Esquire Tests Wiki Ethos
News The idea I had — which Jimmy [Wales, Wikipedia's founder] loved — is that I'd write a rough draft of the article and then Jimmy would put it on a site for the Wikipedia community to rewrite and edit," Jacobs wrote on the page introducing the...
[September 30, 2005, 16:45]
Wikipedia Needs Help To Keep Growing
News In the opening talk at the FOSDEM conference in Brussels on Saturday, Wikipedia Foundation president Jimmy Wales urged the assembled audience of open source developers to get involved with the online encyclopaedia.
[March 1, 2005, 14:40]
Can Wikis Change The Web?
News I think mostly what it has changed is people's idea of what is possible," said Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales, "because it seems like such a radical, crazy concept, and yet it seems to work pretty well.
[November 16, 2005, 17:05]
Wikipedia Vows To Improve Quality
News Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales has set the Wikimedia Foundation's sights on improving the quality of the online encyclopedia and expanding "free culture" to new projects and countries. To invite more knowledgeable people to contribute to...
[August 7, 2006, 9:20]
Wikia Search To Offer First Peek Next Week
News Wikia Search, a community-driven search engine, will get its first public preview on 7 January, according to co-founder Jimmy Wales. Wikia Search is part of Wikia Inc, a wiki-hosting company co-founded by Wales.
[January 2, 2008, 12:54]
Wikipedia And Yahoo Announce Alliance
News Yahoo Search's support and vast user base will provide critical material aid and global reach for Wikipedia," Jimmy Wales, co-founder of Wikipedia, said in a statement. The online encyclopaedia is based on wiki technology, which is designed to let...
[April 8, 2005, 10:05]
