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[[File:WalesAnniversaryAddress still.png|thumb|We should be: [[kind]], [[thoughtful]], [[passionate]] about getting it right, open, [[tolerant]] of different viewpoints, open to [[criticism]], bold about [[changing]] our policies and also [[cautious]] about changing our policies.]]
'''[[w:Jimmy Wales|Jimmy Donal "Jimbo" Wales]]''' (born [[August 7 August]], [[1966]]) is ana British-American-British Internet entrepreneur and wiki pioneer who is most famous as one of the founders of [[Wikipedia]], an international collaborative [[w:Free content|free content]] encyclopedia on the [[Internet]], and the [[m:Wikimedia Foundation|Wikimedia Foundation]].
== Quotes ==
[[File:Jimmy Wales accessing Wikipedia.jpg|thumb|[[Imagine]] a [[world]] in which every single person on the [[planet]] is given [[free]] access to the sum of [[all]] [[human]] [[knowledge]]. That's what we're [[doing]].]]
=== 2000 ===
*What if we could get everyone in the world together to record what they know in one [[place]]?
**Quoted by [[Larry Sanger]] in "[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2c9mRKFy5fU The early history of Wikipedia (part 1) ~(1:49)]" (January 2000), ''YouTube (7 May 2020)''
=== 2003 ===
* Dude, you rock.
: I hereby decree, in my usual authoritarian and bossy manner, that today (Oct. 31) shall forever be known as Tim Starling Day. Wikipedians of the distant future will marvel at the day when the new parsing algorithm dawned upon us. Tonight at dinner, every Wikipedian should say a toast to Tim and his many inventions.
:In countries that celebrate Halloween, children will first say "Trick or Treat" and then, when they get the candy, they will say "Secure and Split" and run away, in honor of Tim's work in this area.
:* [[w:Wikipedia:Tim Starling Day]] (31 October 2003)
=== 2004 ===
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** [http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikipedia-l/2005-March/020469.html Wikipedia-l mailing list (8 March 2005)]
[[File:South-african-school-children.jpg|thumb|The primary issue is how seriously we take our [[chosen]] [[obligations]] to people in the developing [[world]]... Wikipedia as a [[readable]] [[product]] is not for us. It's for them. It's for that girl in [[Africa]] who can save the [[lives]] of hundreds of thousands of [[people]] around her, but only if she's [[empowered]] with the [[knowledge]] to do so...]]
[[File:Jimmy-wales-frankfurt2005-alih01.jpg|thumb|[[Ideally]], our [[rules]] should be formed in such a fashion that an ordinary [[helpful]] [[kind]] [[thoughtful]] person doesn't really even [[need]] to [[know]] the [[rules]]. ]]
* Ideally, our rules should be formed in such a fashion that an ordinary [[helpful]] [[Kindness|kind]] [[thoughtful]] person doesn't really even need to know the [[rules]]. <br>You just get to [[work]], do something fun, and nobody hassles you as long as you are being thoughtful and kind.
** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Ignore_all_rules/Archive_1#from_User_talk:Jimbo_Wales User talk statement (7 April 2005)]
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** While talking about [[v:Wikibooks|Wikibooks]] project; ''[http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/jimmy_wales_on_the_birth_of_wikipedia.html TED - Jimmy Wales: How a ragtag band created Wikipedia], July 2005''
* We are growing from a [[Cheerfulness|cheerful]] small town where everyone waves off their front porch to the subway of New York City where everyone rushes by. How do you preserve the culture that has worked so well?
** As quoted in [http://www.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=54191 ExpressIndia (7 September 2005)]
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** [http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/media/article782970.ece?print=yes&randnum=1188516145101 "Identity question for world's encyclopaedia", ''The Times'' (30 December 2005)]
* We come from [[w:geek|geek]] culture, we come from the [[free software]] movement, we have a lot of technologists involved. If we had done the same sort of comparison on poets or artists, I think that we would not have fared nearly as well.
** Wales to the ''Miami Herald'', [http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/technology/15328352.htm "Will Wikipedia change history?"]
