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Jimmy Wales is an internet entrepreneur, born on August 7, 1966. He is best known for his role in the creation and leadership of Wikipedia, an online encyclopedia based on collaborative and free knowledge sharing. Wales has had a profound impact on the internet industry, with his vision of creating a global platform for free access and sharing of information.

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“People take issue with individual aspects of Wikipedia all the time. But it's kind of hard to hate the general idea of a free encyclopedia. It's like hating kittens.”

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“There's kind of this real social pressure to not argue about things.”

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“My being some kind of celebrity - not a real celebrity, isn't a welcome part of the job.”

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“The Internet is allowing for us to really experience people in some of the most distant places in the world - as other people just like us. So get to know people, seek out bloggers from a country you're kind of curious about. It's about building empathy and breaking through to the point of recognizing people as people.”

People Knows World Kind Country Building Internet Empathy Curious Allowing Recognizing Places In The World Bloggers

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“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. You just get to work, do something fun, and nobody hassles you as long as you are being thoughtful and kind.”

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“We are Wikipedians. This means that 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. We are not vindictive, childish, and we don't stoop to the level of our worst critics, no matter how much we may find them to be annoying.”

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“The more time I spent on the site the more I came to think of Wales as some kind of Queen Ant, letting the vast colony go about its work, at the centre of a system where the knowledge of the community is infinitely larger than the sum of experience of all its individuals.”

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“I spent lots of time reading the encyclopedia and really kind of an eclectic approach to learning things - not very structured.”

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“I have zero interest in sports of any kind - professional, college or international.”

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“It's kind of surprising that you could just open up a site and let people work.”

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“The goal is to give people a free encyclopedia to every person in the world, in their own language. Not just in a 'free beer' kind of way, but also in the free speech kind of way.”

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“I'm very much an Enlightenment kind of guy.”

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Born: August 7, 1966
Known for: Internet Entrepreneur
Quotes: 99

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