How Censorship Finally Helped Wikipedia's Co-Founder

Jimmy Wales had an image problem. After bending his online encyclopedia's rules for a lover and, allegedly, for a benefactor, the Wikipedia co-founder faced rebuke and embarrassment. Then the New York Times made him a hero.

12:43 PM on Mon Jun 29 2009, by Ryan Tate, 4,731 views, 3 comments
http://valleywag.gawker.com/5303706/how-censorship-finally-helped-wikipedias-co+founder

Wikipedia to Scientologists: 'Get the F#@% Out!'

In a rather extraordinary effort to crack down on the Church of Scientology's obsessive policing of its online public image, Wikipedia has banned all IP addresses owned or affiliated with Scientology from making edits to entries on its website.

9:46 PM on Thu May 28 2009, by The Cajun Boy, 14,108 views, 30 comments
http://valleywag.gawker.com/5272366/wikipedia-to-scientologists-get-the-f-out

Valleywag: An Instruction Manual

Dear Ryan:As I head to NBC to run its Bay Area site, I'm leaving you one Silicon Valley gossip blog, used but in good condition. A few thoughts on how to keep it that way.

4:22 PM on Fri May 15 2009, by Owen Thomas, 7,040 views, 49 comments
http://valleywag.gawker.com/5256194/valleywag-an-instruction-manual

Jimmy Wales Definitely Not Getting His Wikipedia Jet Now

Did you know the founder of Wikipedia had a search engine? By the numbers, it's unlikely, since Wikia Search, Jimmy Wales's would-be Google killer, only attracted 10,000 users a month. He's now closing it.

6:11 PM on Tue Mar 31 2009, by Owen Thomas, 3,251 views, 10 comments
http://valleywag.gawker.com/5192786/jimmy-wales-definitely-not-getting-his-wikipedia-jet-now

The Web at 20: Not Quite Old Enough to Drink, Yet Drives Us to It

Dear important scientist Tim Berners-Lee: Thank you for inventing the World Wide Web 20 years ago. It's really great and stuff! But were you aware of the crimes committed in your name?

2:01 PM on Fri Mar 13 2009, by Owen Thomas, 12,050 views, 50 comments
http://valleywag.gawker.com/5169561/the-web-at-20-not-quite-old-enough-to-drink-yet-drives-us-to-it

Wikipedia Cofounder's Wiki Bailout Plan

Jimmy Wales, the scandal-prone cofounder of Wikipedia, thinks Barack Obama's first priority should be creating government websites anyone can edit. Translation: A bailout for makers of wikis.

8:32 PM on Wed Jan 7 2009, by Owen Thomas, 3,718 views, 30 comments
http://valleywag.gawker.com/5125603/wikipedia-cofounders-wiki-bailout-plan

Wikipedia's Jimmy Wales Almost Out of a Job

Imagine an online encyclopedia anyone can edit — and no one can run. With the calendar running out on 2008, Jimmy Wales, Wikipedia's sleaze-drenched cofounder, nearly lost his seat on the board. Who's in charge here?

1:38 PM on Sat Jan 3 2009, by Owen Thomas, 53,075 views, 84 comments
http://valleywag.gawker.com/5122766/wikipedias-jimmy-wales-almost-out-of-a-job

Brother, Wikipedia Wants Your Dime

The children of the world will be deprived of knowledge unless you shell out money soon, says Jimmy Wales, the sleaze-drenched cofounder of Wikipedia. Is this what Wikipedia has come to — an online telethon?

1:22 PM on Wed Dec 24 2008, by Owen Thomas, 10,824 views, 38 comments
http://valleywag.gawker.com/5117814/brother-wikipedia-wants-your-dime

Wikipedia volunteers reject dishonest donation drive

Wikipedia, to cofounder Jimmy Wales's eternal dismay, is a nonprofit project rather than a lucrative private enterprise. The online encyclopedia, home to volunteer-written disquisitions on subjects like the umlaut in names of heavy metal bands,...

12:40 PM on Fri Nov 7 2008, by Owen Thomas, 23,063 views, 25 comments
http://valleywag.gawker.com/5079643/wikipedia-volunteers-reject-dishonest-donation-drive