On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 7:44 AM, Marc Riddell michaeldavid86@comcast.net wrote:
Here is a recent quote in the media by Jimmy Wales:
"Given enough time, humans will screw up Wikipedia just as they have screwed up everything else, but so far it's not too bad."
WTF? Is that an accurate quote? I didn't think Jimmy had such a negative outlook on humanity, nor on the project.
I'd juxtapose this with the view of Larry Sanger, who has spent a lot of effort trying to create an organization that humans can't screw up.
I'll assume good faith, and that Jimmy was misquoted or at least quoted out of context. I'd like to hear a clarification, though.