month yet. :) Terraxos (talk) 14:53, 14 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • June 30, 2012 no reason. Darkspots (talk) 19:45, 29 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • July 14-gadfium 03:26, 12 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • July 21, of course – 22:42, March 3, 2006 (UTC)
  • August 1 Pigslookfunny 00:17, 2 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • August 29, At 8.29 pm, as it is my birthday. By this time I'll be famous enough for Wikipedia not to delete a page about me. Johnwrw (talk) 07:40, 5 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • September 8, 2012 my 21st birthday, that way, if I win, I'll legally be able to throw an absolutely crazy party. -Fcb981(talk:contribs) 02:04, 17 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • September 13, 2012 bCube (talk · contribs) 04:57, 19 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • September 17, 2012This is the date i think it'll hit 5 million articles! meekzzz 23:00, March 1, 2006 (EST)
  • October 1. shoy 15:20, 1 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • October 14 is my guess Homestarmy 16:04, March 2, 2006 (UTC)
  • November 3, 04:56 UTC. --AllyUnion (talk) 06:45, 1 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • November 6 This election day in the USA when the democrat who is elected president in 2008 is re-elected will also be when Wikipedia hits five million articles. Workster 19:56, August 9, 2006 (UTC)
  • November 7 Based on current growth trends. Oh, and since my prediction was only 3 days away from my birthday, might as well make it my birthday. --cuckooman (talk) 02:37, 31 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • November 10 i.e. Ten, Eleven, Twelve in countries and territories that use a logical ordering of day month year Saga City 14:43, 1 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • November 11 -LtNOWIS (talk) 19:51, 22 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • November 13 James Lednik (talk) 14:32, 15 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • December 5, My Birthday! The ed17 19:38, April 24, 2006 (UTC) (talk)
  • December 8, at 04:09 UTC. --AllyUnion (talk) 06:45, 1 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • December 14, 2012 --Anthony Ivanoff (talk) 00:33, 24 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • December 15, 2012, possibly 4:52 a.m. MST – Tim Q. Wells 05:12, 29 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • December 20, 2012 I invented time travel in 2014. MortimerCat (talk) 22:35, 2 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • December 21, 2012, because something has to happen that day. Anomaly1 02:06, December 10, 2005 (UTC)
I agree it will happen in 2012. It will either happen on December 21 (my 25th birthday) or December 24 (the day the Aztecs predicted the world will end. A documentary that predicted the ending of the world based on the Bible also said this date). --Ted87 02:07, June 30, 2006 (UTC)

2013[edit]

  • January 20, when Bush ends his third term. ;) --Efitu (Tlk Unc) 02:23, 10 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • February 16, 02:35 UTC --AllyUnion (talk) 06:45, 1 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • March 29 – at a rate of 1500 a day it will be early 2013 and there's a nice big gap to plonk myself between January and June. --Jpeeling (talk) 20:55, 29 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • May 6, 2013. My mother's 66th birthday :) --Boivie (talk) 09:13, 30 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • June 14 – However, it is possible that the deletionists will take over and the number will stop increasing and start to decrease. – SamuelWantman 07:49, 6 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • June 22 – Earl Andrewtalk 06:21, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)
  • July 18 -ReuvenkT C E 02:16, May 29, 2006 (UTC)
  • August 12 At 9:30 am, the date of my birthday Lefairh 16:43, 5 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • August 22 01:33 GMT David 14:19, March 4, 2006 (UTC)
  • September 25 Jet Engines 18:05, April 3, 2006 (UTC)
  • December 7. Because it's my birthday --Monsterxxl 17:18, March 9, 2006 (UTC)
  • December 11. My Birthday, and considering 500.000 articles every year, this year is my choice. 12345 lewis
  • December 31 Peak growth will be at 2.500.000 articles around June 2008 HenkvD 19:10, February 21, 2006 (UTC)
  • 13 Smarch, after it's decided that all individual humans are notable, and they simultaneously reach forth from their nano cybercores to insert entries on themselves, causing the biggest meganet crash since 2008. Radiant_>|< 12:41, Jun 10, 2005 (UTC)

2014[edit]

