On Fri, Aug 7, 2015 at 10:52 AM, James Alexander
<jalexander(a)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(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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