Friday 20 February 2009

Interesting link of today - Interview with Jimmy Wales (Wikipedia)

The German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ) published today an interview with Jimmy Wales, co-founder of Wikipedia. The interview was held by the FAZ journalist Marco Dettweiler and Prof. Roberto Zicari from the University of Frankfurt. Very interesting regarding openness and the work and basic idea of community collaboration.

Link to the FAZ website featuring the interview.

"Im Gespräch: Wikipedia-Gründer Jimmy Wales

'Dann hat die Community die Kontrolle'

Er will den Rest seiner Bibliothek erweitern: Jimmy Wales, Mitgründer von Wikipedia

19. Februar 2009 Jimmy Wales ist Mitgründer von Wikipedia und hätte somit Grund genug sich zurückzulehnen. Doch der 42 Jahre alte Amerikaner arbeitet an weiteren Projekten wie Wikia, Wikianswers oder Wikia Search. Ein Gespräch über die Kontrolle der Community, die Unmöglichkeit der Internetzensur und das Zitieren von Wikipedia-Einträgen in wissenschaftlichen Arbeiten.

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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

oops. looks like your link is broken. (doubled?) maybe this will work: interview

cheers, Tim Hanson

22 February 2009 at 13:15
Jochen Friedrich said...

Thanks very much Tim. I corrected it in the main post, as well. Sorry...

23 February 2009 at 09:14

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