Personal anecdote: I was in a location where Jimmy Wales introduced himself in 2007 with a simple, "My name is Jimmy Wales, I started Wikipedia". Some 50 very s

Personal anecdote: I was in a location where Jimmy Wales introduced himself in 2007 with a simple, "My name is Jimmy Wales, I started Wikipedia". Some 50 very senior people from many industries and professions all said "thank you!" enthusiastically in response. It wasn't considered a failure or doomed in any circle I frequented 10 years ago, and I did a lot (academia, business, entrepreneurship, makers, more) -- and it wasn't so with anyone of the "general population" that I associated with. The only less-than-positive remarks I've heard about Wikipedia where from people who snarked "but anyone anywhere can change a value any time, how can you ever trust that?" Which is, of course, true -- but a variation of which applies to e.g. Encyclopedia Britannica just as well.