The founder of the world’s leading online encyclopaedia today conceded that “editing your own entry on Wikipedia is generally not a good thing”, after it was shown that he had amended his entry 18 times.
In the latest twist of controversy to affect the volunteer-compiled online resource, Jimmy Wales told Times Online that he regretted repeatedly revising the encyclopaedia’s entry on himself.
“I would discourage it,” Mr Wales admitted. “It raises a lot of questions about whether you can be unbiased about yourself and whether it’s possible to distance yourself from the story.
“I wish I hadn’t done it. It’s in poor taste.”
In common with all of its content, Wikipedia’s article on Mr Wales was written by volunteers and can be edited by anyone.