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C-SPAN Interviews Wikipedia Founder

Posted by Zonk on from the multi-dimensional-knowledge dept.

TrentL writes "Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales (aka Jimbo) was recently interviewed on C-SPAN's primetime program Q&A. Topics included the origins of Wikipedia, governing philosophy, and criticisms from members of the print encyclopedia community." From the article: "I had the idea basically from watching the growth of the free software movement. So all of the software that really runs the Internet, Linux, Apache, the Web serving software, it's all written by volunteers collaboratively working together using free licenses. And it's really good quality stuff."

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  1. The best bit is... by gowen · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... if you log in, you can change his answers to what you think he should have said.

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    Athletic Scholarships to universities make as much sense as academic scholarships to sports teams.
  2. You heard it here first. by uberchicken · · Score: 5, Funny

    LAMB: When did Wikipedia start?

    WALES: It started in January of 2001.

    LAMB: Where?

    WALES: On the Internet. [...]

    I stopped reading right there.

  3. Re:I love WIkipedia. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    I love sneaking my name into articles. So far I've taught a famous guitarist how to play, worked for NASA during an Apollo mission, and got shot out of a cannon.

  4. Re:Sheesh, get over yourself by gowen · · Score: 5, Funny
    Tricksters create through destruction.
    Cool. So you wouldn't mind if I creatively scratched my name into your car door with a set of keys then?
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    Athletic Scholarships to universities make as much sense as academic scholarships to sports teams.