Society for Preventing Parents from Naming Their Children Jennifer

Society for Preventing Parents from Naming Their Children Jennifer

The Society for Preventing Parents from Naming Their Children Jennifer (SPPNTCJ) was a popular and sometimes controversial website that contributed to early web culture, online from 1996 to 2000. The SPPNTCJ Home Page was created and updated by Jennifer Farwell, one of the three founding members of the SPPNTCJ. Other founding members were Jennifer Rich and Jennifer Ang. [Kyber, Paul. "Jennifers unite to save others from their fate". "Richmond-Times Dispatch", 7 November 2006, D8.]

The SPPNTCJ began as an inside joke on an email discussion list that both Farwell and Rich subscribed to, which included five or more Jennifers who actively posted at that time. One of the Jennifers tossed out the comment that there should be a "a society for preventing parents from naming their children Jennifer." The idea took off, and Farwell created the SPPNTCJ's website. It welcomed over 2 million visitors while online. [Farwell, Jennifer. [http://www.jenniferfarwell.com/sppntcj/ "SPPNTCJ"] . Retrieved 21 January 2008.]

During its run, the SPPNTCJ was noted by the "Richmond-Times Dispatch", "Yahoo! Internet Life" magazine, "Thunder Bay Television News" [Thunder Bay Television News, broadcast 4 January 1997.] , 580 CKPR radio program "Tech Talk" ["Tech Talk." 580 CKPR radio (Thunder Bay, Canada), broadcast 9 July 1997.] , California State University, Chico, SignsOnSanDiego.com, WebMD and more. It received several Internet "cool site" acknowledgments, from Cool Central [Cool Central's "Cool Site of the Hour", 27 October 1996, 6 a.m.] , Seven Wonders [Seven Wonders' "Cool Site of the Day", 27 October 1996] , Twoeys, Fallen Thinkers [Fallen Thinkers' award, 5 July 1997] , and Secret Einsten [Secret Einstein award, 6 February 1998] .

Notes

References

* "Could this Happen Again?" [http://www.csuchico.edu/jour/catbytes/s00/jennifers/jennames.html "Cat Bytes"] . California State University, Chico, Spring 2000, retrieved 21 January 2008.
* Dawson, Bill. [http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/features/20021003-9999_mz1c3names.html "Namesakes join forces on the Web."] SignOnSanDiego.com by the Union-Tribune, 3 October 2002.
* Kyber, Paul. "Jennifers unite to save others from their fate". "Richmond Times-Dispatch", 7 November 1996, D8.
* Smith, Michael. (Reviewer). [http://www.medicinenet.com:9003/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=51643 "What's in a Child's Name? A Lot"] . "WebMD" feature, retrieved 21 January 2008.
* "The Charts." "Yahoo! Internet Life magazine", Vol. 3, No. 1, January 1997, page 13.


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