Interview contacts listed as Larry Sanger and Jimmy Wales

“ Paul, Minnesota, the motivation to contribute dozens of mathematics articles is "the same that motivates me to work in academia: it's fun to teach, it's fun to learn, it's fun to interact with intelligent people." ”

“ At present, nearly 200 people are working on the project daily, from all around the world; organizers estimate that the project has had well over a thousand contributors. The success of such an open project, staffed by such a large and diverse body of writers, is a puzzle: how can so many people with so many different backgrounds collaborate with such little oversight? Project organizers say that it is partly because the participants can edit each others' contributions easily, and partly because the project has a strong "nonbias" policy ”

“ The founders of Wikipedia are Internet entrepreneur Jimmy Wales and philosopher Larry Sanger. Wales has supplied the financial backing and other support for the project, and Sanger, who earned a Ph.D. in Philosophy from Ohio State in 2000, has led the project. Sanger and Wales attribute Wikipedia's success so far to the presence of a strong core group of contributors who together maintain community standards of quality and neutrality. "Participants all keep a watchful eye over the 'Recent Changes' page," Wales said. "They edit each others' work constantly. ”