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
Yes!! With a tag on Twitter natürlich.
Joe
On Friday, 7 August 2015, Michael Guss mguss@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
-- Michael Guss Research Analyst Wikimediafoundation.org mguss@wikimedia.org javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','mguss@wikimedia.org');
@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/aeyP6JY...
On Fri, Aug 7, 2015 at 8:53 AM, Joe Sutherland jsutherland@wikimedia.org wrote:
Yes!! With a tag on Twitter natürlich.
Joe
On Friday, 7 August 2015, Michael Guss mguss@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
-- Michael Guss Research Analyst Wikimediafoundation.org mguss@wikimedia.org
-- Sent from a device with a small keyboard with big fingers :)
Social-media mailing list Social-media@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media
Good catch, Michael!
On Friday, August 7, 2015, Michael Guss mguss@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/aeyP6JY...
On Fri, Aug 7, 2015 at 8:53 AM, Joe Sutherland <jsutherland@wikimedia.org javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','jsutherland@wikimedia.org');> wrote:
Yes!! With a tag on Twitter natürlich.
Joe
On Friday, 7 August 2015, Michael Guss <mguss@wikimedia.org javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','mguss@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
-- Michael Guss Research Analyst Wikimediafoundation.org mguss@wikimedia.org
-- Sent from a device with a small keyboard with big fingers :)
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-- Michael Guss Research Analyst Wikimediafoundation.org mguss@wikimedia.org javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','mguss@wikimedia.org');
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@wikimedia.org wrote:
Good catch, Michael!
On Friday, August 7, 2015, Michael Guss mguss@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/aeyP6JY...
On Fri, Aug 7, 2015 at 8:53 AM, Joe Sutherland <jsutherland@wikimedia.org
wrote:
Yes!! With a tag on Twitter natürlich.
Joe
On Friday, 7 August 2015, Michael Guss mguss@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
-- Michael Guss Research Analyst Wikimediafoundation.org mguss@wikimedia.org
-- Sent from a device with a small keyboard with big fingers :)
Social-media mailing list Social-media@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media
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Doesn't he also say that his birthday is tomorrow? http://blog.oregonlive.com/siliconforest/2007/07/on_wikipedia_and_its_founde...
Or do I have it backwards?
On Fri, Aug 7, 2015 at 10:52 AM, James Alexander jalexander@wikimedia.org wrote:
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@wikimedia.org wrote:
Good catch, Michael!
On Friday, August 7, 2015, Michael Guss mguss@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/aeyP6JY...
On Fri, Aug 7, 2015 at 8:53 AM, Joe Sutherland < jsutherland@wikimedia.org> wrote:
Yes!! With a tag on Twitter natürlich.
Joe
On Friday, 7 August 2015, Michael Guss mguss@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
-- Michael Guss Research Analyst Wikimediafoundation.org mguss@wikimedia.org
-- Sent from a device with a small keyboard with big fingers :)
Social-media mailing list Social-media@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media
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In the britannica enciclaepedy also say that is tomorrow -> http://www.britannica.com/biography/Jimmy-Wales
Giselle Bordoy Encargada de Comunicación *A. C. Wikimedia Argentina*
2015-08-07 15:01 GMT-03:00 Heather Walls hwalls@wikimedia.org:
Doesn't he also say that his birthday is tomorrow? http://blog.oregonlive.com/siliconforest/2007/07/on_wikipedia_and_its_founde...
Or do I have it backwards?
On Fri, Aug 7, 2015 at 10:52 AM, James Alexander <jalexander@wikimedia.org
wrote:
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@wikimedia.org wrote:
Good catch, Michael!
On Friday, August 7, 2015, Michael Guss mguss@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/aeyP6JY...
On Fri, Aug 7, 2015 at 8:53 AM, Joe Sutherland < jsutherland@wikimedia.org> wrote:
Yes!! With a tag on Twitter natürlich.
Joe
On Friday, 7 August 2015, Michael Guss mguss@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
-- Michael Guss Research Analyst Wikimediafoundation.org mguss@wikimedia.org
-- Sent from a device with a small keyboard with big fingers :)
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Is... is Wikipedia *wrong*? Say it ain't so!
On 7 August 2015 at 19:04, Wikimedia Argentina < comunicacion@wikimedia.org.ar> wrote:
In the britannica enciclaepedy also say that is tomorrow -> http://www.britannica.com/biography/Jimmy-Wales
Giselle Bordoy Encargada de Comunicación *A. C. Wikimedia Argentina*
2015-08-07 15:01 GMT-03:00 Heather Walls hwalls@wikimedia.org:
Doesn't he also say that his birthday is tomorrow? http://blog.oregonlive.com/siliconforest/2007/07/on_wikipedia_and_its_founde...
