People are not fundamentally bad. It only takes the smallest of correctives to take care of that tiny minority that wants to… — Jimmy Wales Copy Share Image
Simply having rules does not change the things that people want to do. You have to change incentives. — Jimmy Wales Copy Share Image
I think that argument is completely morally bankrupt, and I think people know that when they make it. There's a very big… — Jimmy Wales Copy Share Image
I have said this many times in the past and will say it many times in the future I am sure: some… — Jimmy Wales Copy Share Image
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 Image
It's kind of surprising that you could just open up a site and let people work. — Jimmy Wales Copy Share Image
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 Image
A lot of people who work on open-source software don't mind making money elsewhere. They aren't anticommercial. — Jimmy Wales Copy Share Image
In general, the best advice I can give people is to take criticism seriously, apologize for anything you have done wrong, and… — Jimmy Wales Copy Share Image
I have my team focused on the front end, working on the user experience, and making sure we have all the wiki-like… — Jimmy Wales Copy Share Image
There's plenty of rude stuff online. People say things online that they would be ashamed to say face to face. If people… — 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
Massive numbers of people are going to come online from cultures we don't normally interact with. — Jimmy Wales Copy Share Image
I frequently counsel people who are getting frustrated about an edit war to think about someone who lives without clean drinking water,… — Jimmy Wales Copy Share Image
We've seen how grassroots journalism by blogs has had an impact at various points politically, as ordinary people have amplified stories that… — Jimmy Wales Copy Share Image
Greatest misconception about Wikipedia: We aren’t democratic. Our readers edit the entries, but we’re actually quite snobby. The core community appreciates when… — Jimmy Wales Copy Share Image
I have always liked the idea of going to print because a big part of what we are about is to disseminate… — Jimmy Wales Copy Share Image
I think people have to recognise that the traditional modes of authority weren't that great. — Jimmy Wales Copy Share Image
Most people assume the fights are going to be the left versus the right, but it always is the reasonable versus the… — Jimmy Wales Copy Share Image
People do fun and interesting things because they're fun and interesting. — Jimmy Wales Copy Share Image
What can we put into the hands of people under oppressive regimes to help them? For me, a big part of it… — 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
I'm a very friendly person, and I think that's had a big impact on my work because I tend to be pretty… — 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 Image
Simply having rules does not change the things that people want to do. You have to change incentives. — Jimmy Wales Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
It's kind of surprising that you could just open up a site and let people work. — Jimmy Wales Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
