80k certainly helped get the word out, as did DGB, but there was already a growing collection of people working on GWWC by the time 80k started (and 80k itself was basically an outgrowth of the GWWC project), and by the time of DGB, the movement was already well enough established to have had multiple EAG-like events. Growing it is not founding it (and as you say, Will was highly involved with early efforts to do the former).
I don’t think we’re going to agree on this emphasis, which is obviously fine, but I don’t think you should be calling it a ‘false founding myth’ until you’ve made a much stronger case.
80k certainly helped get the word out, as did DGB, but there was already a growing collection of people working on GWWC by the time 80k started (and 80k itself was basically an outgrowth of the GWWC project), and by the time of DGB, the movement was already well enough established to have had multiple EAG-like events. Growing it is not founding it (and as you say, Will was highly involved with early efforts to do the former).
I don’t think we’re going to agree on this emphasis, which is obviously fine, but I don’t think you should be calling it a ‘false founding myth’ until you’ve made a much stronger case.