<<None of this really matters because we all love Jimbo and we don't like Sanger. I mean, all else aside, Jimbo contributed a huge amount to Wikipedia basically out of a desire to help the human race. Sanger made Citizendium out of a desire to piss off Jimbo.>>
Uh.... I wouldn't be so fast to assume who we love and who we don't like. They both seem to have a certain type of personality that doesn't really work well with a consensus approach which is a bit odd. Both are the type that "do and damn the consequences", and slow to apologize or offer constructive solutions. That's my opinion ;) Not that I'm not exactly the same way myself. W.J. -----Original Message----- From: Steve Bennett <stevag...@gmail.com> To: English Wikipedia <wikien-l@lists.wikimedia.org> Sent: Mon, Aug 10, 2009 10:40 pm Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] Lies, damned lies, and statistics On Sat, Apr 18, 2009 at 1:29 AM, Anthony<wikim...@inbox.org> wrote: > Is Wales "sole founder"? I don't think you can come up with a reasonable > definition of "founder" by which that is true. I would make the following observations based on my reading: 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 gi ving too little. 2) Some statements Wales made about Sanger's involvement are demonstrably untrue - Sanger has produced emails that show this. I'm prepared to accept that this is human fallability and vanity rather than some mastermind scheme to diddle Sanger out of his place in history. 3) None of this really matters because we all love Jimbo and we don't like Sanger. I mean, all else aside, Jimbo contributed a huge amount to Wikipedia basically out of a desire to help the human race. Sanger made Citizendium out of a desire to piss off Jimbo. Steve _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