  • January 13, also known as 13–1313! --Taktser 03:24, 17 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • January 18, 2014 – b jonas 16:16, March 2, 2006 (UTC)
  • January 25 --Neo 11:04, 25 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • January 27, shortly after 1 PM EST – the 13th hour of the 13th day of the 13th month of the 13th year of Wikipedia's existence. —JonTerry4 21:46, 29 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • February 23 – Forseti11 22:35, 13 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • April 22 Greeves (talk contribs) 17:46, 18 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • June 10 Chenzw (talk · contribs) 07:15, 1 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • July 14 Yrithinnd 01:51, March 2, 2006 (UTC)
  • August 27 – no reason. --Joe Schme(ssages)dley 21:36, December 3, 2006 (UTC)
  • September 9, assuming a linear growth rate since 0.5 million, and using 0.5, 1 and 1.5 million as data points. No, I don't really believe that linear growth is a correct model. --User101010 18:55, 20 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • September 26 -My 31st Birthday (yikes!)-Captain Bob 07:40, March 2, 2006 (UTC)

2015[edit]

  • January 15, Wikipedia Day 2015. WODUP 16:03, 18 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • January 24 – My 30th birthday, why not? Pax 05:55, Apr 20, 2005 (UTC)
  • March 26 – No particular reason, but it's the first date that came to mind for me. FreakyFlyBry 05:19, March 2, 2006 (UTC)
  • April 15 ៛ Bielle (talk) 02:58, 1 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • June 24 – this is reasonable. — Sverdrup 00:28, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)
  • June 12 --Fir0002 07:53, July 12, 2006 (UTC)

2016[edit]

  • April 14!!! I'm betting five bucks on this one. – Mac Davisญƛ. 08:59, March 3, 2006 (UTC)
  • October 19 Bennity 11:28, March 2, 2006 (UTC)
  • November 18 – Berserkerz Crit 15:36, 23 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • December 9 G Clark 02:42, March 2, 2006 (UTC)

2017[edit]

2018[edit]

  • 22 – 02 – 18 (Roy van Rijn) --217.195.241.2 09:07, March 2, 2006 (UTC)

2019[edit]

  • The fifty-seventh day of 2019. --Berney 21:37, December 16, 2005 (UTC)
  • April 3, 2019. --Nomader 00:02, March 3, 2006 (UTC)

2020–2021[edit]

  • April 15, 2020 ៛ Bielle (talk) 02:56, 1 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • June 15, 2020, this was a tough prediction, but I think the middle of 2020 is the way to go. --Evan Robidoux 19:46, June 24, 2006 (UTC)
  • August 17, 2020, whereupon Wikipedia will receive perfect vision (and subsequently receive an asolute barrage of new articles, as I've also predicted that this is the date where Wikipedia will receive its eleventy-billionth post). Matt Yeager 06:14, December 30, 2005 (UTC)
  • May 15, 2021. 23:59 hrs UTC – If I'm right, I'll probably be dead before this day comes. :( Ryan 07:17, July 27, 2005 (UTC)
  • October 10, 2021, when the police snipers finally take me down. Proto 12:51, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)

2022–2023[edit]

2024–2025[edit]

  • March 2 or March 10, 2025. Think about it, you know it makes sense. Daesumnor 01:59, March 2, 2006 (UTC)
  • July 10, 2025. Give or take 2 years, 3 months and 27 days. – Ghelaetalkcontribs 15:56, February 25, 2006 (UTC)

2026–2027[edit]

  • May 2, 2027 – [[1]] (it will be my 40th birthday !)
  • May 12, 2027 on my 40th birthday (oops I will be 50 haha, oh I am an old fart!). By then Wikipedia will do datadumps to our brains every third millisecond.--Adam (talk) 02:49, April 16, 2006 (UTC)
  • On May 25 2027 will be the day.

