<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Fahlman" id="mwvg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Scott Fahlman">Scott Fahlman</a> posts the first documented emoticons<span id="mwvw" typeof="mw:DisplaySpace"> </span>:-) and<span id="mwwA" typeof="mw:DisplaySpace"> </span>:-( on the Carnegie Mellon University bulletin board system.