[Wikipedia-l] Re: Sanger's memoirs

[Jimmy Wales]

Rowan Collins wrote:
> As such, I think the problem we are all struggling with is this: 
> -> "What does it mean to 'create' an idea?"
> Like "Who invented the telephone?" the question of "Who invented
> Wikipedia?" may be best viewed as an unanswerable question, as it is
> simply too easy to redefine. Thus Larry is defining it in such a way
> that the answer is "Larry", and Jimbo is defining it in such a way
> that the answer is "Jeremy, and Jimbo, and also Larry".

Just to be clear, I'm not making any sort of claim or definition about
that at all.  I've just reported on an interesting bit of historical trivia.

> Nobody is denying that Larry had an extremely
> important role in the early development of Wikipedia; and nobody is
> claiming that Jeremy had more than a fleeting role in the idea. 

Precisely.

--Jimbo