Wikipedia:2001
This page is a chronology of events in year 2001 directly related to Wikipedia and Wikipedians, both within Wikipedia and in the whole wide world. Wikipedia events and events in sister projects (Wiktionary, Wikibooks, etc.) are listed as long as they are related to Wikipedia.
Additions to this page must follow certain rules,[a] because it is hoped that in 50 years or so this page will become a valuable source of scholar research.
Events[edit]
- January 15: The first edit to Wikipedia is made to HomePage by Jimbo Wales: "This is the new WikiPedia!"
- January 16, Wikipedia's oldest surviving article and edit is created by account eiffel.demon.co.uk, later known as user:Eiffel
- January 17: User:ScottMoonen becomes the first known named user.[1]
- February 12, The English Wikipedia reaches 1,000 articles.
- March 17, At 01:41 UTC, the first ever edit to a non-English Wikipedia is made to the article ca:Àbac ("Abacus") by the anonymous user 194.158.80.xxx[2].
- May 19, The first data is recorded in the French Wikipedia.
Features[edit]
- November 2001: Wikipedia:Friends of Wikipedia is created to list webpages which link to Wikipedia. It was deleted in 2005 after outliving its utility, then restored as an archive.
- December 11: The page Wikipedia:Brilliant prose is created by Larry Sanger. It eventually becomes Wikipedia:Featured articles (renamed on January 21, 2004). At present, there are 6435 featured articles, of a total of 6,779,866 pages on the English Wikipedia. Thus, about one in 1,050 articles is featured.
Establishments[edit]
| Date | Project | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| January 13 | wikipedia.org is registered[3] | |
| March 16 | German Wikipedia | Article creation began in May. |
| Catalan Wikipedia | For two months, this was the only Wikipedia with articles in a non-English language. | |
| March 23 | French Wikipedia | |
| May 11 | Spanish Wikipedia | |
| Portuguese Wikipedia | ||
| Italian Wikipedia | ||
| Esperanto Wikipedia | ||
| Japanese Wikipedia | ||
| Chinese Wikipedia | ||
| Hebrew Wikipedia | ||
| May 20 | Russian Wikipedia | |
| May 23 | Swedish Wikipedia | |
| June 19 | Dutch Wikipedia | |
| September 26 | Polish Wikipedia | |
| November 16 | Afrikaans Wikipedia | |
| November 26 | Norwegian Wikipedia | Allowed articles in either language standard. |
| December 6 | Basque Wikipedia | The first article was created in November 2003. |
The Simple English Wikipedia was also created in 2001, but the exact date is unknown and the first articles were only created in 2003.
Holidays[edit]
- January 15: Wikipedia Day: The Wikipedia project formally begins.
Earliest user accounts[edit]
It is difficult to establish start dates in the early days of Wikipedia. Most of the information in monthly format is taken from Wikipedia:List of Wikipedians in order of arrival/2001.
