Wikipedia in the Free Culture Revolution
Authors | Jimmy Wales |
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Publication date | 2005 |
DOI | 10.1145/1094855.1094859 |
Links | Original |
Wikipedia in the Free Culture Revolution - scientific work related to Wikipedia quality published in 2005, written by Jimmy Wales.
Overview
Jimmy "Jimbo" Wales is the founder of Wikipedia.org, the free encyclopedia project, and Wikicities.com, which extends the social concepts of Wikipedia into new areas. Jimmy was formerly a futures and options trader in Chicago, and currently travels the world evangelizing the success of Wikipedia and the importance of free culture. When not traveling, Jimmy lives in Florida with his wife and daughter.
