The goal is to give people a free encyclopedia to every person in the world, in their own language. Not just in a 'free beer' kind of way, but also in the free speech kind of way.
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Most of the prominent contributors are not anonymous. We are an actual community in the sense that we know each other and have fun working together.Jimmy Wales
No, we don't pay for publicity, never have and most likely never will it hasn't been necessary, and I don't see that it will be necessary.
Jimmy Wales
I'm learning German, ... You couldn't learn German just from a textbook...So I'm learning from audio CDs and games.
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We delete things that are not good. They're taken down for good reasons.
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I have always viewed the mission of Wikipedia to be much bigger than just creating a killer website. We're doing that of course, and having a lot of fun doing it, but a big part of what motivates us is our larger mission to affect the world in a positive way.
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The other side of it is that, despite all that, people reach out to poetry at the key moments in their lives.
Paul Muldoon
I don't attach importance to great speeches or philosophy.
Jacques Santer
Men don't and can't live by exchanging articles, but by producing them. They don't live by trade, but by work. Give up that foolish and vain title of Trades Unions; and take that of laborers Unions.
John Ruskin