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'''Jimmy Donal | '''Jimmy Donal "Jimbo" Wales''' is an American [[:Category:Internet|Internet]] entrepreneur, and on January 15, [[:Category:FoundedIn2001|2001]] co-founded, with [[Larry Sanger]], {{tag|Wikipedia}}, the world's largest Internet [[:Category:Encyclopedia|encyclopedia]]. Wales is also Chairman Emeritus of the [[:Category:Nonprofit|non-profit]] {{tag|Wikimedia Foundation}} (founded June [[:Category:FoundedIn2003|2003]]) which owns and runs Wikipedia and its related sites. In [[:Category:FoundedIn2004|2004]], Wales, along with his business partner [[Angela Starling]], co-founded {{tag|Wikia}}, a commercial [[wiki farm]]. | ||
Wales is passionate about the "[[wiki]]" format – on his [[wp:User:Jimbo Wales|Wikipedia user page]], he encourages others to edit his page; in the faith that any of the 2,000 other [[Wikipedian]]s who monitor his page via their [[watchlist]]s will revert any "bad faith" edits. For any editor who is unsure of their own motives, simply ask ''[[wp:Wikipedia:What Would Jimbo Do?|what would Jimbo do''?]] | Wales is passionate about the "[[wiki]]" format – on his [[wp:User:Jimbo Wales|Wikipedia user page]], he encourages others to edit his page; in the faith that any of the 2,000 other [[Wikipedian]]s who monitor his page via their [[watchlist]]s will revert any "bad faith" edits. For any editor who is unsure of their own motives, simply ask ''[[wp:Wikipedia:What Would Jimbo Do?|what would Jimbo do''?]] | ||
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