January[edit]
| Username | Last activity (if inactive) |
Notes/user comment |
|---|---|---|
| WojPob (talk · contribs) | 2003 | |
| AstroNomer (talk · contribs) | active | |
| Josh Grosse (talk · contribs) | 2009 | |
| AyeSpy (talk · contribs) | before the move to phase III | |
| RoseParks (talk · contribs) | 2006 | |
| TimShell (talk · contribs) | 2002 | And I can prove it : ) |
| BryceHarrington (talk · contribs) | 2017 | Joined up with Wikipedia after the brief GNUPedia episode and its mention on Slashdot. Did some of the first Britannica copying. Pimped wikipedia a bit on Indymedia and some other sites. |
| Larry Sanger (talk · contribs) | 2019 | earliest edits as LarrySanger |
| Jimbo Wales (talk · contribs) | active | Likely January 15 (see above) |
| ScottMoonen (talk · contribs) | 2001 | created on January 17, no edits beside own user page |
February[edit]
| Username | Last activity (if inactive) |
Notes/user comment |
|---|---|---|
| Lee Daniel Crocker (talk · contribs) | 2003 |
March[edit]
| Username | Last activity (if inactive) |
Notes/user comment |
|---|---|---|
| Stephen Gilbert (talk · contribs) | July 2018 | |
| Rob Salzman (talk · contribs) | 2001 | now editing as User:Justrob |
| Geronimo Jones (talk · contribs) | 2001 | |
| Mathijs (talk · contribs) | 2002 | read about it in the newspaper |
| Erdem Tüzün (talk · contribs) | prior to the move to phase III | |
| Andre Engels (talk · contribs) | active | |
| Malcolm Farmer (talk · contribs) | 2013 | |
| Phil Bordelon (talk · contribs) | 2010 | |
| Gareth Owen (talk · contribs) | active | can't remember why I came, but noticed it lacked my favourite musicians, so resolved to add them. |
April[edit]
| Username | Last activity (if inactive) |
Notes/user comment |
|---|---|---|
| Koyaanis Qatsi (talk · contribs) | 2008 | based on the revision history of Bahrain. Followed over from a comment on slashdot |
| rmhermen (talk · contribs) | active | anonymously until May 10, came over from the link on Nupedia. |
| Kpjas (talk · contribs) | active | subscribed to wikipedia-l@nupedia.com on Mon, 9 Apr 2001 14:12:51 -0700 |
May[edit]
| Username | Last activity (if inactive) |
Notes/user comment |
|---|---|---|
| Mjausson (talk · contribs) | prior to the move to phase III | based on Wikipedia Announcements/May 2001 |
| Wathiik (talk · contribs) | active | based on Wikipedia Announcements/May 2001 |
| LA2 (talk · contribs) | active | based on Wikipedia Announcements/May 2001 |
| Koyaanis Qatsi (talk · contribs) | 2008 | based on Wikipedia Announcements/May 2001; inactive since 2008 |
| sjc (talk · contribs) | 2010 | |
| Tim Chambers (talk · contribs) | active |
June[edit]
July[edit]
| Username | Last activity (if inactive) |
Notes/user comment |
|---|---|---|
| TwoOneTwo (talk · contribs) | 2011 | |
| The Cunctator (talk · contribs) | active | July 26, the day of the big Slashdotting |
| AxelBoldt (talk · contribs) | active | July 26, the day of the big Slashdotting |
| BrantEaton (talk · contribs) | 2003 | July 26, Slashdot effect was my first article! |
| David_Merrill (talk · contribs) | active | another one from the Slashdotting |
| Jdforrester (talk · contribs) | 2002 | yet another Slashdotter (though the account is newer) |
| Tim Goodwin (talk · contribs) | 2003 | guess which well-known blog appears on my Personal Toolbar |
| Simon J Kissane (talk · contribs) | active | thinks he arrived just before slashdotting; now editing under SJK |
| Kowloonese (talk · contribs) | 2016 | as anonymous 24.4.254.xxx et al. (since first week of July, 2001 |
| ClaudineChionh (talk · contribs) | 2001 | not from Slashdot, but from the Kuro5hin article that might have led to it |
| snoyes (talk · contribs) | 2014 | k5 article |
| DrBob (talk · contribs) | 2009 | Due to either the Kuro5hin or Slashdot articles |
August[edit]
| Username | Last activity (if inactive) |
Notes/user comment |
|---|---|---|
| sodium (talk · contribs) | 2013 | sometime in August |
| MichaelTinkler (talk · contribs) | 2002 | it was before school started...; inactive since 2002 |
