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People shouldn't do it, including me. I wish I hadn't done it. It's in poor taste...People have a lot of information about themselves but staying objective is difficult. That's the trade-off in editing entries about yourself...If you see a blatant error or misconception about yourself, you really want to set it straight. - Jimmy Wales Quotes

People shouldn't do it, including me. I wish I hadn't done it. It's in poor taste...People have a lot of information about themselves but staying objective is difficult. That's the trade-off in editing entries about yourself...If you see a blatant error or misconception about yourself, you really want to set it straight.

We're very pleased with the results and we're hoping it will focus people's attention on the overall level of our work, which is pretty good. - Jimmy Wales Quotes

We're very pleased with the results and we're hoping it will focus people's attention on the overall level of our work, which is pretty good.

That's a big error to assume that there's any tension between the two, that it's experts vs. community. There are experts in the community. - Jimmy Wales Quotes

That's a big error to assume that there's any tension between the two, that it's experts vs. community. There are experts in the community.

Your user ID is the basis for your reputation. If you are doing good work, you will gain trust. If you do bad work it will get reverted. We don't care about your personal name or what your previous credentials are. - Jimmy Wales Quotes

Your user ID is the basis for your reputation. If you are doing good work, you will gain trust. If you do bad work it will get reverted. We don't care about your personal name or what your previous credentials are.

It's like if youÃ¢â¬Â¦open a restaurant and you decide it's going to be a steak restaurant. As a steak restaurant, the customers are going to have knives. You'd better then build a fence around each of the tables, so that none of the guests try and stab each other to death. Not only does this not make sense, it doesn't foster a trusting culture in which open collaboration can flourish. - Jimmy Wales Quotes

It's like if youÃ¢â¬Â¦open a restaurant and you decide it's going to be a steak restaurant. As a steak restaurant, the customers are going to have knives. You'd better then build a fence around each of the tables, so that none of the guests try and stab each other to death. Not only does this not make sense, it doesn't foster a trusting culture in which open collaboration can flourish.

I have always liked the idea of going to print because a big part of what we are about is to disseminate knowledge throughout the world and not just to people who have broadband. - Jimmy Wales Quotes

I have always liked the idea of going to print because a big part of what we are about is to disseminate knowledge throughout the world and not just to people who have broadband.

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We delete things that are not good. They're taken down for good reasons. - Jimmy Wales Quotes

We delete things that are not good. They're taken down for good reasons.

You don't delete it. If they wanted to put in their side of things, that would seem ethically relevant, rather than just omitting it. - Jimmy Wales Quotes

You don't delete it. If they wanted to put in their side of things, that would seem ethically relevant, rather than just omitting it.

We are growing from a cheerful small town where everyone waves off their front porch to the subway of New York City where everyone rushes by. How do you preserve the culture that has worked so well? - Jimmy Wales Quotes

We are growing from a cheerful small town where everyone waves off their front porch to the subway of New York City where everyone rushes by. How do you preserve the culture that has worked so well?

The goal is to give people a free encyclopedia to every person in the world, in their own language. Not just in a 'free beer' kind of way, but also in the free speech kind of way. - Jimmy Wales Quotes

The goal is to give people a free encyclopedia to every person in the world, in their own language. Not just in a 'free beer' kind of way, but also in the free speech kind of way.

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