13 posts and columns on Jimmy Wales

Old-Fashioned Journalism

We really look for reliable sources — we’ll say, for example, that just because someone wrote something in a blog somewhere, that doesn’t mean it’s a reliable source. We need to get sources, you know, that are quite old-fashioned about it.

– Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales, to Foreign Policy’s Blake Hounshell

Happy 10th Birthday, Wikipedia! What's Next? (Video)

in Social on January 14, 2011 at 10:04 am PT

Wikipedia now seems like an enduring institution on the Web, but the site was only founded 10 years ago, tomorrow. In this video interview, Wikipedia Executive Director Sue Gardner tells us how far the site has come, and what’s next.

News Byte

Wikipedia Co-founder Bothered by WikiLeaks

in News on September 28, 2010 at 10:35 am PT

Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales is not a fan of Wikileaks. At a conference in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, today, he referred to the whistleblowing site’s release of Afghan war documents as irresponsible and dangerous–and he also made it clear he disapproves of the use of the term “wiki” in its name, which implies that it’s a site that allows collaboration. “I wish they wouldn’t use the name; they are not a wiki. A big way that got famous in the first place was by using the word wiki, which was unfortunate in my view.”

You Ask, Jimmy Wales Answers: A Crowdsourced Interview With Mr. Wikipedia

in Media on March 11, 2010 at 3:51 am PT

Jimmy Wales’s Wikipedia relies almost entirely on free contributions from users to create a mammoth Web encyclopedia. What if an enterprising/lazy blogger used the same technique to interview Wales?

Google’s Latest Philanthropic Interest: Wikipedia [UPDATED]

in News on February 17, 2010 at 6:12 am PT

During its recent fund-raising campaign, the Wikimedia Foundation–the nonprofit that operates Wikipedia–raised $8 million, exceeding its original goal of $7.5 million. Now the foundation has exceeded it further still, thanks to Google.

Keep a Civil Cybertongue

in News on December 29, 2009 at 11:47 am PT

In less than 20 years, the World Wide Web has irrevocably expanded the number of ways we connect and communicate with others. This radical transformation has been almost universally praised. What hasn’t kept pace with the technical innovation is the recognition that people need to engage in civil dialogue. What we see regularly on social networking sites, blogs and other online forums is behavior that ranges from the carelessly rude to the intentionally abusive.

Jimmy Wales on Wikipedia Quality and Tips for Contributors

in News on November 6, 2009 at 12:09 pm PT

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 in New York.

Wikipedia's Jimmy Wales on the GigaOm Show

in News on November 30, 2007 at 12:01 am PT

Wikipedia’s founder Jimmy Wales is the guest on the GigaOm Show on Revision3 this week. Om Malik and his co-host, Joyce Kim, interview Wales, who has also founded Wikia and whose thoughts always interest us. Here you go: