Jimmy Wales

Wikipedia Founder: We Don't Want 'Dusty' Encyclopedias 'On The Shelf'

AP | JON GAMBRELL | Posted 05.27.2012

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LAGOS, Nigeria — The man who helped create the online reference Wikipedia said Tuesday that the end of Encyclopaedia Britannica's print run show...

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Why Jimmy Wales Allows "Vulva" on Wikipedia

Katie Engelhart | Posted 03.25.2012

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Decisions made by Wikipedia editors are not law. But when it comes to determining what is 'normal' online -- and how much taboo we're willing to stomach on our Internet -- a Wikipedia referendum can count for just as much.

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What SOPA And PIPA Mean For Women

Jessica Pearce Rotondi | Posted 03.18.2012

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Here's what women need to know about the proposed bills and blackout -- and why we stand to be disproportionately affected.

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Wikipedia To Go Dark In Protest Of SOPA

The Huffington Post | Catharine Smith | Posted 02.10.2012

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Wikipedia has issued an official statement confirming a planned blackout on January 18. Scroll down for update. Wikipedia has apparently joined th...

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Wikipedia Weighs Blackout To Protest Bill

The Huffington Post | Bianca Bosker | Posted 12.12.2011

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Enjoy it while you can: Wikipedia could temporarily go off the air. Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales has asked users to weigh in on a potential Wikip...

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Wikipedia Co-Founder On Site's Social Media Hold-Out

HuffingtonPost.com | Bianca Bosker | Posted 11.26.2011

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In an age when airport terminals tweet and even dry cleaners ask to be “liked” on Facebook, social media has a surprise holdout: Wikipedia. The...

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Wikipedia: We're Losing Contributors

AP | DANIEL ESTRIN | Posted 10.04.2011

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HAIFA, Israel — Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia that is written entirely by volunteers and allows anyone to edit its entries, is losing contr...

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Wikipedia To Add 'Love' Button

The Huffington Post | Amy Lee | Posted 08.27.2011

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Love thy Wiki: The crowdsourced web encyclopedia is about to make it easier for you to show your appreciation. Wikipedia relies on volunteer editor...

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Jimmy Wales: 'If I Had Some Information, The Last Thing I Would Do Is Send It To Wikileaks'

techcrunch.com | Posted 05.25.2011

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On the Charlie Rose Show last night, towards the end of his interview, Wales says, "If I had some information, the last thing I would ever do with it ...

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Wikipedia Turns 10: What Has the Site Taught Us?

Danny Groner | Posted 05.25.2011

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Despite the early fears of many critics, Wikipedia has proven to be a place to find information quickly and easily. What does this mean for us and how we attain knowledge?

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Wikipedia Chief: App Stores Pose 'Dangerous' Threat To Open Web

TECH.BLORGE | Posted 05.25.2011

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The app store model is a more immediate threat to internet freedom than breaches of net neutrality. That's the opinion of Wikipedia chief Jimmy Wales....

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SUCCESS: Wikipedia To Remain Ad-Free

The Huffington Post | Catharine Smith | Posted 05.25.2011

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2011 is looking up for Wikipedia, the collaborative free-content internet encyclopedia. On January 1, co-founder Jimmy Wales announced in a blog pos...

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Wales vs. Wales: Whose Personal Appeal Will You Answer?

Rob Fishman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Over the weekend, Wikipedia kicked off its 2010 fundraising drive with a personal appeal from founder Jimmy Wales. Actually, with two appeals. Taking...

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The Next Rise of Silicon Valley or Why I Quit My Job to Solve Facebook's Death Problem

Rudy Adler | Posted 05.25.2011

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This year, 1.5 million Facebook users will pass away but their Facebook profiles will live on. This is a growing problem and people are naturally asking: can major social media sites handle their dead?

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Personal democracy now a common goal

Mike Smith | Posted 05.25.2011

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Vote iQ political social networking platform listens to voters By Mike Smith Huffington Post Blogger Mike Smith Public Affairs, Washington, DC The P...

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Wikipedia's Jimmy Wales' Open Internet Problem

Art Brodsky | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jimmy Wales' failing to take a position on net neutrality -- despite the impact this debate will have on his websites and his business -- is both telling and troubling.

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How to Engage Youth in a Post-Obama Presidential Campaign World

HeathCliff Rothman | Posted 05.25.2011

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The What's Your Issue Film Competition is asking young social innovators to make a three-minute video explaining their idea for a project that would address a current national problem.

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The Whole Truth, and Nothing but -- Now Open for Negotiation?

Phil Bronstein | Posted 05.25.2011

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"In the 21st century, can facts matter?" Good question from Mitch Kapor, founder of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, at a UC Berkeley forum last weekend. "How do we make facts matter?

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500 Words On 500 Words

Lee Schneider | Posted 11.17.2011

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The word count is on, the clock is ticking, and I'm writing about writing about 500 words. But not about 500 words. Exactly 500. So here goes.

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Wikipedia's Jimmy Wales Denies Site 'losing' thousands of volunteer editors

Telegraph | Emma Barnett, Technology and Digital Media Correspondent | Posted 05.25.2011

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The study, conducted by Felipe Ortega at Libresoft, a research group at the Universidad Rey Juan Carlos in Madrid, analysed the editing history of mor...

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The Do Good Web

Lee Schneider | Posted 11.17.2011

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Swadeshi means self-sufficiency. It was a key part of Gandhi's strategy to free India from British rule. Today, there's a new kind of swadeshi with online social activism.

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What the MSM Gets Wrong About Wikipedia -- and Why

Jimmy Wales | Posted 05.25.2011

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If you follow the news about Wikipedia, even casually, you're probably aware that something is changing. What you probably don't realize is that what you've been led to believe is almost certainly completely wrong.

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From Homo Erectus to 'Homo Brandus' ?

Juliette Powell | Posted 05.25.2011

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Tech innovators connect and conspire for a weekend to recharge their batteries and share ideas between gadgethons and power tool drag racing events.

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Cindy Adams Takes On Wikipedia

New York Post | Cindy Adams | Posted 05.25.2011

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Wikipedia's chairman and founder Jimmy Wales told me how authoritative is his operation, which is basically sourced by a ragtag assortment of contribu...

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YouTube Divorce Video: A New Age In Breaking Up

Huffington Post | Verena von Pfetten | Posted 11.17.2011

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Trisha Walsh Smith, the soon-to-be-ex-wife of Philip Smith, president of the Schubert Group (as in, the Schubert Theater), is tired of suffering throu...

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