On its 20th anniversary, Wikipedians recount how it began and how it grew to become the definitive digital encyclopedia and the default resource for everything
at least, not like this. https://read.medium.com/tLnGC1L See also Mediagazer
.@Wikipedia is one of those few things that still remind me what was so good about the early days of the Internet. This oral history is just as great: https://onezero.medium.com/...
Do yourself a favor and step away from the insanity of the week. Today @Wikipedia turns 20, and @ozm has the definitive oral history of the site that changed the internet! An Oral History of Wikipedia, the Web's Encyclopedia by @DocSoupMan in @OZM https://onezero.medium.com/...
Here's long form piece from @DocSoupMan about @wikipedia's early beginnings and how it grew to where it is today. Created by an amazing community of volunteers that gift free knowledge for the world. Happy birthday @wikipedia! https://onezero.medium.com/...
Happy 20th Birthday, @Wikipedia! Here's my oral history of the “project” by the people who made it happen so far @krmaher @WardCunningham @brittagus @MagnusManske @jimmy_wales @tnegrin @fuzheado https://onezero.medium.com/...
It's hard to imagine the internet without Wikipedia. At this point, the definitive digital encyclopedia is the default resource for everything and everyone. But it was also never meant to exist — at least, not like this. https://read.medium.com/tLnGC1L