Dec 29, 2009

Wikipedia founder is asking for donations

An appeal from Jimmy Wales, the founder of Wikipedia, appears each time the online encyclopedia is accessed.


Mr. Wales (shown above) is asking for financial donations to support Wikipedia, which he says is the largest encyclopedia in human history.

By allowing anyone to enter or alter data during most of its eight years of existence, Wikipedia is also the most inaccurate encyclopedia in human history.

Wikipedia declared the death of Ted Kennedy prematurely.

A report on the Internet was titled: Wikipedia: the most quoted - least accurate site on the web.

Other reports deal with problems students have using Wikipedia as a research source including automatic failing grades from some college professors when they learn Wikipedia was referenced.

The Wikipedia appeal for donations can be found here.