Jimmy Wales
Jimmy Wales
Jimmy Donal "Jimbo" Walesis an American Internet entrepreneur. He is the co-founder and promoter of the online non-profit encyclopedia, Wikipedia, and the for-profit Wikia web hosting company...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusinessman
Date of Birth7 August 1966
CountryUnited States of America
beer giving goal
The goal is to give people a free encyclopedia to every person in the world, in their own language. Not just in a 'free beer' kind of way, but also in the free speech kind of way.
people community minorities
People are not fundamentally bad. It only takes the smallest of correctives to take care of that tiny minority that wants to disrupt the community.
needs secrecy
We don't need secrecy.
errors want about-yourself
If you see a blatant error or misconception about yourself, you really want to set it straight.
optimistic thinking government
While I'm optimistic about the direction the world is headed, generally, I think there is a need for constant vigilance and pressure on repressive governments.
believe people world
The core of Wikipedia is something people really believe in. That is too valuable for the world to screw it up.
thinking together tools
We have to come together, worldwide, and 'think.' We have a tool - the internet - to let us do that. Let's use it wisely.
wikipedia profit non-profit
Wikipedia is a non-profit. It was either the dumbest thing I ever did or the smartest thing I ever did.
hate ideas issues
People take issue with individual aspects of Wikipedia all the time. But it's kind of hard to hate the general idea of a free encyclopedia. It's like hating kittens.
thinking important way
You know, when I think about what I'm doing, what I'm doing and the way I'm doing it is more important to me than any amount of money or anything like that because it's my artistic work.
real pressure arguing
There's kind of this real social pressure to not argue about things.
jobs real welcome
My being some kind of celebrity - not a real celebrity, isn't a welcome part of the job.
world sitting computer
It just didn't occur to me, sitting at my computer, that I would end up travelling all over the world.
rights ideas people
Freedom, liberty, individual rights, that idea of dealing with other people in a matter that is not initiating force against them, is critical to me.