Is Jimmy Wales on this list? Jimmy, what inspired you to do a WIKI pedia? Were you inspired by the earlier wiki encyclopedia known as WikiWikiWeb (c2.com)? Were there any other wikis before you besides that c2 wiki?
Hi Tyler!
The history of wikis is pretty well documented here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_wikis
And the history of Wikipedia and how it came to be is analyzed in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Wikipedia, and also at length in the book "The Wikipedia Revolution", by Andrew Lih.
If you're curious about the Wikimedia Foundation, which this is the mailing list for, it's described briefly in the book "How Wikipedia Works": http://howwikipediaworks.com/ch17.html
cheers, Phoebe
On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 11:01 PM, Tyler programmer651@comcast.net wrote:
Is Jimmy Wales on this list? Jimmy, what inspired you to do a WIKI pedia? Were you inspired by the earlier wiki encyclopedia known as WikiWikiWeb (c2.com)? Were there any other wikis before you besides that c2 wiki?
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Phoebe, thank you! I want to help but have been watching the emails in this forum in stupid silence for weeks now, not knowing how the whole thing was put together, or what anyone's role was.
I just ordered How Wikipedia Works. I hope the foundation is getting a cut.
-----Original Message----- From: foundation-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:foundation-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of phoebe ayers Sent: Friday, February 12, 2010 10:40 AM To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] the Foundation
Hi Tyler!
The history of wikis is pretty well documented here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_wikis
And the history of Wikipedia and how it came to be is analyzed in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Wikipedia, and also at length in the book "The Wikipedia Revolution", by Andrew Lih.
If you're curious about the Wikimedia Foundation, which this is the mailing list for, it's described briefly in the book "How Wikipedia Works": http://howwikipediaworks.com/ch17.html
cheers, Phoebe
On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 11:01 PM, Tyler programmer651@comcast.net wrote:
Is Jimmy Wales on this list? Jimmy, what inspired you to do a WIKI
pedia? Were you inspired by the earlier wiki encyclopedia known as WikiWikiWeb (c2.com)? Were there any other wikis before you besides that c2 wiki?
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The delightful authors of "How Wikipedia Works" are some of our very brightest and best. It's a fantastic book, to which I refer people regularly.
They include, by the way, the lovely and talented Phoebe.
pb
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On Feb 12, 2010, at 11:29 AM, John M. Sinclair wrote:
Phoebe, thank you! I want to help but have been watching the emails in this forum in stupid silence for weeks now, not knowing how the whole thing was put together, or what anyone's role was.
I just ordered How Wikipedia Works. I hope the foundation is getting a cut.
-----Original Message----- From: foundation-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:foundation-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of phoebe ayers Sent: Friday, February 12, 2010 10:40 AM To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] the Foundation
Hi Tyler!
The history of wikis is pretty well documented here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_wikis
And the history of Wikipedia and how it came to be is analyzed in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Wikipedia, and also at length in the book "The Wikipedia Revolution", by Andrew Lih.
If you're curious about the Wikimedia Foundation, which this is the mailing list for, it's described briefly in the book "How Wikipedia Works": http://howwikipediaworks.com/ch17.html
cheers, Phoebe
On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 11:01 PM, Tyler programmer651@comcast.net wrote:
Is Jimmy Wales on this list? Jimmy, what inspired you to do a WIKI
pedia? Were you inspired by the earlier wiki encyclopedia known as WikiWikiWeb (c2.com)? Were there any other wikis before you besides that c2 wiki?
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:) Thanks Philippe. And yes, the WMF is getting a cut of the royalties from "How Wikipedia Works", though at this point it's a pretty small check. Apparently books about Wikipedia are something of a niche market ;)
John: your confusion is understandable, as foundation-l is often noisy (though less so than in the past!) and many messages go into depth on topics that don't necessarily make sense out of context, and/or assume that people understand the historical context of topics/past discussions/who everyone is/etc. But of course you're welcome to hang out. :)
All: I still think we need an announcements list, so people who are curious about Wikimedia goings-on don't have to put up with f-l !
-- phoebe
On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 11:40 AM, Philippe Beaudette pbeaudette@wikimedia.org wrote:
The delightful authors of "How Wikipedia Works" are some of our very brightest and best. It's a fantastic book, to which I refer people regularly.
They include, by the way, the lovely and talented Phoebe.
pb
Philippe Beaudette Facilitator, Strategy Project Wikimedia Foundation
philippe@wikimedia.org
Imagine a world in which every human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality!
http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate
On Feb 12, 2010, at 11:29 AM, John M. Sinclair wrote:
Phoebe, thank you! I want to help but have been watching the emails in this forum in stupid silence for weeks now, not knowing how the whole thing was put together, or what anyone's role was.
I just ordered How Wikipedia Works. I hope the foundation is getting a cut.
-----Original Message----- From: foundation-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:foundation-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of phoebe ayers Sent: Friday, February 12, 2010 10:40 AM To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] the Foundation
Hi Tyler!
The history of wikis is pretty well documented here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_wikis
And the history of Wikipedia and how it came to be is analyzed in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Wikipedia, and also at length in the book "The Wikipedia Revolution", by Andrew Lih.
If you're curious about the Wikimedia Foundation, which this is the mailing list for, it's described briefly in the book "How Wikipedia Works": http://howwikipediaworks.com/ch17.html
cheers, Phoebe
On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 11:01 PM, Tyler programmer651@comcast.net wrote:
Is Jimmy Wales on this list? Jimmy, what inspired you to do a WIKI
pedia? Were you inspired by the earlier wiki encyclopedia known as WikiWikiWeb (c2.com)? Were there any other wikis before you besides that c2 wiki?
On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 3:56 PM, phoebe ayers phoebe.wiki@gmail.com wrote:
All: I still think we need an announcements list, so people who are curious about Wikimedia goings-on don't have to put up with f-l !
That's a good idea. It could be synchronized with an announcements page on each wiki, since a lot of editors who are curious about wikimedia goings-on don't sign up to any mailing lists.
SJ
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