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The '''founder''' of a [[wiki]] site is the [[user|person]], or {{tag|Wiki People|people}}, who originally created and started the wiki.
The '''founder''' of a [[wiki]] site is the [[user|person]], or {{tag|Wiki people|people}}, who originally created and started the wiki.


Founders are distinct from [[leader]]s, although sometimes the two are the same person(s).  In the case of [[WikiWikiWeb|Ward's Wiki]] (the original [[WhatIsWiki|wiki]]), [[Ward Cunningham]] is both the founder ''and'' one of the leaders of creating content.  In [[:Category:Founded in 2000|2000]], [[Sunir Shah]] [[fork]]ed 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:Founded in 2001|2001]], but neither is very active today: Sanger left shortly after creating Wikipedia, and subsequently founded [[Citizendium]] in [[:Category:Founded in 2006|2006]]; and Wales has mostly focused on outreach efforts, and subsequently co-founded [[:Category:Wikia|Wikia]] with [[Angela Beesley Starling|Angela Beesley]].
Founders are distinct from [[leader]]s, although sometimes the two are the same person(s).  In the case of [[WikiWikiWeb|Ward's Wiki]] (the original [[WhatIsWiki|wiki]]), [[Ward Cunningham]] is both the founder ''and'' one of the leaders of creating content.  In [[:Category:Founded in 2000|2000]], [[Sunir Shah]] [[fork]]ed 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:Founded in 2001|2001]], but neither is very active today: Sanger left shortly after creating Wikipedia, and subsequently founded [[Citizendium]] in [[:Category:Founded in 2006|2006]]; and Wales has mostly focused on outreach efforts, and subsequently co-founded [[:Category:Wikia|Wikia]] with [[Angela Beesley Starling|Angela Beesley]].
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