# The birth of Wikipedia

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDGlobal 2005
- Speaker: Jimmy Wales
- Year: 2005
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Computer science, Business and management
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/jimmy_wales_the_birth_of_wikipedia)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Jimmy Wales recalls how he assembled "a ragtag band of volunteers," gave them tools for collaborating and created Wikipedia, the self-organizing, self-correcting, never-finished online encyclopedia.

## Lectures

1. [The birth of Wikipedia](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/jimmy_wales_the_birth_of_wikipedia/4774253adccc), 20 min (TED's player)