Is... is Wikipedia *wrong*? Say it ain't so! On 7 August 2015 at 19:04, Wikimedia Argentina < [email protected]> wrote:
> In the britannica enciclaepedy also say that is tomorrow -> > http://www.britannica.com/biography/Jimmy-Wales > > > > Giselle Bordoy > Encargada de Comunicación > *A. C. Wikimedia Argentina* > > 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] >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> 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 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > > -- *Joe Sutherland* Communications Intern [remote] m: +44 (0) 7722 916 433 | t: @jrbsu <http://twitter.com/jrbsu> | w: JSutherland <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:JSutherland_(WMF)>
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