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This article is the 7,000,000th Wikipedia article in the English-language Wikipedia.

7-millionth article – Operators and Things

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7th millionth article!

That's a great achievement. Congratulations to all wikipedia users who made every article before this, and congratulations to anybody writing and editing articles for this free, huge internet encyclopedia. To 8 million and beyond! Andreaslagoud (talk) 16:37, 29 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

cool YourLocalZenith talk 16:58, 29 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Congrats CaptianEek for making history with the 7,000,000th article! EGGBUTTEATERLOL (talk) 21:40, 29 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Therapyisgood created this article, not CaptainEek. Mz7 (talk) 23:03, 29 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Replace anonymous with pseudonymous?

While talking with RoySmith on some ideas for some DYK hooks for this article, the question came up on if the use of wikt:anonymous in the lede and rest of the article should be replaced with wikt:pseudonymous. The author, known under the pseudonym Barbara O'Brien, is also anonymous, hence we know who the author, but by a pen name and not the legal identity outside of their pen name. A small issue, but I'd still like to ask other folks what they think about the terminology. Courtesy ping to @Therapyisgood as original author(congratulations!), though open to feedback from any interested editors. PixDeVl (T | C | G) 23:10, 29 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I would keep "anonymous". I feel that "pseudonymous" carries the implication that the real identity is in fact known despite the use of a pen name (e.g. Dr. Seuss), whereas "anonymous" makes it clear that the author's identity is unknown. If this is controversial, then perhaps a solution is to avoid using either term and state directly that the author's identity is unknown: Operators and Things: The Inner Life of a Schizophrenic is an 1958 autobiographical account of a woman's onset of and recovery from schizophrenia. The book was written under the pen name Barbara O'Brien, whose identity is unknown. Mz7 (talk) 23:26, 29 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]