Jimmy Wales Quotes


To protect our independence, we'll never run ads.


Context

Wikipedia was at the time the only one of the most utilized websites that was operated by a non profit corporation. The site, with its huge usage rate, could glean billions in advertising revenue, but as a matter of philosophy and policy the chose not to as Wales and others believed that there was no way to accept advertising and still maintain their total editorial independence.


Citations

Jimmy Wales Wikipedia Fundraising Letter to Users December 4, 2016

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Jimmy Wales
Jimmy Wales
  • Born: August 7, 1966
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Internet Entrepreneur, Financial Trader (formerly)

Jimmy Donal Wales is an American-British Internet entrepreneur and former financial trader. He is a co-founder of the online non-profit encyclopedia Wikipedia, and the for-profit web hosting company Wikia, later renamed to Fandom.