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[[Image:WSJ2007_Opening_ceremony_Portugal_Scouts.JPG|thumb|240px|right|Scouts from Portugal at the opening of the 21st World Scout Jamboree]]
[[File:Natural_History_Museum_(6911847732).jpg|thumb|180px|right|The Natural History Museum, London. Image by Pascal Terjan]]


''This is a guest post from Maurizio Codogno, Wikimedia Italia, and was initially posted on the Wikimedia Foundation blog where you can also see the post in Italian and Spanish''
The [http://www.nhm.ac.uk/ Natural History Museum] and the [http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/ Science Museum], working with Wikimedia UK, have today announced the joint recruitment of a Wikimedian in Residence.


On 9 September 2005, the article [https://it.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Choisy-le-Roi&oldid=1244276 Choisy-le-Roi], a French town near Paris, was created on the Italian Wikipedia. On 3 October 2008, the article [https://it.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Placca_indiana&oldid=19219540 Placca indiana], one of the tectonic plates in the lithosphere of the Earth, was also created. What can these articles ever have in common? Simple. they are, respectively, the 100,000th and the 500,000th article on [https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/ it.wikipedia.org].
This is a ground-breaking partnership between two of the UK's most prestigious cultural institutions and the charity that promotes and supports Wikipedia, the world's 5th most popular website.


On January 22, at 4:50 am (Rome and Zurich timezone), the millionth article was created! Given the creation and deletion of articles that routinely happens on Wikipedia, it is not exactly clear which one is the actual millionth article. The two most likely candidates are [https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/8mm_(gruppo_musicale) 8mm] (a California-based band) and [https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scautismo_e_guidismo_in_Portogallo Scautismo e guidismo in Portogallo] (Scouting and Guiding in Portugal). The Italian edition of Wikipedia is the fifth to have reached this milestone. In addition to the English language edition, which had its millionth article on March 1st, 2006 and now has well over four million entries, the “millionaire club” currently includes the Wikipedias in German (since 27 December 2009), French (since 21 September 2010) and Dutch (since 17 December 2011). The editions in Spanish, Russian and Polish are also approaching the milestone.
As the official Wikimedian in Residence the successful applicant will be expected to make an impactful contribution to the public’s knowledge of the work of both institutions and their important and unique collections.


Surely, in August 2001, when the first Italian article was created, no one would even have dreamed of witnessing the millionth one. In the discussion about the creation of article number 100,000, some people jokingly wrote that they were getting ready for when the half a million goal was reached, a figure which seemed unattainable. <span class="plainlinks">[http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2013/01/italian-wikipedia-surpasses-one-million-articles/ <nowiki>[</nowiki>...<nowiki>]</nowiki>]</span>
Jon Davies, Chief Executive of Wikimedia UK, said: “Wikimedia UK is really excited by this partnership. The Natural History Museum and the Science Museum and known worldwide for their excellence and their extensive archives. The Wikipedian in Residence will make a valuable contribution to making the museums' materials accessible to people around the world, for free.”
 
You can [https://nhm.irecruittotal.com/CONFIG/NHM/StaticPages/CAC/SearchVacancy.aspx?EmploymentTypeID=0&Intranet=0 see full details of the position here] Wikimedia UK will be looking to fill more Wikimedian in Residence positions soon. [[Cultural_partnerships#wikimedians_in_Residence|Keep an eye on this page for more information]] <span class="plainlinks">[http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2013/01/science-museum-natural-history-museum-and-wikimedia-uk-to-jointly-appoint-wikimedian-in-residence/ <nowiki>[</nowiki>...<nowiki>]</nowiki>]</span>


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