http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jaranda/Wikipedia%27s_first_IRC_chat On 1 April 2006, the log for the first ever chat session on #wikipedia was painstakingly recovered from a corrupt hard disk. Starting mere seconds before Wikipedia went online, it shows us a fascinating glimpse at the early days of the site. ... <jwales> Anyway, just written a HomePage. <Larry_Sanger> "Welcome to WikiPedia! We're writing a complete encyclopedia from scratch, collaboratively. We started work TODAY. We want to make over 100,000 pages. So, let's get to work! Write a little (or a lot) about what you know!" <Larry_Sanger> You're crazy, Jimbo. <jwales> I don't see why 100,000 isn't a reasonable target. Granted, it'll take us 8 years at the least to do it, but that's still an incredibly fast amount of progress. <Larry_Sanger> Will Wikipedia even be around in 2009? <jwales> Of course. And if it gets REALLY popular, we might even reach a million! ...