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|image = [[File:Jimmy Wales, 2005.jpg|280px|Profile of Jimbo Wales in 2005]] | |image = [[File:Jimmy Wales, 2005.jpg|280px|Profile of Jimbo Wales in 2005]] | ||
|name = Jimmy Donal 'Jimbo' Wales | |name = Jimmy Donal 'Jimbo' Wales | ||
|age = born 7 August | |age = ''born'' 7 August | ||
|gender = {{tag|Male Wiki People|Male}} | |gender = {{tag|Male Wiki People|Male}} | ||
|other names= Jimbo Wales, Internet guy | |other names= Jimbo Wales, Internet guy | ||
|nationality= {{tag|Wiki People from the United States|American}} | |nationality= {{tag|Wiki People from the United States|American}} | ||
|languages = | |languages = English | ||
|residence = {{tag|London}}, {{tag|England}}, | |residence = {{tag|London}}, {{tag|England}}, United Kingdom | ||
|home wiki = [[English Wikipedia]], {{tag|Wikia}} | |home wiki = [[English Wikipedia]], {{tag|Wikia}} | ||
|status = Active | |status = Active | ||
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|contacts = https://Twitter.com/jimmy_wales | |contacts = https://Twitter.com/jimmy_wales | ||
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'''Jimmy Donal 'Jimbo' Wales''', born 7 August, is an American [[:Category:Internet| | '''Jimmy Donal 'Jimbo' Wales''', born 7 August, is an American [[:Category:Internet|internet]] entrepreneur.<ref name=About>[http://JimmyWales.com/about-jimmy/ About Jimmy Wales]; JimmyWales.com; accessed 4 February 2019.</ref> On 15 January [[:Category:FoundedIn2001|2001]], Wales, together with [[Larry Sanger]], co-founded {{tag|Wikipedia}}, now the world's largest internet [[:Category:Encyclopedia|encyclopedia]].<ref name=About/> Wales is also the [[founder]] and Chairman Emeritus of the '[[:Category:Nonprofit|non-profit]]' {{tag|Wikimedia Foundation}} (WMF), itself founded June [[:Category:FoundedIn2003|2003]], which owns and runs Wikipedia and its related sites and projects,<ref name=About/> totalling nearly 900 wikis. Subsequently, in [[:Category:FoundedIn2004|2004]], Wales, along with his then new business partner [[Angela Beesley Starling|Angela Starling]], co-founded {{tag|Wikia}}, a commercial [[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 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 [[Assume good faith|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, twice married and twice divorced, now lives in {{tag|London}}, United Kingdom. He has been listed one of the '100 Most Influential People' by ''Time Magazine''.<ref name=About/> | Wales, twice married and twice divorced, now lives in {{tag|London}}, United Kingdom. He has been listed one of the '100 Most Influential People' by ''Time Magazine'', and ranked by ''Forbes Magazine'' as a 'Web Celeb'.<ref name=About/> | ||
==[[WhatIsWiki|Wikis]]== | ==[[WhatIsWiki|Wikis]]== | ||
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==External links== | ==External links== | ||
*[http://JimmyWales.com JimmyWales.com] — official blog homepage | *[http://JimmyWales.com JimmyWales.com] — official WordPress blog homepage | ||
*[https://Twitter.com/jimmy_wales Jimmy Wales Twitter feed] | *[https://Twitter.com/jimmy_wales Jimmy Wales Twitter feed] | ||
*[https://Facebook.com/jimmywalesfans/ Jimmy Wales fans Facebook page] | *[https://Facebook.com/jimmywalesfans/ Jimmy Wales fans Facebook page] | ||