Isn't the quote backwards? "The problem with Wikipedia is that it only works in practice. It could never work in theory"?
-Dan On Jun 17, 2010, at 4:03 PM, Sue Gardner wrote: > "The problem with Wikipedia is that it only works in theory. It could > never work in practice." > > I've seen that quote attributed to Jimmy, and also to Miikka Ryokas, > quoted by Noam Cohen in his NY Times story about Virginia Tech. But > neither of them, I think, originated it. > > Does anyone have a good attribution for first use of that quote? (I'm > using it in a presentation and want to attribute if I can.) > > Thanks, > Sue > > > > > -- > Sue Gardner > Executive Director > Wikimedia Foundation > > 415 839 6885 office > 415 816 9967 cell > > Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in > the sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality! > > http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
