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SiliconRepublic.com (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
The openness of internet phenomenon Wikipedia will lead to better knowledge, Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales says, and adds that his proudest moment was seeing the open-source built encyclopaedia become available in 175 languages.
Lifehacker Australia (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
Drawing on the enthusiasm of crowds is critical to the success of open source projects. However, Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales — no stranger to the virtues of collaborative enterprises — reminds us that there are limits to how far this can be taken. (more…)
Silicon Alley Insider (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Wikipedia is losing thousands of editors each month, the Wall Street Journal reports . Why? The most popular topics have been written, making it less engaging. Also, Wikipedia has added more stringent rules for the editing process, making it harder for new editors. Wikipedia is recruiting new editors, but says stemming the exodus isn't a big concern. There is no "right" number of editors...
Blowin' In The Wind (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales' top priority is improving the accuracy of Wikipedia's articles while thousands of online volunteers are quitting, reports the Wall Street Journal. Hopefully, for online users like me, Wikipedia looks too big to fail. It has more...
Resource Shelf (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
Wikipedia founder creates on-line source of help for Tampa Bay’s homeless Between stops in his globe-trotting life as an Internet mogul, Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales came to Ybor City Friday to launch a new Web site that offers a wide range of resources for the homeless in the Tampa Bay area. The new site, tampabayhomeless.wikia.com, was introduced [...]
Daniel Bachhuber (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
From Steve Myers’ interview with Jimmy Wales, published yesterday: People do often come to Wikipedia when major news is breaking. This is not our primary intention, but of course it happens. The reason that it happens is that the traditional news organizations are not doing a good job of filling people in on background information. People [...]
Everyday Ethics (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
Poynter Online "To the media 'more accountability' always means "restricted editing,'" says Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales . "That's not true. Openness is not the enemy of quality. ...There is no move to restrict editing on Wikipedia pages of living people."
France24 (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
Jimmy Wales, the founder of the free online collaborative encyclopedia, Wikipedia, talks exclusively to FRANCE 24 about the future, and how this monster online source of information is looking to expand its base of editors and contributors.
Rexblog.com (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
I had a minor jolt seeing a big banner ad across the top of Wikipedia this morning. However, the “ad” (actually a few are rotating) is a link to a message from Jimmy Wales encouraging users to donate to the WikiMedia Foundation. Part of the pitch: Wikipedia will stay ad-free forever. Sidenote: If you’re a registered [...]
Rocketboom (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
Rocketboom field correspondent Ella Morton interviews Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales at Ad-Tech NYC.
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
These days you need a good search engine just to search for other search engines. They are springing up over all the place, apparently undeterred by the fact that Google has become almost synonymous with search. There are three main reasons. First, the market is so lucrative, especially for adverts linked to the search terms we use, that others want to get a share of Google's action. That's one reason...
Voices (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales said Friday that the online encyclopedia aspires to be a higher-quality source of information but added that mainstream publications could learn from its disclaimers and community features. “Our goal is to make Wikipedia as high-quality as possible. Britannica or better quality is the goal,” he said during a question-and-answer session at the ad:tech conference...
Library Stuff (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
WSJ – “Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales said Friday that the online encyclopedia aspires to be a higher-quality source of information but added that mainstream publications could learn from its disclaimers and community features.”
Cnet (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Founder of the online community-written encyclopedia talks to Silicon.com about what's next for the site and why it needs geeks of all kinds.
The Register (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Nokia Foundation rewards cult Foundation leader Jimmy Wales can add "Nokia Foundation scholarship" winner to his list of achievements, having received €10,000 for his sterling work as Maximum Leader of the Wiki.… What is your recession sales strategy?
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