Editing Incubator escapee wiki:Help desk/Archive 8 (section)

== Edit made to page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Wide_Web#Beyond_text ==

Hi,

I corrected the myth that the first CERN web browser was text only.  I was intimately involved in the creation of the Web at CERN from 1990 to 1997.
In addition to the edit, I uploaded a screenshot that I made using the original web server (which I still run from time to time, and which is located at CERN in our visitor centre).

However, I was unable to fill in the details about the image (WWWonNeXTScreen.jpg) despite clicking on it and exploring the various guidelines.  What did I do wrong?


Second,  there is a book by James Gillies (that also carries myself as author unfortunately) which relates in detail the creation of the web.  Can a reference to that book be made?

Thank you for your answer.

Robert Cailliau


:It seems reasonable to add a reference to that book, even though you were co-author.  I don't think anyone would consider it self aggrandisment! [[User:Rich Farmbrough|Rich Farmbrough]] 22:24, 22 Sep 2004 (UTC)
::Agreed, don't worry about it.  Our concern on potential conflict-of-interest cases like this is that we don't trust people to tell us how important they themselves are, or how notable their own achievements and creations are.  In this case, however, I don't think that anyone will question the relevance of a book coauthored by someone who was part of the project. [[User:Isomorphic|Isomorphic]] 22:38, 22 Sep 2004 (UTC)
:As to the first problem I couldn't reproduce it. Double clicking on the article brought me to the picture page, then clicking on the "Edit this page" link brought up the edit window. Perhaps a transient problem? [[User:Rmhermen|Rmhermen]] 22:42, Sep 22, 2004 (UTC)

That's so cool... I don't suppose there's a chance you could upload the full-sized version of that screenshot? We have automagic code for making a smaller thumbnail version built into the software (see [[Help:Images and other uploaded files]]), and it would be good to click on the shrunk version and get to see it in a bit more detail. - [[User:IMSoP|IMSoP]] 23:01, 30 Sep 2004 (UTC)