[WikiEN-l] Hello world! (was "Hello world?")

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So Jimmy's claim that the first edit was "Hello world!" isn't to be taken
literally?

It is simply a totem. If you want to be cruel you call it a sound-bite which
takes liberty with reality, if you want to be kind you call it a
"foundation-myth which serves to encapsulate the ethos and meaning of
Wikipedia, rather than to record boring history"

In any case, it looks like it will eternally be {{citation needed}} - maybe
like all the best foundation myths. Believers will revere its wisdom and
profundity, unbelievers will call it a lie and deception.

Wikipedia becomes more like religion every day.

Scott