Or do I have it backwards?
On Fri, Aug 7, 2015 at 10:52 AM, James Alexander < jalexander@wikimedia.org> wrote:
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@wikimedia.org wrote:
Good catch, Michael!
On Friday, August 7, 2015, Michael Guss mguss@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/aeyP6JY...
On Fri, Aug 7, 2015 at 8:53 AM, Joe Sutherland < jsutherland@wikimedia.org> wrote:
Yes!! With a tag on Twitter natürlich.
Joe
On Friday, 7 August 2015, Michael Guss mguss@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 > > > > > > > > -- > Michael Guss > Research Analyst > Wikimediafoundation.org > mguss@wikimedia.org >
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https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jimmy_Wales&mobileaction=togg... attempts to explain but don't take it for gospel :). You do, however, get the gist of the problem. The actual dates have flittered around so much that which of those two it actually is..............
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On Aug 7, 2015, at 11:05, Joe Sutherland jsutherland@wikimedia.org wrote:
Is... is Wikipedia *wrong*? Say it ain't so!
On 7 August 2015 at 19:04, Wikimedia Argentina comunicacion@wikimedia.org.ar wrote: In the britannica enciclaepedy also say that is tomorrow -> http://www.britannica.com/biography/Jimmy-Wales
Giselle Bordoy Encargada de Comunicación A. C. Wikimedia Argentina
2015-08-07 15:01 GMT-03:00 Heather Walls hwalls@wikimedia.org:
Doesn't he also say that his birthday is tomorrow? http://blog.oregonlive.com/siliconforest/2007/07/on_wikipedia_and_its_founde...
Or do I have it backwards?
On Fri, Aug 7, 2015 at 10:52 AM, James Alexander jalexander@wikimedia.org wrote: 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@wikimedia.org wrote: Good catch, Michael!
On Friday, August 7, 2015, Michael Guss mguss@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/aeyP6JY...
> On Fri, Aug 7, 2015 at 8:53 AM, Joe Sutherland jsutherland@wikimedia.org wrote: > Yes!! With a tag on Twitter natürlich. > > Joe > > >> On Friday, 7 August 2015, Michael Guss mguss@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 >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Michael Guss >> Research Analyst >> Wikimediafoundation.org >> mguss@wikimedia.org > > > -- > Sent from a device with a small keyboard with big fingers :) > > _______________________________________________ > Social-media mailing list > Social-media@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media
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This is truly engaging. Solution: acknowledge his birthday tomorrow as well, while citing the encyclopedia britannica!
On Fri, Aug 7, 2015 at 11:05 AM, Joe Sutherland jsutherland@wikimedia.org wrote:
Is... is Wikipedia *wrong*? Say it ain't so!
On 7 August 2015 at 19:04, Wikimedia Argentina < comunicacion@wikimedia.org.ar> wrote:
In the britannica enciclaepedy also say that is tomorrow -> http://www.britannica.com/biography/Jimmy-Wales
Giselle Bordoy Encargada de Comunicación *A. C. Wikimedia Argentina*
2015-08-07 15:01 GMT-03:00 Heather Walls hwalls@wikimedia.org:
Doesn't he also say that his birthday is tomorrow? http://blog.oregonlive.com/siliconforest/2007/07/on_wikipedia_and_its_founde...
Or do I have it backwards?
On Fri, Aug 7, 2015 at 10:52 AM, James Alexander < jalexander@wikimedia.org> wrote:
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@wikimedia.org
wrote:
Good catch, Michael!
On Friday, August 7, 2015, Michael Guss mguss@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/aeyP6JY...
On Fri, Aug 7, 2015 at 8:53 AM, Joe Sutherland < jsutherland@wikimedia.org> wrote:
> Yes!! With a tag on Twitter natürlich. > > Joe > > > On Friday, 7 August 2015, Michael Guss mguss@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 >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Michael Guss >> Research Analyst >> Wikimediafoundation.org >> mguss@wikimedia.org >> > > > -- > Sent from a device with a small keyboard with big fingers :) > > _______________________________________________ > Social-media mailing list > Social-media@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media > >
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On 7 August 2015 at 10:52, James Alexander jalexander@wikimedia.org wrote:
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.
+1; "co-founder" is both cumbersome and inaccurate.
J.
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