People do fun and interesting things because they're fun and interesting.

Most people assume the fights are going to be the left versus the right, but it always is the reasonable versus the jerks.

When you consider the magnitude of how many people use Wikipedia globally, there is a potential here for really creating some noise and getting some attention in the U.S.

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

I have no regular schedule. I get up whenever I can.

The core of Wikipedia is something people really believe in. That is too valuable for the world to screw it up.

The core community is passionate about quality and getting it right. If you want to read some good criticisms of Wikipedia, probably the best place to go is to the Wikipedia article called 'criticisms of Wikipedia'... It was either the dumbest thing or the smartest thing I ever did. The dumbest thing for the obvious reasons, but the smartest thing because I don't think it could have had nearly as much impact as it has. One of the key things that inspired people to put a lot into it (was the charity aspect).