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Historical correction: Robert Cailliau
editHello, as Robert Cailliau was the source of pre-www work, and collaborated with TimBL on the "discovery" of the WWW, his name should be mentionned in the introduction. 2A02:1810:2E32:4700:18E1:414C:EEE9:B88D (talk) 09:04, 9 November 2023 (UTC)
- I disagree. This article is about Berners-Lee, not about the WWW. It would be unnecessary detail in the opening of an article about a person to start listing out all their collaborators. MarcGarver (talk) 13:45, 9 November 2023 (UTC)
- Agree to this Postbox 2 (talk) 05:23, 20 October 2025 (UTC)
What? Do you mean to tell me that it wasn't the Nigerian Philip Emeagwali after all? 184.15.206.52 (talk) 10:10, 6 August 2024 (UTC)
Notability
editQuoting from the article 'His paternal grandmother was a Canadian woman' perhaps being Canadian is notable, but who considers it notable that his grandmother was a woman? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.136.196.48 (talk) 21:47, 7 February 2024 (UTC)
- Made me laugh. Reminds me of the gaffe of Sir John French, the first WWI BEF commander in chief, when (to some suppressed mirth among his audience) he addressed Canadian troops he was visiting on the Western Front clumsily as "Canadians and men!".Cloptonson (talk) 19:42, 7 August 2025 (UTC)
- Not like they’d want to be male. ウィキタイムズ (talk) 16:19, 7 November 2025 (UTC)
Semi-protected edit request on 12 June 2024
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Berners lee School, then attended Emanuel School (a direct grant grammar school at the time) from 1969 to 1973. ~~Berners-Lee attended Sheen Mount Primary School, then attended Emanuel School (a direct grant grammar school at the time) from 1969 to 1973.~~
Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. '''[[User:CanonNi]]''' (talk • contribs) 11:11, 12 June 2024 (UTC)
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add to "Awards and honours"
Berners-Lee, in addition to receiving numerous honors, serves as an inspiration to many technology businesses and famous personalities.[1] Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin were inspired by Berners-Lee's vision of a connected world. They created its search engine to organize the massive amount of information available on the internet, making it accessible and useful around the world.[2][3]
Similarly, Mozilla Corporation, the company that created the Firefox browser, draws directly on Berners-Lee's support for open web standards and net neutrality.[4]
In the field of online security and privacy, NordVPN used the web to create a transformative service that safeguards users' online activity while ensuring a safe and open Internet. NordVPN's objective was made possible by the web's infrastructure, which was created by Tim Berners-Lee.[5]
In the world of e-commerce, Jeff Bezos used the internet to build Amazon as a revolutionary online marketplace, dramatically changing the way people shop. Tim Berners-Lee's web framework played a critical role in realizing Bezos' vision for Amazon.[6] Karowej (talk) 12:21, 27 June 2024 (UTC)
Not done:
- These aren't awards and honours.
- Source [1] doesn't support the view that he "serves as an inspiration to many technology businesses and famous personalities", and as he founded the Web Foundation it's hardly an independent source on him anyway.
- The fact that companies like NordVPN and Amazon use the web doesn't merit mention on the article for Berners-Lee.
- Ligaturama (talk) 15:52, 1 July 2024 (UTC)
References
- ↑ "History of the Web". webfoundation.org. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
- ↑ McLeod, William Mercer. "The Birth of Google". Wired. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
- ↑ "From the garage to the Googleplex". Google. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
- ↑ "Our Mission in Action". Mozilla. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
- ↑ "Mission". NordVPN. NordVPN. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
- ↑ "Our Company". Amazon. Amazon. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
Lee's Views on Wikipedia
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He wrote in his autobiography that was published recently:
"Wikipedia is probably the best single example of what I wanted the web to be.'
Berners-Lee, Tim. This Is for Everyone: The Captivating Memoir from the Inventor of the World Wide Web (p. 171). (Function). Kindle Edition. Postbox 2 (talk) 03:26, 20 October 2025 (UTC)