Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales reveals his favourite Wiki entries: Heavy metal umlaut and Inherently funny word
"Librarians are not engaging with the academies," said Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales. "If libraries throughout the world formed regional groups and made an effort, they would be playing a positive role within Wikipedia. The job of the librarian is about highlighting the weaknesses and strengths of information."
Yesterday, Jimmy Wales blew into town to address a huge audience of information professionals at the Online Information conference. Wales, in case you don't know, co-founded Wikipedia which is intended to become "the sum of all human knowledge". Written for the people by the people. And hugely popular, to boot.
Wales, who in 2004 also co-founded Wikia Inc., a for-profit wiki company in San Mateo, is philosophical about the process. In an interview with The Chronicle this week, Wales - who commutes between his family home in Florida and an apartment in the city - shared his plans for Wikipedia, which include testing a program to help protect the site from repeated vandalism.
