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NEWS ABOUT: Jimmy Wales

Jimmy Wales stories: 10 news summaries

Wales:
Wikipedia Changes Exaggerated

Only a few posts will
be delayed for approval

Sep 30, 09 5:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - Wikipedia's editorial changes aren't so sweeping after all, says co-founder Jimmy Wales. Reports that the open-source encyclopedia would restrict edits to entries on all living people are “just completely wrong," he tells Time. Instead, the site will adopt “flagged revision”—in which edits are checked by... More »

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Wikipedia • Jimmy Wales • editor • open source • encyclopedia • Wikimedia

Fake Deaths May Force Changes in Wikipedia

Site considers
blocking users
from direct edits

Jan 27, 09 1:57 AM CST
(Newser) - The greatly exaggerated deaths of Sens. Robert Byrd and Ted Kennedy last week on Wikipedia has sparked a push for a radical change in how the site's information is edited, Wired reports. The edits, traditionally open to all users, gave the false impression that both lawmakers had died. Founder Jimmy... More »

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Internet • Wikipedia • Jimmy Wales • user generated content • encyclopedia

Wikipedia Weighs Big Questions

Site struggles with funding, charges
of impropriety

Mar 11, 08 11:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - Forget dot-com excesses: A piece of printer paper taped to the door and cut-price desks and chairs from eBay and Craigslist are all that distinguish the new San Francisco office of the nonprofit that runs Wikipedia. "We are about as unsophisticated as we could possibly be," its executive... More »

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Internet • Wikipedia • San Francisco • Jimmy Wales • nonprofit • Wikimedia

Wiki's Wales Accused of Inappropriate Spending

Claims he abused
his foundation's trust

Mar 5, 08 10:47 PM CST
(Newser) - Jimmy Wales has been hit with allegations that he abused his position as founder of Wikipedia, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. A former Wikipedia employee, Danny Wool, has claimed on his blog that Wales used his Wikimedia Foundation credit card for personal expenses. Meanwhile, a former girlfriend released chat transcripts... More »

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Wikipedia • Jimmy Wales • nonprofit • Wikimedia • company credit card • Rachel Marsden • inappropriate expenses

Wikipedia Founder to Debut Search Engine

'Wikia Search' will allow users to tweak results

Jan 3, 08 7:20 AM CST
(Newser) - Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales will open his new project, Wikia Search, next week. Unlike top search giants such as Google and Yahoo, Wikia Search will use open algorithms instead of proprietary search methods. The new engine will also allow users to contribute to—and ideally improve the accuracy of—search... More »

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Wikipedia • Jimmy Wales • search engine • Wikia Search • Wikimedia

Wiki Founder May Take on Facebook

Jimmy Wales' new project combines networking, search

Nov 17, 07 9:13 AM CST
(Newser) - Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales is apparently going after Facebook and Google in the social-networking arena, Wired reports. Wales showed slides of his upcoming project during a speech in South Africa, and a tech blogger on hand described it as a "search/social networking hybrid" that incorporates elements of both internet... More »

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Google • Wikipedia • Jimmy Wales • Facebook • South Africa • Wikia • open source • walled garden

Wikimedia Begins '07 Fundraiser

Oct 22, 07 4:49 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Wikimedia foundation, non-profit operator of Wikipedia and related sites, announced the start of its annual fundraiser today, News.com reports. The pledge drive, which will run through December 22, will finance general improvements to the online encyclopedia as well as a planned expansion of the site into geographic areas... More »

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Wikipedia • Jimmy Wales

Wikipedia: Encyclopedia, Newspaper,
or Cult?

All of the above, and
an astonishing success

Jul 1, 07 10:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - Novelist Jonathan Dee plumbs the phenomenon that is Wikipedia: First it was a populist encyclopedia, increasingly it's populist journalism, and all along it's been a religious cult, populated by cybermonks working in isolation, often putting in long hours in their bedrooms on school nights. The amazing twist, he notes, is... More »

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religious right • Wikipedia • online media • Jimmy Wales

Bloggers Urge More Civility

Epidemic of nastiness has techies mulling
a Web 2.0 code of conduct

Apr 9, 07 7:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - Prominent techies are calling for a code of conduct for the Web 2.0 blogosphere.  The group, which includes Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales, urges that bloggers  purge their sites of anonymous comments and delete libelous or menacing ones. “If it’s a carefully constructed set of principles, it... More »

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blogosphere • Wikipedia • Web 2.0 • free speech • Jimmy Wales • Tim O'Reilly • blog

Google's Worst Nightmare

Can Wikipedia founder, Jimmy Wales take on Google in search and win?

Mar 18, 07 8:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - Fast Company’s Alan Deutschman profiles Wikipedia founder Jimmy “Jimbo” Wales’ effort to take on Google in search. With 1000 initial volunteers, $4 million, and a commitment to mass collaboration Wales’ new for profit company, Wikia, mostly has idealism on its side as it takes on Google. More »

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Google • Wikipedia • Microsoft • Jimmy Wales • spam • Wikia

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