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Who knows what is going on any more? Do you? Does any one?

A funny thing happened while I was on vacation. I ran into someone I knew long ago and talked of old times. I looked up the Wikipedia page of someone he mentioned, Ed Esber. It is amazing how inaccurate it is, and he was editing it himself. I do not know Esber, never worked at his company but knew a few people who did. There is no relationship between reality and his description of himself in Wikipedia. It seems that there are just not enough people to look over the very, very large Empire you built. So everywhere one looks, there is (I am sorry to say) junk.

Now about the vacation, the page about the town says Diano Marina has a notable person Alessandro Valente who is an expert in theoretical chemistry. I was impressed, so looked him up and it seems to be a joke. He was a student in 2007 it seems and may have graduated now, but Google scholar shows very very little about him. He probably added himself as a joke.

So can any one do any thing to stop jokes and errors coming in, now that the Empire is so large? Can one still believe what Wikipedia says? Can you do anything about it? I am all out of idea. Are you? Sky is big, Emperor far away (talk) 22:41, 14 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

He's also added himself at it:Diano Marina, but without any supporting source at all? He's now gone from Diano Marina. But you could have removed him yourself, you know. Did he spoil your entire vacation? What do you propose to do with Mr Esber? What other (I am sorry to say) "junk" have you found, when not on vacation? Martinevans123 (talk) 22:49, 14 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I touched up Esber's page, as on his talk. But it is 1am here and I can not spend my vacation on jokes people add about themselves. And Volante can go back and add himself to that page, or elsewhere again in a month. Right? This is a generic problem of the sky/empire being too big now. Sky is big, Emperor far away (talk) 23:08, 14 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hello

Belongs on User talk:Jimbo Wales, not here

The following discussion has been closed. Please do not modify it.

Hello! You're a founder of Wikipedia, right? Thank you.--永続繁栄 (talk) 03:52, 1 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

ROFL 97.91.30.86 (talk) 15:19, 6 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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capricornio picoo jimmy wales Marksoulk (talk) 20:03, 28 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Not done No idea what the picture is supposed to represent but it doesn't belong in the article. --NeilN ^{talk to me} 20:11, 28 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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You Should Give more information on when the website was updated, created, etc. You should make your home page information on wikipedia. 24.183.224.207 (talk) 23:22, 20 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Jimbo doesn't edit this article directly. If you are trying to communicate with him, you may do so at his talk page.
— Berean Hunter (talk) 23:37, 20 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Daughters

The article suggests that Jimmy Wales has three daughters from two marriages (cited but the citations suggest ambiguousness). The summary says that he only has two daughters. Clarification is needed.

Five days later, nobody's fixed it. Wikipedia: always improving. - 2001:558:1400:10:E096:6DEF:CDC3:B41D (talk) 15:41, 10 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Successor

The infobox lists Florence Devouard as Jimmy Wales' "successor". Is Chair of the Wikimedia Foundation the primary "role" that we would identify with Jimmy Wales through his career, that this is the demarcation for his infobox? Seems a bit odd. - 2001:558:1400:10:E096:6DEF:CDC3:B41D (talk) 15:45, 10 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]