Okay, maybe it wasn't you, but I remember hearing (don't remember the source) that before Wikipedia was launched, everybody discussed everything on the mainpage, mainly because there was no talk page feature. I guess I'm just spreading stories.
Nick
Nicholas Moreau wrote:
> Yes...
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Sesame_Street&action=history
>
> Or are you meaning the actual steps that led to the creation of
> history pages--I believe it was one of Brion Vibber's first major
> additions to the MediaWiki software.
Eh... no? That not only predates my involvement, it predates the
existence of Wikipedia.
- -- brion vibber (brion @ wikimedia.org)