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	The '''founder''' of a [[wiki]] site is the [[user]] (or {{tag\|Wiki People\|~~users~~}}) who originally started it. Founders are distinct from [[leader]]s, although sometimes the two are the same person(s). In the case of [[Ward's Wiki]] (the original [[WhatIsWiki\|wiki]]), [[Ward Cunningham]] is both the founder and one of the leaders of creating content. In [[:Category:FoundedIn2000\|2000]], [[SunirShah]] [[forking\|forked]] some of the content to create [[MeatBallWiki]] which had few real leaders. Another example of a founder/leader is [[ClericofMadness]], who created the [[Creepypasta Wiki]]. [[:Category:Wikipedia\|Wikipedia]] was co-founded by [[Larry Sanger]] and [[Jimmy Wales]] in [[:Category:FoundedIn2001\|2001]], but neither is very active today – Sanger left shortly after creating Wikipedia, and subsequently founded [[Citizendium]] in [[:Category:FoundedIn2006\|2006]]; and Wales has mostly focused on outreach efforts, and subsequently co-founded [[:Category:Wikia\|Wikia]] with [[Angela Beesley Starling\|Angela Beesley]].		The '''founder''' of a [[wiki]] site is the [[user\|person]] (or {{tag\|Wiki People\|people}}) who originally started it. Founders are distinct from [[leader]]s, although sometimes the two are the same person(s). In the case of [[Ward's Wiki]] (the original [[WhatIsWiki\|wiki]]), [[Ward Cunningham]] is both the founder and one of the leaders of creating content. In [[:Category:FoundedIn2000\|2000]], [[SunirShah]] [[forking\|forked]] some of the content to create [[MeatBallWiki]] which had few real leaders. Another example of a founder/leader is [[ClericofMadness]], who created the [[Creepypasta Wiki]]. [[:Category:Wikipedia\|Wikipedia]] was co-founded by [[Larry Sanger]] and [[Jimmy Wales]] in [[:Category:FoundedIn2001\|2001]], but neither is very active today – Sanger left shortly after creating Wikipedia, and subsequently founded [[Citizendium]] in [[:Category:FoundedIn2006\|2006]]; and Wales has mostly focused on outreach efforts, and subsequently co-founded [[:Category:Wikia\|Wikia]] with [[Angela Beesley Starling\|Angela Beesley]].

	Here on WikiIndex, we can highlight the founder of a wiki by adding the <tt>\|founder =</tt> field (and their name!) in the [[Template:Wiki\|wiki infobox]]; or, alternatively, we can provide more detail (outside of the infobox), including the date of foundation by using [[template:Founded by]].		Here on WikiIndex, we can highlight the founder of a wiki by adding the <tt>\|founder =</tt> field (and their name!) in the [[Template:Wiki\|wiki infobox]]; or, alternatively, we can provide more detail (outside of the infobox), including the date of foundation by using [[template:Founded by]].