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| − | We've been eager observers and participants of the project. I have met it online when it was still marginal and widely unknown. At my earliest encounters, I was fascinated by the concept, but did not believe it would take off. I was also confused with other similar projects, like Nupedia that at this time seemed to hold a stronger status than Wikipedia (it later felt into disuse), or the [http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/Browse h2g2] website following from [[Adams]]' insights, but that I could never take seriously. It wasn't obvious Wikipedia was having any lead. I remembered lamenting to a friend the lack of support of images, mathematics, etc. Actually, images were already very much supported but it was rare to find them in an article. The style was much less polished than today. Really a work in progress... but what progress! | + | We've been eager observers and participants of the project. I have met it online when it was still marginal and widely unknown. At my earliest encounters, I was fascinated by the concept, but did not believe it would take off (who would have? Even Jimmy Wales seems to have been warry.) I was also confused with other similar projects, like Nupedia that at this time seemed to hold a stronger status than Wikipedia (it later felt into disuse), or the [http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/Browse h2g2] website following from [[Adams]]' insights, but that I could never take seriously. It wasn't obvious Wikipedia was having any lead. I remembered lamenting to a friend the lack of support of images, mathematics, etc. Actually, images were already very much supported but it was rare to find them in an article. The style was much less polished than today. Really a work in progress... but what progress! |
My first contribution was on [[24 July|24]] [[July (2003)|July]] [[2003|(2003)]] at 16:23, on the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phase_(waves) phase] page, that still remain a modest article as of today. | My first contribution was on [[24 July|24]] [[July (2003)|July]] [[2003|(2003)]] at 16:23, on the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phase_(waves) phase] page, that still remain a modest article as of today. | ||
Our most notable contributions to the Wikipedia are listed here.
We've been eager observers and participants of the project. I have met it online when it was still marginal and widely unknown. At my earliest encounters, I was fascinated by the concept, but did not believe it would take off (who would have? Even Jimmy Wales seems to have been warry.) I was also confused with other similar projects, like Nupedia that at this time seemed to hold a stronger status than Wikipedia (it later felt into disuse), or the h2g2 website following from Adams' insights, but that I could never take seriously. It wasn't obvious Wikipedia was having any lead. I remembered lamenting to a friend the lack of support of images, mathematics, etc. Actually, images were already very much supported but it was rare to find them in an article. The style was much less polished than today. Really a work in progress... but what progress!
My first contribution was on 24 July (2003) at 16:23, on the phase page, that still remain a modest article as of today.
My only contribution in 2005 was on the disambiguation page of Cornell, adding the Nobel prize physicist Eric Allin Cornell (so it was a slow Wikipedia year for me, in this language). I otherwise kept a small but nonzero rythm of participations, from minor edits to more substantial inputs.
I have created the following pages in the English Wikipedia:
and in the French Wikipedia: