[WikiEN-l] Congrats for Jimbo

[Anthere]

Frankly...

Jimbo is sure enough the Foundator of Wikipedia.
It does not make him a doctor of law.
Or the board would not need to look so much for legal expertise from 
others....

Jimbo did not study and graduate from this university either, so I fail 
to see how it bring recognition to the quality of the university...
I hope real previous students appreciate.

ant

Katefan0 wrote:
> It's generally a recognition of some achievement outside of a university,
> usually for people who have achieved celebrity in some way.  It's a nice
> recognition of some achievement for the recipient, but it's also nice for
> the university, which has another celebrity to add to its "list of celebrity
> alumni."
> 
> k
> 
> 
> On 4/24/06, Anthere <Anthere9 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
>>Mathias Schindler wrote:
>>
>>>http://www.register-mail.com/stories/042406/LOC_B9J6O93V.GID.shtml
>>>
>>>Monday, April 24, 2006
>>>
>>>GALESBURG - Knox College has announced the names of the 2006 honorary
>>>degree recipients.
>>>
>>>Stephen Colbert, star of "The Colbert Report"; Shirley E. Barnes,
>>>former U.S. Ambassador to Madagascar; and Jimmy Wales, the founder of
>>>Wikipedia, will all received the award at Knox's 2006 commencement
>>>ceremony at 10 a.m. June 3.
>>>
>>>- Wales will receive the honorary doctor of laws degree.
>>>
>>>http://www.knox.edu/x12198.xml
>>
>>I understand nothing of these honorary degree.
>>Jimbo is not a lawyer, nor does he have any special knowledge on legal
>>issues. What does that mean to receive a degree in a topic you know
>>nothing about ?
>>
>>/me confused.
>>
>>ant
>>
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