For the record, since it's an enormous pet peeve of mine ;). We don't need
to get in a huge conversation here, I'm happy to talk off list or in
person, but want to say it for the record.
Founder.... founder not co-founder :). There is no doubt that Larry and
some of our critics have been successful at getting it in enough reliable
sources that you will see co-founder frequently but I would really prefer
that WE as the foundation not give into it. Larry did a lot of work for WP
but that's what he did it as, work, he was an employee who left as we
didn't have the money to pay him and always expressed how it was Jimmy's
encyclopedia, Jimmy's website. He never really believed in what we were
doing at Wikipedia, He believed in an expert run and scrutinized project.
That project never worked out in nupedia and it never worked out when he
tried to capitalize on his Wikipedia history to start up multiple different
projects that wouldn't have open editing and would have expert "control".
I don't want to denigrate the work he did, it wasn't nothing, but it wasn't
as co-founder and (in the end) I think we should make sure we continue to
use the proper term when referring to someone who (despite a large number
of <s>misteps</s> times I disagreed) did an amazing job at not only helping
to create and nurture what this project became but ceding the power as it
became necessary.
James Alexander
Community Advocacy
Wikimedia Foundation
(415) 839-6885 x6716 @jamesofur
On Fri, Aug 7, 2015 at 10:39 AM, Juliet Barbara <jbarbara(a)wikimedia.org>
wrote:
Good catch, Michael!
On Friday, August 7, 2015, Michael Guss <mguss(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
@wikipedia:
https://twitter.com/Wikipedia/status/629684844453167104
Wikipedia Fb:
https://www.facebook.com/wikipedia/posts/10153438209823346
Wikipedia G+:
https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/100123345029543043288/+Wikipedia/posts/aeyP6J…
On Fri, Aug 7, 2015 at 8:53 AM, Joe Sutherland <jsutherland(a)wikimedia.org
wrote:
Yes!! With a tag on Twitter natürlich.
Joe
On Friday, 7 August 2015, Michael Guss <mguss(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
Hello everyone,
Just wanted to point out that its Jimmy's birthday! Thanks for
reviewing! Thoughts?
Happy Birthday, Jimbo!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Wales
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