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=== 2007 ===
* I think that argument is completely [[morally bankrupt]], and I think people know that when they make it.<br> There's a very big difference between having a sincere, passionate interest in a topic and being a paid shill … Particularly for PR firms, it's something they should really very strongly avoid: ever touching an article.
** [http://www.prweek.com/us/login/required/629646 PRWeek (30 Jan 2007)] In response to suggestions Wikipedia might change policies to allow PR firms to edit the site without breaking a rule called "WP:AUTO".
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* Wikipedia is a non-profit. It was either the dumbest thing I ever did or the smartest thing I ever did.
** Keynote Speech, [[w:South by Southwest|SXSW 2006]], published in [http://www.theage.com.au/news/in-depth/the-wisdom-of-one/2007/04/24/1177180647120.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap1 "The wisdom of one" (25 April 2007)]
* [[Pedophilia|pedophilic]] [[w:sexualization|sexualization]] of a community mascot? No. - email me if you have questions
** [https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&logid=2360268 deleted page File:LoliWikipetan.jpg] (8 June 2007 )
*'''[[Friedrich Hayek|Hayek]]'s work on [[price theory]] is central to my own thinking about how to manage the [[Wikipedia]] project. … [O]ne can't understand my ideas about Wikipedia without understanding Hayek.'''
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**Also cited by Morton Winston and Ralph Edelbach , ''Society, Ethics, and Technology'' 4th ed. (Boston, MA: Wadsworth, 2012), p. 200.
* '''Simply having [[rules]] does not change the things that people want to do. You have to change incentives.'''
** [http://reason.com/news/show/119689.html Interview with ''Reason'' magazine (June 2007)]
[[File:Essjay-Everytime.png|thumb|EssJay was appointed at the request of and unanimous support of the ArbCom.]]
[[File:Wikipedia by Giulia Forsythe.jpg|thumb|Greatest misconception about Wikipedia: We aren’t [[democratic]]. Our readers edit the entries, but we’re actually quite [[Snob|snobby]]. The core community appreciates when someone is knowledgeable, and thinks some people are idiots and shouldn’t be writing.]]
* EssJay was appointed at the request of and unanimous support of the ArbCom.
** [http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikien-l/2007-October/083549.html Wikipedia-l mailing list] (17 October 2007)
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=== 2008 ===
* '''Given enough [[time]] humans will [[Corruption|screw up]] Wikipedia just as they have screwed up everything else, but so far it's not too bad.'''
** [http://news.cnet.com/8301-13953_3-9945028-80.html Berkman Center (May 15, 2008)]
* I don't really agree that most [[Academia|academics]] frown when they hear Wikipedia. Most academics I find quite passionate about the concept of Wikipedia and like it quite a bit. [...] The number of academics who really really don't like Wikipedia is really quite small and we find that they get reported on in the media far out of proportion to the amount they actually exist.
** Wikimania 2008 Alexandria, press conference, 0'14 (August 2008)
* '''We are a passionate community of volunteers who are trying to create a free encyclopedia for every single person on the planet.''' So we don't often think in terms of [[competition]]. We are going to do what we do and we hope Google does wonderful things as well. … If we were approaching this as a business we would think always: Oh, how can we position ourselves on the market... We just don't do any of that stuff.
** Wikimania 2008 Alexandria, press conference, 0'20 (August 2008), asked about Google Knol
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** About Wikia Search, in an interview with Susan Kuchinskas in ''iMediaConnection'', [http://www.imediaconnection.com/content/22475.asp March 26, 2009] (only days before Wales would shut down Wikia Search and lay off two developers)
* To me the key thing is getting it right. And if a person's really smart and they're doing fantastic work, I don't care if they're a high school kid or a Harvard professor; it's the [[work]] that matters.
** Long displayed quote on his [[w:User:Jimbo_Wales|User page at Wikipedia]], and many other Wikimedia projects <!-- (some determination as to when this first was stated might be possible by tracing back to the first postings of the current version or other further research; it is not likely that it would have remained on his user page, if not accurate.) -->
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=== 2012 ===
* Greetings everyone!
