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
circles important together
Love. It isn't very popular in technical circles to say a lot of mushy stuff about love, but frankly it's a very very important part of what holds our project together.
important research world
It has become more important than ever that we teach students how to do research, and how to evaluate different sources of information. (Jimmy Wales, IB World, 68, Sept. 2013, p.10. )
long important three
Almost anything is better than three network TV outlets completely controlling the national discourse with their nightly broadcasts. We've moved a long way from that, and that's important.
believe challenges important
I still believe there is a need to open up search and it will come eventually. It is very important to challenge the current models.
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.
controls evaluate whether
We have to continually evaluate whether our controls are enough.
We have to come together, worldwide, and 'think.' We have a tool - the internet - to let us do that. Let's use it wisely.
bad borderline faith gets good people reasonable work
Especially with politics, it gets more and more borderline on what's in bad faith or good faith. Reasonable people can find a way to work together. Unreasonable people get blocked, of course.
blatant editing error including information objective people poor staying themselves wish
People shouldn't do it, including me. I wish I hadn't done it. It's in poor taste...People have a lot of information about themselves but staying objective is difficult. That's the trade-off in editing entries about yourself...If you see a blatant error or misconception about yourself, you really want to set it straight.
abuse amazing build community needs respectful
Communities can build amazing things, but you have to be part of that community and you can't abuse them. You have to be very respectful of what their needs are.
attention focus hoping level overall pleased results
We're very pleased with the results and we're hoping it will focus people's attention on the overall level of our work, which is pretty good.
broader coverage focus gotten great press puts quality reasonably
I was very pleased, just to see that (the study) was reasonably favorable. I think it provides, for us, a great counterpoint to the press coverage we've gotten recently, because it puts the focus on the broader quality and not just one article.
delete ethically rather seem side
You don't delete it. If they wanted to put in their side of things, that would seem ethically relevant, rather than just omitting it.
actual community fun prominent
Most of the prominent contributors are not anonymous. We are an actual community in the sense that we know each other and have fun working together.