It was always just a matter of time before Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales had a run-in with The Chaser. Andrew Hansen, one of five stars of the hit satirical ABC television program, ambushed Wales’s question-and-answer session at the education.au conference in Sydney this morning.
Wales had just finished giving his keynote speech at the Hilton hotel, during which he brought the audience of about 150 educators up to speed on the ins and outs of Wikipedia and his newer for-profit venture, Wikia. He explained how his collaborative online encyclopedia, which has copped significant flack of late over the apparent ease at which anyone can add erroneous and libellous information, was best used by teachers and students - as a source of background information, rather than a quoteable reference.
Source: www.theage.com.au