I hereby proclaim, in my usual authoritarian and bossy manner, that today (April 20) shall forever be known as Justin Knapp Day. Wikipedians of the distant future shall marvel at the first person to ever make 1,000,000 edits. Tonight at dinner, every Wikipedian should say a toast to Justin and his many edits.
In countries which celebrate Easter, which is sometimes at a similar time of year, and indeed will fall on Justin Knapp Day in 2014 for both the Eastern and Western traditions, children will be allowed to eat up to 1 million candies each
:* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Justin_Knapp_Day Wikipedia:Justin Knapp Day] ( April 20, 2012)
* I hope someone will create lots of articles about famous dresses. Our systemic bias caused by being a predominantly male geek community is worth some reflection in this contest. We have nearly 90 articles about Linux distributions… I think we can have an article about this dress. We should have articles
** [https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/what-has-wikipedia-s-army-of-volunteer-editors-got-against-kate-middleton-s-wedding-gown-8050397.html What has Wikipedia’s army of volunteer editors got against Kate Middleton’s wedding gown?] (16 August 2012)
=== 2014 ===
* Now, the UK is home to a very diverse newspaper community, a vibrant newspaper culture. We've got papers like ''The Sun'', ''The Mirror'', ''The Mail''. [laughter]...we're trusted slightly more than the BBC. Now, that's a little scary -- [laughter]
** [https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Jimmy_Wales_Speaks_at_Closing_Ceremony_of_Wikimania_2014#This_is_my_annual_traditional_talk This is my annual traditional talk(Jimmy Wales Speaks at Closing Ceremony of Wikimania 2014)] +[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HrJY9ruKu4 video]
* One of the classic problems we have is -- and we have this a lot in English Wikipedia -- is the annoying user, who at least allegedly produces good content. There are users in the community who have a reputation for creating good content, and for being incredibly toxic personalities. This is a tough issue because [fixes slide problem] but my idea is very simple. Actually, on this issue, I have a very simple view is that most of these editors actually cost us more than they're actually worth, and we're making a big mistake by tolerating people who are causing us enormous...
* A lot of them, they really cost more than they're worth, and they should be encouraged to leave, and not in a bad way. I mean one of the things that I've always believed is letting people walk away with dignity. We don't have to shame them and scream at them and make them leave and then they're sad and annoyed and then they make sock puppets and then they come back and harass us for years.
** [https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Jimmy_Wales_Speaks_at_Closing_Ceremony_of_Wikimania_2014#Annoying_user,_good_content Jimmy Wales Speaks at Closing Ceremony of Wikimania 2014] August 10, 2014
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===2020===
* Wikipedia is something special. It is like a [[library]] or a [[w:public park|public park]]. It is like a [[temple]] for the [[mind]]. It is a place we can all go to [[think]], to [[Learning|learn]], to [[share]] our [[knowledge]] with others. When I founded Wikipedia, I could have made it into a for-profit company with advertising banners, but I decided to do something different. We’ve worked hard over the years to keep it lean and tight. We fulfill our mission efficiently.
**[https://donate.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:LandingPage&country=US&uselang=en Wikimedia donation page].
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*I think that's right. [replying to comment: "it should go to health care workers first"]. I'm not an expert. I just know that I'm healthy and safe at home, so it will be more helpful for others to go first. But I'm eager to take it!
**[https://twitter.com/jimmy_wales/status/1263008186249949185 Twitter] (20 May 2020)
* President's power does not extend to threatening or shutting down social media platforms. But we should fear this in every country. Worst case scenario is that platforms don't have courage to tell [[Trump]] to go away, that they begin to adapt policies to his whims because he is a lunatic,
** [https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/world-news/donald-trump-is-a-lunatic-wikipedia-co-founder-jimmy-wales/articleshow/76073253.cms Donald Trump is a lunatic: Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales] interview with India Times on May 28, 2020
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**[https://www.dw.com/en/interview-wikipedia-founder-wales-laments-die-offs-in-local-press-worldwide/a-51142482 Wikipedia founder Wales laments die-offs in local press worldwide, ''Deutsche Welle (DW)'', ] (11 June 2019)
*[[Education]] and [[innovation]] are two things that we can fall back on in the most uncertain times! Join me July 1, 4 PM IST on @unacademy, I will speak about education and my early life that propelled me to create Wikipedia.... unacademy.onelink...
