[WikiEN-l] WikiEN-l Digest, Vol 73, Issue 44
Daniel R. Tobias
dan at tobias.name
Tue Aug 11 12:48:19 UTC 2009
On Tue, 11 Aug 2009 15:40:53 +1000, Steve Bennett wrote:
> 1) Wales' role in the genesis of Wikipedia is much more significant
> than Sanger's. "Co-founder" is giving too much credit. The guy that
> has the idea, the inspiration and the drive to make it happen deserves
> more credit than the guy who implements it. "Employee" is probably
> giving too little.
It was my understanding that Ben Kovitz first expressed the idea of
starting a wiki-based encyclopedia, in a conversation with Sanger at
a Mexican restaurant right after the Purist Turn of the Millennium.
Sanger then took the idea and ran with it, announcing first a
"Nupedia wiki" and then Wikipedia on mailing lists. Wales' role was
as Sanger's employer who paid for the whole thing, but the ideas
seemed to come from elsewhere.
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