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Jimmy Wales
Born
in Huntsville, Alabama, The United States
August 07, 1966
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“Imagine a world in which every single person on the planet is given free access to the sum of all human knowledge.”
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“It has become more important than ever that we teach students how to do research, and how to evaluate different sources of information. (Jimmy Wales, IB World, 68, Sept. 2013, p.10. )”
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“You had a question-..-so you found the relevant page and read it.
You probably do that often, even routinely. You may use Wikipedia every day. Or several times a day. You may read Wikipedia so often you don't notice that what you're reading is Wikipedia.
You may even think that what you’re reading doesn’t come from Wikipedia when it does-because when you do a Google search…you get an answer that looks to a casual observer as if the information comes from Google itself, and only a more careful examination will spot the link to the Wikipedia page that is the true source.”
― The Seven Rules of Trust: A Blueprint for Building Things That Last
You probably do that often, even routinely. You may use Wikipedia every day. Or several times a day. You may read Wikipedia so often you don't notice that what you're reading is Wikipedia.
You may even think that what you’re reading doesn’t come from Wikipedia when it does-because when you do a Google search…you get an answer that looks to a casual observer as if the information comes from Google itself, and only a more careful examination will spot the link to the Wikipedia page that is the true source.”
― The Seven Rules of Trust: A Blueprint for Building Things That Last
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