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|image = [[File:Jimmy Wales, 2005.jpg|280px|alt=]]<br>Jimmy Wales in 2005 | |||
|name = Jimmy Donal 'Jimbo' Wales<!--full OFFICIAL name of person--> | |||
|age = ''born:'' 7 August 1966<!--or DoB, or just year of birth; leave blank if unknown--> | |||
|gender = {{tag|Male wiki people|Male}} | |||
|other names= Jimbo Wales, Internet guy<!--birth name (if different), wiki username(s), other nickname(s)--> | |||
|nationality= ''originally:'' {{tag|Wiki people from the United States|American}}<br>''now:'' {{tag|Wiki people from the United Kingdom|British}}<ref name=British/> | |||
|languages = English | |||
|residence = {{tag|London}}, {{tag|England}}, United Kingdom<ref name=Hough/> | |||
|home wiki = [[English Wikipedia]], {{tag|Wikicities}}, {{tag|Wikia}} | |||
|status = semi-active<!--'active', 'semi-active', '[[wiki break]]', 'retired', 'deceased', etc; leave blank if unknown--> | |||
|website = [http://jimmywales.com JimmyWales.com] | |||
|contacts = https://twitter.com/jimmy_wales<!--e-mail (anti-spam e-mail), Skype, IRC, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, etc; only if ALREADY in public domain--> | |||
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'''Jimmy Donal 'Jimbo' Wales''', born 7 August 1966, is an {{tag|American}} born and raised [[:Category:Internet|internet]] entrepreneur.<ref name=About>[https://jimmywales.com/about-jimmy/ About Jimmy Wales]; ''JimmyWales.com''; accessed 4 February 2019.</ref> On 15 January [[:Category:Founded in 2001|2001]], Wales, together with [[Larry Sanger]], co-founded {{tag|Wikipedia}}, which is now the [[:Category:Earth|world's]] largest internet [[:Category:Encyclopedia|encyclopedia]], compiled of [[user]]-generated content in a [[:Category:Wiki|wiki]] format.<ref name=About/> Wales is also the [[founder]] and {{tag|Wikimedia Foundation staff|Chairman Emeritus}} of the [[:Category:Non-profit|non-profit]] {{tag|Wikimedia Foundation}} (WMF), itself founded June [[:Category:Founded in 2003|2003]], which owns and runs Wikipedia and its related sites and projects,<ref name=About/> totalling nearly 900 wiki sites. Subsequently, in [[:Category:Founded in 2004|2004]], Wales, along with his then new [[:Category:British|British]] business partner [[Angela Beesley Starling|Angela Beesley]], co-founded {{tag|Wikia}} (originally called {{tag|Wikicities}}, and now known as Fandom, Inc.), a commercial wiki hosting service, commonly known as a [[wiki farm]].<ref name=About/> | |||
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 [[Assume good faith|faith]] that any of the 2,000 other [[Wikipedian]]s who monitor his own 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 | Wales, an atheist, thrice married and twice divorced, has lived in {{tag|London}}, England, in the United Kingdom since 2012,<ref name=Hough>Hough, Stephen (11 March 2012); [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/wikipedia/9137339/Jimmy-Wales-Wikipedia-chief-to-advise-Whitehall-on-policy.html Jimmy Wales: Wikipedia chief to advise Whitehall on policy]; ''Telegraph.co.uk''; The Daily Telegraph; London, England; accessed 23 December 2022; ([https://GhostArchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.Telegraph.co.uk/technology/wikipedia/9137339/Jimmy-Wales-Wikipedia-chief-to-advise-Whitehall-on-policy.html archived 11 January 2022]).</ref> and became a {{tag|British}} citizen in 2019.<ref name=British>Wales, Jimmy (16 September 2019), @jimmy_wales; [https://twitter.com/jimmy_wales/status/1173693309115686913 I just became a UK citizen, quite happy about that. It occurs to me that perhaps a few MPs should actually take the "Life in the UK" test and study the manual!]; ''Twitter.com''; Twitter; accessed 23 December 2022.</ref> He has been listed one of the '100 Most Influential People' by ''Time Magazine'' in 2006, and ranked by ''Forbes Magazine'' as a 'Web Celeb'.<ref name=About/> | ||
===[[WhatIsWiki|Wiki sites]]=== | |||
*[[English Wikipedia]] — [[founder]] | |||
*[[Wikimedia Foundation]] — founder, {{tag|Wikimedia Foundation staff|Chairman Emeritus}} | |||
*[[Wikia Community Central (en)|Wikia Community Central]] — {{tag|Wikia staff|President}} | |||
*[[Wikia Answers|Wikianswers]] — [[sysop]], [[check user]] | |||
==See also== | ===See also=== | ||
*[ | *[[:Category:Wikimania|Wikimania]] | ||
===References=== | |||
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===External links=== | |||
[ | *[https://jimmywales.com JimmyWales.com] — official WordPress blog homepage | ||
[[ | *[https://twitter.com/jimmy_wales Jimmy Wales Twitter feed] | ||
[[Category: | *[https://www.facebook.com/jimmywalesfans/ Jimmy Wales fans Facebook page] | ||
*[http://intelligentdesigns.net/the-rise-of-the-trash-blogs/ The Rise of the Trash Blogs] — an observational blog article on Jimmy by fellow Wikipedian [[Erik Möller]], 4 March 2008 | |||
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