[Foundation-l] First use/contribution by Canadians of Wikipedia

Wed Feb 20 09:34:29 UTC 2008

Mike Godwin wrote:
> Dear folks,
> 
> In order to pursue our trademark registration in Canada, we would like  
> to document the earliest uses of Wikipedia by Canadians.  Our Canadian  
> staff members (Sue Gardner and Jay Walsh) believe the  first Canadian  
> uses of Wikipedia date back near the origins of
> Wikipedia itself.  Considering that Wikipedia started in early 2001,   
> this should mean that by early 2002 there was significant Canadian  
> use  of the English-language Wikipedia project.  I assume there was  
> also early use of the French-language Wikipedia project by French  
> Canadians -- that would also help us here.
> 
> Does anyone here have any thoughts about how we might document the  
> (likely) fact that Canadians were engaged with Wikipedia early on?
> 

No doubt our good friend [[User:24.150.61.63]] will be happy to help you 
out ;)

-- Tim Starling