Happy birthday: Jimbo Wales' sweet 16 Wikipedia fails

From aardvark to Bicholim, the encylopedia of things that never were

Sixteen years ago, Larry Sanger had the idea for a wiki-based encyclopaedia anyone could edit: the "wiki-pedia". On January 15, 2001, he and Jimmy Wales launched the site. Today, it's everyone's go-to place for quick factlets."