Wikipedia Quotes - Page 3

The core community is passionate about quality and getting it right. If you want to read some good criticisms of Wikipedia, probably the best place to go is to the Wikipedia article called 'criticisms of Wikipedia'... It was either the dumbest thing or the smartest thing I ever did. The dumbest thing for the obvious reasons, but the smartest thing because I don't think it could have had nearly as much impact as it has. One of the key things that inspired people to put a lot into it (was the charity aspect).

It turns out a lot of people don't get it. Wikipedia is like rock'n'roll; it's a cultural shift.

I don't really agree that most academics frown when they hear Wikipedia. Most academics I find quite passionate about the concept of Wikipedia and like it quite a bit. The number of academics who really really don't like Wikipedia is really quite small and we find that they get reported on in the media far out of proportion to the amount they actually exist.

Wikipedia is a non-profit. It was either the dumbest thing I ever did or the smartest thing I ever did.

Given enough time humans will screw up Wikipedia just as they have screwed up everything else, but so far it's not too bad.

Everything's wrong on Wikipedia.

What defines Web 2.0 is the fact that the material on it is generated by the users (consumers) rather than the producers of the system. Thus, those who operate on Web 2.0 can be called prosumers because they simultaneously produce what they consume such as the interaction on Facebook and the entries on Wikipedia.

For all its shortcomings, Wikipedia does have strong governance and deliberative mechanisms; anyone who has ever followed discussions on Wikipedia's mailing lists will confirm that its moderators and administrators openly discuss controversial issues on a regular basis.

Wikipedia represents a belief in the supremacy of reason and goodness of others.

Wikipedia celebrates its 12th birthday today. Of course, I have no idea if it's true. I read it on Wikipedia.

I dont know how to add things to my own wikipedia page.

Wikipedia [...] is the product not of collectivism but of unending argumentation.

Wikipedia works because those who know the truth are usually more numerous and committed than those who believe in a falsehood.

The strange thing with Wikipedia is that the first article that ever gets written about you will define your Wikipedia page forever.

I do not go on my Wikipedia page. There's just too much weird information on there for me to pick apart.