2028–2029[edit]

2030–2034[edit]

2035–2039[edit]

  • January 18, 2038 – the day before civilization collapses along with unix time. – Cyrius|
  • January 19, 2038 – The day that civilization collapses with unix time. 71.192.130.225 12:38, 26 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • January 20, 2038 – The day after civilization collapses along with unix time. Skudrafan1 (talk) 04:47, 4 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

2040–2044[edit]

  • 4 october 2040 it will be the 23rd article published that day and it will be the 5 millionth ever. (----)

2045–2049[edit]

2050 or later[edit]

  • Exactly 1 year after the moment we land a person on Mars. (please move this vote when we've landed on Mars :)) -- BRIAN0918  15:14, 22 Mar 2005 (UTC)
" Exactly 1 year after the moment we land a person on Mars". Jim Kirk will be President first.=] Trekphiler 03:52, 11 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Does "we" mean Americans or mankind?? (it may will be two different landing events)
    "We" refers to the squirrel population in Antarctica, of course. Sango123 July 5, 2005 17:00 (UTC)
Does a monkey still count? :) Smartech 02:53, July 15, 2005 (UTC)
Since people are technically just a breed of monkeys, yes. --86.130.24.206 15:12, August 28, 2005 (UTC)
No – technically people are a breed of ape, not monkeys. Both though a part of the primate group. David Ruben Talk 01:57, April 21, 2006 (UTC)
Why don't we just say:

When a lifeform from Earth intentionally lands themself or another lifeform from Earth onto Mars or one of its satellites.

--Joe Schme(ssages)dley 21:39, December 3, 2006 (UTC)
-- Isn't this supposed to be a place where you bet rather than discuss nonexistent squirrel populations from Antarctica ;). Dixonsej 16:23, 4 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

2066[edit]

  • March 14, pi day π Nillanilla3ee 19:22, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

2094[edit]

2095[edit]

  • January 3rd

2101[edit]

Eternity[edit]

  • I'm betting on the year ALEF_null+1, 12:01 (UTC+pi)

Never[edit]

  • Whether or not Wikipedia will reach five million articles is one thing. Whether it should is another. It's reached the point where – excluding current events or news articles – almost every new article created for Wikipedia is pointless. It will be a local band creating their own page for their band, or something else of the sort. So, in other words, my answer is: Wikipedia will reach five million articles when ... well, right after it reaches 4,999,999 articles.

That wasn't funny at all, was it? Free-encyclopedia 19:23, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

  • It is not possible, The sum of all knowlegde < 5,000,000 articles --Clawed 05:12, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)
  • Shortly after the heat death of the sun.  ALKIVAR 01:40, 23 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • After pi is found to be a rational number. Sango123 23:07, May 22, 2005 (UTC)
  • When Romania denies having ever had yellow in their flag when it has yellow now. Barely There 12:07, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
  • When boys start being named Sarah. HellRaiser 04:43, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)
  • After blindness is found to be just a state of mind. Jesus Lover 05:27, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)
  • When a vandal named User:Willy on Wheels ON WHEELS!!!!!haha takes complete control of Wikipedia, and uses it to destroy every Internet connection in France, creating 5,000,000 articles in the process. --Mark J 19:09, July 17, 2005 (UTC)
  • When Essex becomes a independent country. --Weirdguy 06:42, July 19, 2005 (UTC)
  • At this rate, it will be after 2012. Gogo December 21, 2012. – RPharazon 03:56, August 12, 2005 (UTC)
  • When the Wikimedia Foundation takes over every company in the world, creating 4,595,151 articles in the process.--207.200.116.136 20:27, December 25, 2005 (UTC)
  • Not if the mergists have a say :) Deckiller 01:18, March 2, 2006 (UTC)
  • When the People's Action Party loses control of the government in Singapore. (nah, just kidding. real guess below) – splot 07:07, July 16, 2006 (UTC)
  • Isopropyl 05:57, May 2, 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete. Not notable. ;-) DarthVader 08:44, May 18, 2006 (UTC)
  • Never, Everytime Wikipedia gets 5 million Articles, Andrea Yates appears puts all 5 Million articles in her bathtub until they drown, and Wikipedia has to star all over again 12.183.203.184 08:48, May 29, 2006 (UTC)
  • Wikipedia will probably a) further deteriorate, alienating too many good contributors, or b) abolish IP editing, both alternatives with the result of a lot fewer articles being created. —AldeBaer 10:55, 26 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • More precisely when Willy on Wheels passes his RfA. Cool Bluetalk to me 22:21, 9 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Willy on wheels has passed his RfA here [2]. Tazerdadog (talk) 02:00, 8 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]