Jimmy Wales assembled "a ragtag band of volunteers," gave them tools for collaborating, and created Wikipedia, the self-organizing, self-correcting, never-finished encyclopedia of the future. Here, he explains how the collaborative approach works, and why it succeeds. Along the way, he debunks some controversies, explains the "neutral point-of-view policy" and why it is non-debatable; and details the Wikipedia governance model: a democracy with a bit of aristocracy and some monarchy thrown in.
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Utter nonsense, and the usual Wales PR. Wikipedia does not "succeed". It is failing in a spectacular fashion. Just check the media these days.
A truer analysis of Wikipedia's ongoing failures was penned this week by Michel Bauwens, in his piece for P2P "Is something fundamentally wrong with Wikipedia governance processes?"
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Nice video from 2005. Hello? It's 2008 now. Agree with comment from Steve. Wikipedia doesn't "succeed" any more. It's barely surviving. Check the latest fund-drive -- 65% short of budget.
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Jimmy Wales is a world hero. The wikipedia is like a mini-internet and one of the most powerful and useful online research tools today.