A conversation about Wikipedia with the co-founder

with Jimmy Wales
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A conversation about Wikipedia, web technology, and the future of search with Jimmy Wales, co-founder of Wikipedia.

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    1. Rajkrishna Roy  01/18/2008 11:50 AM Report

      Mr. Wales...I'm eagerly waiting for your future plan of releasing better search engine better than Google. I know Wikipedia is the future of internet world. THANK YOU.

    2. Sara  07/12/2007 02:20 AM Report

      I agree with Vikram Phatak. Wikipedia is possibly the worst thing that the internet has generated. My experience with certain articles has been terrible, to say the least. In fact, I was so horrified to read the nonsensical content that was being presented as historical fact that I literally fell into a mild depression. Furthermore, it is controlled by a select few over-exuberant and in many cases ill-informed goblins. For further reading on just how terrible the entire concept is, which I think is an oxymoron, for how can a source of truth undergo mutation repeatedly only to be restored by a few dictatorial goblins more concerned about control than content veritably deliver truth? check out:

      http://www.opendemocracy.net/media-edemocracy/wikipedia_bias_3621.jsp

      http://www.edge.org/documents/archive/edge183.html

    3. Vikram Phatak  05/28/2007 10:56 PM Report

      While Jimmy talks a good game about "trust" and "transparency", Wikipedia has neither.

      Wikipedia cannot be trusted since the content is prone to errors; average people are publishing and moderating, under the unproven theory of "group knowledge" making Wikipedia prone to inaccuracies.

      As far as transparency - there is no "appeal" system, so that if a Wikipedia moderator "gets it wrong" there is no way to correct the moderator. I personally do not like the idea nameless, faceless individuals deciding on what constitutes knowledge. Especially when there is no penalty for being inaccurate...

    4. Shane  05/23/2007 01:41 PM Report

      Wiki is the future.

    5. JT  05/23/2007 08:10 AM Report

      I think Mr. Wales told Bill Gates that MSN search didn't work very well.

    6. Kaleo  05/23/2007 05:40 AM Report

      Anyone recall what Mr Wales said he told Bill Gates?

    7. Sarat  05/23/2007 12:40 AM Report

      Quoting Jimmy Wales from his interview in the Fast Company magazine:

      "I trust Google reasonably well," he says, "but that's like saying you have a favorite politician. I trust this politician, but I still want the city council to meet publicly. I still want a certain transparency in how government is run, even if you trust the person who's in charge now."

      --END QUOTE--

      Full interview: http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/114/features-why-is-this-man-smiling.html

      I agree completely. In the end, corporations don't have a conscience and it is at one's own peril to trust them blindly. Go Jimbo! We are with you.

    8. b johnson  05/22/2007 07:20 PM Report

      Thank you for your show and website. I have learned more and met more people from your show than any other source.

      THANK YOU