We've seen how grassroots journalism by blogs has had an impact at various points politically, as ordinary people have amplified stories that were being ignored by the traditional press.

It's kind of surprising that you could just open up a site and let people work.

People are not fundamentally bad. It only takes the smallest of correctives to take care of that tiny minority that wants to disrupt the community.

If I had some information, the last thing I would ever do with it is send it to Wikileaks.

There's a big tendency to gravitate toward a closed and proprietary approach too easily.

EssJay was appointed at the request of and unanimous support of the ArbCom.

It has become more important than ever that we teach students how to do research, and how to evaluate different sources of information. (Jimmy Wales, IB World, 68, Sept. 2013, p.10. )