[Foundation-l] First use/contribution by Canadians of Wikipedia

[Florence Devouard]

Tim Starling wrote:
> Neil Harris wrote:
>> Tim Starling wrote:
>>> Mike Godwin wrote:
>>>   
>>>> Dear folks,
>>>>
>>>> In order to pursue our trademark registration in Canada, we would like  
>>>> to document the earliest uses of Wikipedia by Canadians.  Our Canadian  
>>>> staff members (Sue Gardner and Jay Walsh) believe the  first Canadian  
>>>> uses of Wikipedia date back near the origins of
>>>> Wikipedia itself.  Considering that Wikipedia started in early 2001,   
>>>> this should mean that by early 2002 there was significant Canadian  
>>>> use  of the English-language Wikipedia project.  I assume there was  
>>>> also early use of the French-language Wikipedia project by French  
>>>> Canadians -- that would also help us here.
>>>>
>>>> Does anyone here have any thoughts about how we might document the  
>>>> (likely) fact that Canadians were engaged with Wikipedia early on?
>>>>
>>>>     
>>> No doubt our good friend [[User:24.150.61.63]] will be happy to help you 
>>> out ;)
>>>
>>> -- Tim Starling
>>>
>>>   
>> Tracing of the IP address back to its owner, Cogeco Cable Solutions, 
>> http://www.cogeco.ca/, should suffice to demonstrate that edits from 
>> that IP address were made from Canada.
> 
> Well, that, and the fact that the guy is pretty famous in our corner of 
> the Internet, having gone off to terrorise a series of wikis after he left 
> Wikipedia. He's from Nova Scotia, a fact many Nova Scotians will be aware 
> of, since we blocked most of the province for the best part of a year to 
> get rid of the guy. You can find a plausible-looking biography here:
> 
> http://openpolitics.ca/Craig+Hubley
> 
> And an amusing response to that page here:
> 
> http://dowire.org/wiki/Craig_Hubley
> 
> At least Anthere got the joke without me having to explain it.
> 
> -- Tim Starling

It may be a sign we are aging Tim ;-)