Wikipedia Weekly 3 - Interview with Jimmy Wales
The Panel
Special Segment
Interview with the founder of Wikipedia Jimmy Wales, speaking to us from St Petersburg, Florida. Topics of conversation included:
- Wikimedia Board Elections - The Board voted unanimously to elect Florence Nibart-Devouard as the Chair of the Board, Tim Shell as Vice-Chair, Erik Möller as Executive Secretary, and Michael Davis as Treasurer. Jimmy Wales assumes the title of Chairman Emeritus of the Foundation.
- Communications - Talking on the matter of communication between users, and the difficulty of involving new Wikipedias in the community
News
- Advertising on Wikipedia? HipMojo presents a thought experiment, using Wikipedia’s rising popularity according to the latest ComScore rankings to calculate the economic value of Wikipedia.
- Librarian John Hubbard, a user of Wikipedia, posts a detailed four-part introduction to Wikipedia for new editors, entitled “Why Wiki?“.
- Silver Chips Online, the student newspaper of Montgomery Blair High School, reports on growing student use of Wikipedia, and teachers’ acceptance of the website.
- The official Wiki of Wikimania 2007, to be held in Taipei, has gone online.
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Hi, I and anothers around the world only read in English. If possible, make text versions of this amazing project
Comment by Lugusto — October 31, 2006 @ 2:59 pm