Sue Gardner
Journalist
"Everybodys saying, be skeptical of Wikipedia. That is true. They should also be skeptical of everything. We should all be critical consumers of the media."
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Amos Lee
Musician
"I do not go on my Wikipedia page. There's just too much weird information on there for me to pick apart."
Veronica Roth
Author
"I love the Wikipedia link chain because it has led me into some strange articles. Wikipedia is one of my favorites."
Terry Pratchett
Author
"Wikipedia, eh? Must be accurate then."
Tim Wu
Legal Scholar
"Wikipedia, a nonprofit, is an enormously popular website but has managed to operate without advertising. And, you know, maybe it's a little simpler than Google and YouTube, but it does show there's another way."
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"If it were a choice between putting ads on Wikipedia or shutting down Wikipedia, we would then very reluctantly consider putting ads on Wikipedia."
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"Wikipedia only works in practice. In theory, it's a total disaster."
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"There are other sources, but Wikipedia is a good start."
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"Wikipedia flourished partly because it was a shrine to altruism."
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"Wikipedia is just an incredible thing. It is fact-encirclingly huge, and it is idiosyncratic, careful, messy, funny, shocking and full of simmering controversies - and it is free, and it is fast."
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"Everything's wrong on Wikipedia."
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"Oh, Wikipedia, with your tension between those who would share knowledge and those who would destroy it."
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"He found a set of encyclopedias—like Wikipedia, but paper and very bulky."
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