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In 2005, Wales described himself simply as the founder of Wikipedia; [232] however, according to Brian Bergstein of the Associated Press, "Sanger has long been cited as a co-founder." [ 227 ] Sanger and Wales were referred to as co-founders in various press releases, interviews, and news reports from 2001 [ 236 ] and 2002. [ 237 ]
History of Wikipedia – Wikipedia was formally launched on 15 January 2001 by Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger, using the concept and technology of a wiki pioneered by Ward Cunningham. Initially, Wikipedia was created to complement Nupedia, an online encyclopedia project edited solely by experts, by providing additional draft articles and ideas ...
Seigenthaler, the founding editorial director of USA Today and founder of the Freedom Forum First Amendment Center at Vanderbilt University, called Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales and asked whether he had any way of knowing who contributed the misinformation. Wales said he did not, although the perpetrator was eventually traced.
Wikipedia! is a voice and it helps open other people voices! Wishing you a blissful happy 20th birthday celebrations. Especially Wikipedians all around the globe. Regards. – Em-em talk 13:28, 16 January 2021 (UTC) Happy Birthday, Wikipedia. Time Flies, actually. Best Wishes. Mommmyy 13:31, 16 January 2021 (UTC) Happy Birthday, Wikipedia!
Before the importation in 2019, no edits survived in the database from 15 January 2001, the day that Wikipedia was founded. Here is a list of edits that survive from the next day, 16 January. The list was compiled from an SQL query on the live database made in March 2004.
[28] [29] When it was founded, the committee consisted of 12 arbitrators divided into three groups of four members each. [28] [30] In 2022, for English Wikipedia, Americans accounted for about 40% of active editors, followed by British and Indian editors accounting for about 10% of each, and Canadian and Australian at about 5%. [31]
Wikipedia is a free online encyclopedia that anyone can edit, and millions already have. Wikipedia's purpose is to benefit readers by presenting information on all branches of knowledge. Hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation, Wikipedia consists of freely editable content, with articles that often contain numerous links guiding readers to more ...
1842 – The University of Notre Dame (building pictured) was founded by Edward Sorin of the Congregation of Holy Cross as an all-male institution in the U.S. state of Indiana. 1942 – World War II : Josip Broz Tito and the Yugoslav Partisans convened the first meeting of the Anti-Fascist Council for the National Liberation of Yugoslavia at ...