**https://twitter.com/jimmy_wales/status/1277629711611543552 Twitter] (29 June 2020)
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**[https://twitter.com/jimmy_wales/status/1277878219505573888 Twitter] (30 June 2020)
*When is the last time you saw a politician talking about [[Aristotle]]'s [[Virtue|Virtues]]? This is what I love seeing -@RoryStewartUKpost on WT: https://wt.social/post/vg6w2a75311699787861
**[https://twitter.com/jimmy_wales/status/1278357678046285824 Twitter] (1 July 2020)
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**[https://twitter.com/jimmy_wales/status/1279157843166404614] (3 July 2020)
*I support [[freedom of expression]]. A lot of people I disagree with also support freedom of expression. If that's [[Controversy|controversial]], then someone will have to explain to me why.
**[https://twitter.com/jimmy_wales/status/1280845690801881088] (8 July 2020)
*I've [[reason]] to [[Belief|believe]]
:We [[everyone|all]] will be received
:In Graceland...
:*[https://twitter.com/jimmy_wales/status/1283827879164469248] (16 July 2020)
*...Please consider joining http://wt.social - healthy [[w:dialogue|dialogue]] rather than [[w:soundbite|soundbite]] vitriol
**[https://twitter.com/jimmy_wales/status/1284265638484234240] (17 July 2020)
=== 2021 ===
* Should there be competing articles, so that you would have the [[Catholic]] article on [[abortion]], the [[evangelical Christian]] version, and the [[Planned Parenthood]] version?
** Reminiscing inIn [https://www.newstatesman.com/science-tech/internet/2021/01/jimmy-wales-wikipedia-different-era Jimmy Wales: “Wikipedia is from a different era”]" (January 14, 2021)
=== About falseness ===
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** [https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikien-l/2006-May/046440.html Zero information is preferred to misleading or false information] - Email to WikiEN-l, Tue May 16 20:30:15 UTC 2006
* Zero information is preferred to [[misleading]] or [[lies|false information]].
** Jimmy Wales. Keynote speech, Wikimania, August 2006. May 19, 2006
*It is tough problem for platforms like [[Twitter]] and [[Facebook]]. They exist to allow people to share their thoughts and [[ideas]] … One of the things that I would like to see more of is, not to stop people from [[sharing]] things … but to [[warn]] them… So, when I am about to share something, and a reputable fact checking organization has shown it is a hoax, I would like Facebook to warn me “Hey … you might want to check, if this is true or not, before you share it”. I think that would be very helpful.
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:''Wales'': That's right, yes.
:''Lamb'': Who was she and do you still follow her and what is it about it that you like?
:''Wales'': Yes. So Ayn Rand wrote ''[[Atlas Shrugged]]'' and ''[[The Fountainhead]]'', as is viewed by many as, you know, something of the founder of the [[Libertarianism|libertarian]] strain of thought in the U.S. She would have rejected quite rightly, I think, the libertarian label. But I think for me one of the core things that is very applicable to my life today is the virtue of independence — is the vision, you know, if you know the idea of Howard Roark who is the architect in ''The Fountainhead'' who has a vision for what he wants to accomplish and, you know, there's some time in the book when he is frustrated in his career because people don't want to build the type of buildings he wants to build. And he's given a choice, a difficult choice, to compromise his [[integrity]] or to essentially go out of business. And he has to go and take a job working in a quarry. And for me that model has a lot of resonance for me. You know when I think about 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.
:''Lamb'': What year did you read ''Atlas Shrugged'' or ''Fountainhead''?
:''Wales'': I guess I was around 20 when I read ''The Fountainhead''.
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*[http://jimmywales.com Official website]
*[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:JimboJimbo_Wales Wales|Jimmy Wales]']] Wikipedia userpage
*[http://community.wikia.com/wiki/User:Jimbo_Wales Jimmy Wales]' Wikia userpage
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