Lee Pilich wrote:
I'm interested in how these things get in papers by the way. Most previous coverage, I think, has come from press releases, but this article is mainly about a paper version, about which there have been no offical pronouncements that I'm aware of. So what happened here - did somebody go to the paper about this, or did the paper go to Jimbo out of the blue? Just curious. If it's the latter, it's surely a sign that we're being taken really quite seriously (something which probably shouldn't surprise me, but which nontheless regularly does).
The author of the article, Danny Bradbury, is a fairly well-known IT journalist working primarily as a freelancer: http://www.itjournalist.com/
He contacted me for an interview, but I don't remember what exactly he said prompted him to be interested. If I remember correctly (and I may not), he's been following the project for awhile.
As to my role in the project, that's something that I try to downplay a lot in interviews, for two reasons. First, when I tell reporters that I'm astounded by the quality of the people involved and that mostly my job is just to listen to what really smart people tell me, it's *true*. But second, I think it's good media schtick for me as well, if you see what I mean.
A Dutch Magazine _Ode_ published an article last month about Wikipedia... I just got a copy in the mail the other day. And the title of the article is "Jimmy Wales' encyclopedia". That's pretty silly, although my mom will surely like it.
--Jimbo