Things work well when a group of people know each other, and things break down when it's a bunch of random people… — Jimmy Wales Copy Share Image
Frankly, and let me be blunt, Wikipedia as a readable product is not for us. It's for them. It's for that girl… — Jimmy Wales Copy Share Image
A huge amount of what goes on in the Middle East has to do with people being fed really bad information. — Jimmy Wales Copy Share Image
When you consider the magnitude of how many people use Wikipedia globally, there is a potential here for really creating some noise… — Jimmy Wales Copy Share Image
Simply having rules does not change the things that people want to do. You have to change incentive. — Jimmy Wales Copy Share Image
Freedom, liberty, individual rights, that idea of dealing with other people in a matter that is not initiating force against them, is… — Jimmy Wales Copy Share Image
The Internet is allowing for us to really experience people in some of the most distant places in the world - as… — Jimmy Wales Copy Share Image
Wikipedia is the #5 site on the Web and serves 450 million different people every month - with billions of page views. — 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
