When I opened Wikipedia, it had three articles, yet it was called an encyclopedia. — Jimmy Wales Copy Share Image
Wikipedia is first and foremost an effort to create and distribute a free encyclopedia of the highest possible quality to every single… — Jimmy Wales Copy Share Image
The goal is to give people a free encyclopedia to every person in the world, in their own language. Not just in… — Jimmy Wales Copy Share Image
I spent lots of time reading the encyclopedia and really kind of an eclectic approach to learning things - not very structured. — Jimmy Wales Copy Share Image
To create and distribute a free encyclopedia of the highest possible quality to every single person on the planet in their own… — Jimmy Wales Copy Share Image
People take issue with individual aspects of Wikipedia all the time. But it's kind of hard to hate the general idea of… — Jimmy Wales Copy Share Image
My original concept was to provide a free encyclopedia for every single person in the world. — Jimmy Wales Copy Share Image
People are not fundamentally bad. It only takes the smallest of correctives to take care of that tiny minority that wants to disrupt the… — Jimmy Wales Copy Share
Simply having rules does not change the things that people want to do. You have to change incentives. — Jimmy Wales Copy Share
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… — Jimmy Wales Copy Share
I have said this many times in the past and will say it many times in the future I am sure: some people need… — Jimmy Wales Copy Share
The core community is passionate about quality and getting it right. If you want to read some good criticisms of Wikipedia, probably the best… — Jimmy Wales Copy Share
The core of Wikipedia is something people really believe in. That is too valuable for the world to screw it up. — Jimmy Wales Copy Share
It's kind of surprising that you could just open up a site and let people work. — Jimmy Wales Copy Share
I think it's a mistake to treat different realms of knowledge as if they are some how fundamentally the same. — Jimmy Wales Copy Share
It turns out a lot of people don't get it. Wikipedia is like rock'n'roll; it's a cultural shift. — Jimmy Wales Copy Share
If you see a blatant error or misconception about yourself, you really want to set it straight. — Jimmy Wales Copy Share
“Now, you may think this is all kindergarten ethics, right down to the time-out for naught kids. If so, you are correct. … Civility… — Jimmy Wales Copy Share
