In the britannica enciclaepedy also say that is tomorrow ->
http://www.britannica.com/biography/Jimmy-Wales



Giselle Bordoy
Encargada de Comunicación
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2015-08-07 15:01 GMT-03:00 Heather Walls <[email protected]>:

> 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]
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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