Jimmy Wales

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Jimmy-wales-frankfurt2005-alih03.jpg/400px-Jimmy-wales-frankfurt2005-alih03.jpg Jimbo looking serious at the 2005 Wikimania in Frankfurt

Jimmy Donal "Jimbo" Wales, born August 6, 1966 in Huntsville, Alabama, is an American Internet entrepreneur, and on January 15, 2001 founded Wikipedia, the worlds largest Internet encyclopedia. Wales is also Chair Emeritus of the 'not for profit' 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 divorced, now lives in London.

Links

• Jimmy Wales blog
• Wikipedia article
  • Role of Jimmy Wales on Wikipedia
  • In defense of "The Boss" – a brief essay about Jimmy Wales on Wikipedia
  • Argumentum ad Jimbonem – another 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 Jimmy has contacts with important folks!