en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Webring
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Sage Weil developed such a script in May 1994.
This date is off by about a year. Contemporary and retrospective sources place Sage Weil's first webring work in 1995, not May 1994.
Full reasoning
Multiple independent sources place Sage Weil's webring implementation in 1995, not May 1994.
- Denis Howe's original EUROPa page says EUROPa "was started at Imperial College, London, UK on 1994-12-22." That means a script said to be based on or extending EUROPa could not have been developed in May 1994, seven months earlier.
- A 1998 article in College & Research Libraries News states: "Following the EUROPa concept, high school senior, Sage Weil, and Troy Griffin developed a Web ring in June 1995."
- Salon likewise summarized the history by saying that "Back in 1995 ... Sage Weil ... created his first WebRing," inspired by EUROPa.
So the article's specific date "May 1994" is inconsistent with both the primary chronology of EUROPa and later historical accounts of WebRing's creation. The evidence supports a 1995 date, not May 1994.
3 sources
- Denis's EUROPa Page
EUROPa ... was started at Imperial College, London, UK on 1994-12-22 by Denis Howe just to see how far it would spread.
- Web rings: An alternative to search engines | College & Research Libraries News
Following the EUROPa concept, high school senior, Sage Weil, and Troy Griffin developed a Web ring in June 1995.
- The strange saga of Yahoo and WebRing | Salon
Back in 1995, a blond, baby-faced Oregon 17-year-old, named Sage Weil, created his first WebRing, inspired by a circle of sites called EUROPa.