Jimmy Wales

Yeah, you're never going to believe this.

Well, except, I mean, you know, it's interesting because one of the things I always say is nobody really works for free.

It's got to be fun.

You've got to have some reward from doing it, which is just like meeting other geeks who are into what you're into or just the process is just enjoyable to you and so forth.

And it's really something.

I mean, you know how you stumble across a page and you're reading it and you're like,

who wrote this?

This is amazing.

How did somebody know all this, and why did they bother?

They're amazing people, and you just want to go, can I get you a candy bar or something?

Yeah.

No, it's actually interesting because I say this to journalists a lot.

I'm like, actually, go to Wikipedia, get yourself oriented, but go to the talk page because there what you often will find is, you know, this source says this, but that source says that.

And like, we can't figure it out.

It's like, well, there's your question right there.

Like, this is something the world is interested in, but the existing journalism hasn't really fleshed it out.

So, you know, that's probably an interesting thing to ask.

Oh, yeah.

Why can't I clarify this?

Oh, that's great.