Jimmy Wales: Difference between revisions
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Hoof Hearted (talk | contribs) (Undid revision 182509 by 99.247.115.190 (talk) - not really "world's" = "world is") |
Rock-O-Jello (talk | contribs) No edit summary |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
{{User infobox | {{User infobox | ||
|image = Jimbo.jpg | |image = [[File:Jimbo.jpg|300px]] | ||
|name = Jimmy Wales | |name = Jimmy Wales | ||
|real name = Jimmy Donal Wales | |||
|full name = Jimmy Donal Wales | |||
|DoB = 16 August 1966 (age 48) | |DoB = 16 August 1966 (age 48) | ||
| | |occupation = Internet entrepreneur | ||
| | |home wiki = [[English Wikipedia]]<br>[[Wikia Community Central (en)|Wikia Community Central]] | ||
| | |residence = London, ENG | ||
| | |mother tongue = {{language|en|N}} | ||
|gender = {{tag|Male Wiki People|Male}} | |||
| | |||
}} | }} | ||
'''Jimmy Donal "Jimbo" Wales''' (born August 6, 1966) is an {{tag|United States|American}} [[:Category:Internet|Internet]] entrepreneur, and on January 15, [[:Category:FoundedIn2001|2001]] founded {{tag|Wikipedia}}, the worlds largest Internet [[:Category:Encyclopedia|encyclopedia]]. Wales is also Chair Emeritus of the '[[:Category:Nonprofit| | '''Jimmy Donal "Jimbo" Wales''' (born August 6, 1966) is an {{tag|United States|American}} [[:Category:Internet|Internet]] entrepreneur, and on January 15, [[:Category:FoundedIn2001|2001]] founded {{tag|Wikipedia}}, the worlds largest Internet [[:Category:Encyclopedia|encyclopedia]]. Wales is also Chair Emeritus of the '[[:Category:Nonprofit|nonprofit]]' {{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 Beesley 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 'watchlists' 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 'watchlists' 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?]]''. | ||
| Line 17: | Line 18: | ||
Wales, twice married and twice divorced, now lives in {{tag|London}}. | Wales, twice married and twice divorced, now lives in {{tag|London}}. | ||
==See also== | |||
*[http://blog.JimmyWales.com Jimmy Wales blog] | *[http://blog.JimmyWales.com Jimmy Wales blog] | ||
*[[wp:Jimmy Wales|Wikipedia article]] | *[[wp:Jimmy Wales|Wikipedia article]] | ||
Revision as of 15:24, 5 October 2014
Jimmy Donal "Jimbo" Wales (born August 6, 1966) is an American Internet entrepreneur, and on January 15, 2001 founded Wikipedia, the worlds largest Internet encyclopedia. Wales is also Chair Emeritus of the 'nonprofit' Wikimedia Foundation (founded June 2003) which owns and runs Wikipedia and its related sites. In 2004, Wales, along with his business partner Angela Beesley Starling, co-founded Wikia, a commercial wiki farm.
Wales is passionate about the 'wiki' format – on his Wikipedia user page, he encourages others to edit his page; in the faith that any of the 2,000 other Wikipedians who monitor his page via their 'watchlists' will revert any 'bad faith' edits. For any editor who is unsure of their own motives, simply ask What Would Jimbo Do?.
Wales, twice married and twice divorced, now lives in London.
See also
- Jimmy Wales blog
- Wikipedia article
- Role of Jimmy Wales on Wikipedia
- In defense of "The Boss" – an English Wikipedia brief essay about Jimmy Wales
- Argumentum ad Jimbonem – another English Wikipedia essay about Jimmy, warning not to quote what Jimmy said as 'the truth'
- Category:Wikipedia Jimbo Wales
- Jimbo Wales user page on Wikia
- Gallery of Jimmy Wales images – at Wikimedia Commons
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/73/Creation_of_jimbo.jpg
|
