Doesn't he also say that his birthday is tomorrow? http://blog.oregonlive.com/siliconforest/2007/07/on_wikipedia_and_its_founders.html
Or do I have it backwards? On Fri, Aug 7, 2015 at 10:52 AM, James Alexander <[email protected]> wrote: > For the record, since it's an enormous pet peeve of mine ;). We don't need > to get in a huge conversation here, I'm happy to talk off list or in > person, but want to say it for the record. > > Founder.... founder not co-founder :). There is no doubt that Larry and > some of our critics have been successful at getting it in enough reliable > sources that you will see co-founder frequently but I would really prefer > that WE as the foundation not give into it. Larry did a lot of work for WP > but that's what he did it as, work, he was an employee who left as we > didn't have the money to pay him and always expressed how it was Jimmy's > encyclopedia, Jimmy's website. He never really believed in what we were > doing at Wikipedia, He believed in an expert run and scrutinized project. > That project never worked out in nupedia and it never worked out when he > tried to capitalize on his Wikipedia history to start up multiple different > projects that wouldn't have open editing and would have expert "control". > > I don't want to denigrate the work he did, it wasn't nothing, but it > wasn't as co-founder and (in the end) I think we should make sure we > continue to use the proper term when referring to someone who (despite a > large number of <s>misteps</s> times I disagreed) did an amazing job at not > only helping to create and nurture what this project became but ceding the > power as it became necessary. > > James Alexander > Community Advocacy > Wikimedia Foundation > (415) 839-6885 x6716 @jamesofur > > On Fri, Aug 7, 2015 at 10:39 AM, Juliet Barbara <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Good catch, Michael! >> >> >> On Friday, August 7, 2015, Michael Guss <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> @wikipedia: https://twitter.com/Wikipedia/status/629684844453167104 >>> Wikipedia Fb: https://www.facebook.com/wikipedia/posts/10153438209823346 >>> Wikipedia G+: >>> https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/100123345029543043288/+Wikipedia/posts/aeyP6JYzAEf >>> >>> On Fri, Aug 7, 2015 at 8:53 AM, Joe Sutherland < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Yes!! With a tag on Twitter natürlich. >>>> >>>> Joe >>>> >>>> >>>> On Friday, 7 August 2015, Michael Guss <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hello everyone, >>>>> >>>>> Just wanted to point out that its Jimmy's birthday! Thanks for >>>>> reviewing! Thoughts? >>>>> >>>>> Happy Birthday, Jimbo! >>>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Wales >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Michael Guss >>>>> Research Analyst >>>>> Wikimediafoundation.org >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Sent from a device with a small keyboard with big fingers :) >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Social-media mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Michael Guss >>> Research Analyst >>> Wikimediafoundation.org >>> [email protected] >>> >> >> >> -- >> *Juliet Barbara* >> Senior Communications Manager I Wikimedia Foundation >> 149 New Montgomery Street I San Francisco, CA 94105 >> [email protected] I +1 (512) 750-5677 >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Social-media mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Social-media mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media > > -- Heather Walls Wikimedia Foundation 149 New Montgomery Street I San Francisco, CA 94105 annual.wikimedia.org
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