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There is now a CONTENT FREEZE for Mercury while we switch to a new platform. It began on Friday, March 10 at 6pm and will end on Wednesday, March 15 at noon. No new content can be created during this time, but all material in the system as of the beginning of the freeze will be migrated to the new platform, including users and groups. Functionally the new site is identical to the old one. webteam@gatech.edu
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Web Science Lecture Series: Jimmy Wales"Wikipedia, Wikia and the Future of Free Culture"
Jimmy Wales Founder, Wikimedia Foundation
Abstract:
Jimmy Wales will discuss his work in the free culture movement, both the history of Wikipedia and the future as he sees it.
Bio:
Jimmy "Jimbo" Wales is an American Internet entrepreneur known for his role in the creation of Wikipedia, a free open content encyclopedia launched in 2001. He serves on the Board of Trustees of the Wikimedia Foundation, holding the board-appointed "community founder" seat. In 2004, he founded Wikia, a privately owned free web hosting service.
More about Wales is on his Wikipedia page:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Wales