| Zundark (talk · contribs) | active | on 6th or 7th, not sure which |
| Anatoly Vorobey (talk · contribs) | 2006 | arrived probably during the slashdotting, first contribution early August |
| BenBaker (talk · contribs) | 2002 | 2nd wave of slashdotting, 1st or 2nd, I think. |
| Amillar (talk · contribs) | 2002 | the big slashdotting...; |
| Bryan Derksen (talk · contribs) | August 2018 | |
| Theresa knott (talk · contribs) | 2015 | from a post by someone (I forget who on usenet (sci.physics)) |
| Jagged (talk · contribs) | 2010 | first contribution listed on 15 August, 2001 |
September[edit]
| Username | Last activity (if inactive) |
Notes/user comment |
|---|---|---|
| Chuck Smith (talk · contribs) | 2011 | |
| Tsja (talk · contribs) | 2003 | |
| JHK (talk · contribs) | 2017 | |
| Eob (talk · contribs) | 2006 | after reading the article in the New York Times, September 20 |
| Bignose (talk · contribs) | active | |
| Manning Bartlett (talk · contribs) | active | I was here a day or two before JHK... I thought it was earlier than September, but maybe not |
October[edit]
| Username | Last activity (if inactive) |
Notes/user comment |
|---|---|---|
| PMelvilleAustin (talk · contribs) | ? |
PabsP (talk · contribs) for whatever wikiDB reason the first edit logged as July 26, 2002; PabsP userpage created April 3, 2005. |
| the Epopt (talk · contribs) | June 2018 | |
| Dreamyshade (talk · contribs) | active | at least that's when I first contributed |
| The Anome (talk · contribs) | active | |
| Mark (talk · contribs) | 2015 | as an anon, but the account Mark Ryan didn't come for another 3 months, in January 2002. |
| Wesley (talk · contribs) | 2015 | must have been early to middle of 2001 - how it's changed since then |
November[edit]
| Username | Last activity (if inactive) |
Notes/user comment |
|---|---|---|
| Wayne Hardman (talk · contribs) | active | November 23rd |
| Jzcool (talk · contribs) | 2003 | |
| Xaonon (talk · contribs) | active | |
| Goochelaar (talk · contribs) | active | |
| Chenyu (talk · contribs) | 2002 | |
| Joel Schlosberg (talk · contribs) | 2016 | |
| Ed Poor (talk · contribs) | active | |
| Derek Ross (talk · contribs) | active | October 134.132.xxx.xxx postings were me too |
| Jmc (talk · contribs) | active | November 16 |
December[edit]
| Username | Last activity (if inactive) |
Notes/user comment |
|---|---|---|
| tuxisuau (talk · contribs) | 2004 | |
| David Parker (talk · contribs) | 2005 | December 12 |
| Little_guru (talk · contribs) | 2006 | |
| Szopen (talk · contribs) | 2011 | probably since beginning of December or end of November 2001 |
| Robert Merkel (talk · contribs) | active | probably earlier, but I can't tell exactly when I arrived. |
| Eloquence (t · c · b · p · d · m · r) | active | 05:47, first logged edit on December 8 |
| SimonP (t · c · b · p · d · m · r) | active | 11:20, first logged edit on December 9 |
| Slrubenstein (t · c · b · p · d · m · r) | 2012 | 03:33, first logged edit on December 13 |
See also[edit]
- 2001
- Wikipedia:Press coverage 2001
- Wikipedia Milestones
- History of Wikipedia
- Category:Wikipedia news
Notes[edit]
- ^ While formally Wikipedia:Verifiability and others of Wikipedia's content-controlling policies do not apply outside the main namespace, they must be strictly followed here, for the sake of scholarly discipline:
- The listed event and its date must be mentioned in a wikilinked or externally linked reference. It is advised to consider an external link to a specific version of a Wikipedia page rather than a wikilink, if this page is linked for a critical but volatile piece of information.
- Credible sources must be used only. Within Wikipedia, Wikipedia Signpost is one of them.
- Trivial events must be avoided:
- Random mentioning of Wikipedia belong to Wikipedia:Wikipedia in the media.
- Routine Wikipedia activities, such as a promotion of an article to featured state, are generally not listed here, unless such events generate significant buzz outside its normal working scope.