"Hello, World!"
— Wikipedia
January 1, 1970
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Jimmy Wales, first edit on the UseModWiki home page on 15 January 2001, as cited by Biz Carson, The first words on Wikipedia were a nerdy programmer in-joke (13 March 2016), and confirmed by Wales in User talk:Jimbo Wales (24 October 2001)
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Jimmy Wales, first edit on the UseModWiki home page on 15 January 2001, as cited by Biz Carson, The first words on Wikipedia were a nerdy programmer in-joke (13 March 2016), and confirmed by Wales in User talk:Jimbo Wales (24 October 2001)