Jimmy Wales
25 statements across 2 episodes · 5 bullish · 2 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Feb 26, 2018 by Guy Raz · said 11 times in 3 episodes since 2018 · across every show →
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Feb 26, 2018
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Wikipedia editors reverted founder Jimmy Wales' attempt to edit his own birthday
“By the way, a few years ago, Jimmy got grief for trying to change his own Wikipedia entry, which is a big no-no. His entry showed he was born on August eighth, 1966, which is what his birth certificate also says. But it was a mistake, because according to his …”
Feb 26, 2018 positive
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Feb 26, 2018
Wikipedia got its own domain so Nupedia academics wouldn't be offended
“And I made the decision to put it up at the domain name wikipedia.com rather than keep it on Newpedia, because we weren't really sure, like, we had a lot of academics and a lot of very serious people on the mailing list, and this seemed a bit of a crazy idea, …”
Feb 26, 2018 positive
Lack of venture capital forced Wikipedia to build community-driven governance
“One of the reasons that Wikipedia became a huge success, I would say, ironically, is the lack of funding. Because if I had had the money, if I'd gone to Silicon Valley and convinced somebody to give me millions of dollars to start this, then your natural insti…”
Feb 26, 2018 positive
Crowdsourced review catches critical errors that structured gatekeeping often misses
“That concept does actually apply in lots of areas of life, that if you get a lot of people looking at something, people can say, hey, there's actually a problem here that maybe nobody else noticed, and then sometimes after it's been pointed out, you say, oh ye…”
Feb 26, 2018 neutral
Jimmy Wales believes Wikipedia should provide context rather than definitive answers
“Wikipedia is the place to go to get the questions, not the answers. It's the way to get yourself oriented in a context, and I actually always say, go on the talk page of any article and see what are the Wikipedians struggling with”
Feb 26, 2018
Jan 27, 2020
Jan 27, 2020
Wales: VC funding would have killed Wikipedia's community governance model
“And in fact, one of the reasons that Wikipedia became a huge success, I would say, ironically, is the lack of funding. Because if I had had the money, if I'd gone to Silicon Valley and convinced somebody to give me millions of dollars to start this, then your …”
Jan 27, 2020 negative
Jan 27, 2020 positive
Wales: Wide public review exposes errors that formal processes miss
“There's an old saying in the open source software world that given enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow.
And what that means is, oftentimes when you're programming, there's some kind of bug in your code, and you just cannot find it.
And if you get another s…”
Jan 27, 2020
Jan 27, 2020
Wales: Wikipedia got a separate domain to avoid offending academics
“And I made the decision to put it up at the domain name wikipedia.com rather than keep it on Newpedia, because we weren't really sure, like, we had a lot of academics and a lot of very serious people on the mailing list, and this seemed a bit of a crazy idea, …”
Jan 27, 2020
Jan 27, 2020 neutral
Raz: Wales is likely the least wealthy major internet founder
“Well, he's not listed by Forbes, but judging from media reports, Jimmy's net worth is nowhere near the billions. In fact, it's likely in the low millions. In other words, Jimmy Wales is quite possibly the least rich internet titan in the world.”
Jan 27, 2020 neutral
Jan 27, 2020
Jan 27, 2020
Wales: Organizations inevitably follow money, distorting missions if ad-supported
“If you think about the DNA of any organization, it's very difficult to stop an organization from following the money. So Wikipedia is a nonprofit, and as a nonprofit, we could run ads. No legal prohibition on a nonprofit running ads as a means of support.”