Wales: Wikileaks Is Not A Wiki

The thrust of Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales’ comments at a business conference in Kuala Lumpur was that Wikileaks may have good intentions but it is a reckless enterprise that could “get people killed.” And it’s not a wiki:

Wales also expressed irritation over the website’s use of the term “Wiki” in its name, which refers to a site that allows different users to collaborate and make contributions.

“I would distance myself from WikiLeaks, I wish they wouldn’t use the name, they are not a Wiki. A big way they got famous in the first place was by using the word Wiki, which was unfortunate in my view,” he said at a business conference in Kuala Lumpur.

Wikipedia’s wiki entry.