Jimmy Wales Quote

I frequently counsel people who are getting frustrated about an edit war to think about someone who lives without clean drinking water, without any proper means of education, and how our work might someday help that person. It puts flamewars into some perspective, I think.


As quoted in "Wikimedia Founder Jimmy Wales Responds," by Robin "Roblimo" Miller, Slashdot (28 July 2004)


I frequently counsel people who are getting frustrated about an edit war to think about someone who lives without clean drinking water, without any...

I frequently counsel people who are getting frustrated about an edit war to think about someone who lives without clean drinking water, without any...

I frequently counsel people who are getting frustrated about an edit war to think about someone who lives without clean drinking water, without any...

I frequently counsel people who are getting frustrated about an edit war to think about someone who lives without clean drinking water, without any...