Jimmy Wales wrote:
Lars Aronsson wrote:
He started it as a test, and it snowballed out of control. Nobody could predict its popularity. Larry to me seems like a hesitant Martin Luther who says "wait, I didn't want to start a new church, only reform the old one!" But nobody wants to wait.
The original idea for a wiki for Wikipedia was not proposed by Larry, but by Jeremy Rosenfeld.
Heh. Imagine:
Jimbo: "OK, guys. What should we call our new project?" Larry Sanger: "How about 'Wikipedia'?" Jimbo: "That sounds cool. But how is it going to work?" Jeremy Rosenfeld: "I have an idea! Let's use a wiki!" Jimbo: "Brilliant! Jeremy, you're the man!" Larry Sanger: "But it was *my* idea!"
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