On Fri, Sep 16, 2011 at 15:07, Jussi-Ville Heiskanen <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 6:53 PM, Milos Rancic <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 16:46, Andrew Lih <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> In my book I described Nupedia, and how that system of having a paid head >>> didn't work out (namely, Larry Sanger as editor in chief). >> >> While I don't like Sanger, it shouldn't be forgot that he was >> responsible for building the initial system on Wikipedia itself. >> Wikinews, unlike Wikipedia, requires larger care; not just setting up >> very initial rules.¨ > > Not so, and not so. I don't square with either of your interpretation´of > the history...
"not so, not so =" "You like Sanger" and "it should be forgot"? :P > The fact that Larry Sanger did not pan out as an editor in chief had > nothing to do with the fact that he was paid for his work. He could > have worked for peanuts or completely gratis, and what we would > have had would have been a premature Citizendium. > > As for "building" the initial system of Wikipedia, Larry Sanger fought > the building of it tooth and nail to the last, until Jimbo realized he was > doing more harm than good. One thing is what he wanted, the other is what he did. He created the roots of Wikipedia, no matter if he preferred Nupedia. _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
