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“We are growing from a 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?”

Quote by Jimmy Wales

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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. more

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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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“It turns out a lot of people don't get it. Wikipedia is like rock'n'roll; it's a cultural shift.”

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“We've always had a love/hate relationship with numbers.”

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“A fear of the unknown keeps a lot of people from leaving bad situations.”

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“I think that argument is completely morally bankrupt, and I think people know that when they make it. 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.”

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“Myspace hurts my eyes.”

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“I think MySpace is doomed, I give them about two more years.... I think Facebook is the next Microsoft in both the bad and the good senses. That's an amazing company that is going to do a lot of good and bad things.”

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“Greatest misconception about Wikipedia: We aren’t democratic. Our readers edit the entries, but we’re actually quite snobby. The core community appreciates when someone is knowledgeable, and thinks some people are idiots and shouldn’t be writing.”

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“Given enough time humans will screw up Wikipedia just as they have screwed up everything else, but so far it's not too bad.”

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“I don't really agree that most 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.”

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