Jimmy Wales
 Jimmy Wales in 2005 | |
| Jimmy Donal 'Jimbo' Wales | |
|---|---|
| Age: | born 7 August |
| Gender: | Male |
| Other names: | Jimbo Wales, Internet guy |
| Nationality: | American |
| Language(s): | English |
| Residence: | London, England, United Kingdom |
| Home wiki(s): | English Wikipedia, Wikia |
| Editing status: | Active |
| Pers. website: | JimmyWales.com |
| Contact(s): | https://Twitter.com/jimmy_wales |
Jimmy Donal 'Jimbo' Wales, born 7 August, is an American internet entrepreneur.[1] On 15 January 2001, Wales, together with Larry Sanger, co-founded Wikipedia, which is now the world's largest internet encyclopedia, compiled of user-generated content in a wiki format.[1] Wales is also the founder and Chairman Emeritus of the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation (WMF), itself founded June 2003, which owns and runs Wikipedia and its related sites and projects,[1] totalling nearly 900 wikis. Subsequently, in 2004, Wales, along with his then new British business partner Angela Beesley, co-founded Wikia, a commercial wiki hosting service, commonly known as a wiki farm.[1]
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 own 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, England, in the 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'.[1]
Wikis
- English Wikipedia — founder
- Wikimedia Foundation — founder, Chairman Emeritus
- Wikia Community Central — President
- Wikianswers — sysop, check user
See also
References
External links
- JimmyWales.com — official WordPress blog homepage
- Jimmy Wales Twitter feed
- Jimmy Wales fans Facebook page
- The Rise of the Trash Blogs — an observational blog article on Jimmy by fellow Wikipedian Erik Möller, 4 March 2008
The following wiki people are current or former members of the Wikia staff team, and selected members of their leadership. These are dedicated folks who have either founded and / or owned the original Wikicities wiki farm in 2004; became part of the subsequent rebrand into Wikia in 2006, including its management board and senior leaders; to the current Fandom rebranding in 2016. It may also include senior members from Wikia, Inc.'s subsequent acquisitions of Gamepedia.com, D&D Beyond, Cortex RPG, Muthead, Futhead, Fanatical, and Fandomatic.
- Jimmy 'Jimbo' Wales
(co-founder and president) - Perkins Miller
(current Fandom CEO) - Avatar
- Bchwood
- BertH
- Bola
- Brandon Rhea
(VP of community) - Cooksey.michael
- CzechOut
- daNASCAT
- Ducksoup
- ForestFairy
- Gcheung28
- Grunny
- Hotsoup.6891
- JAlbor
- Jenburton
- JoePlay
- Kate.Moon
- Kirkburn
- Luchofigo85
- MarkvA
- Merrystar
- Mhadick
- Mighty No. 9
- Rappy 4187
- Raylan13
- Sannse
- Sean Colombo
- Semanticdrifter
- XD1
- Former staff [1]
- Angela Beesley
(co-founder & VP) - Gil Penchina (original CEO, Wikia)
- Craig L. Palmer (second CEO, Wikia)
- Donovan Duncan aka DoranM
(third CEO, Fandom) - sactage (summer 2013 intern)
- Scarecroe
- Toughpigs
- Trellar
- Uberfuzzy
- References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Fandom – About Us; About.Fandom.com; Wikia, Inc. / Fandom, Inc.; accessed 25 October 2021.
- ↑ Fandom – Community Central: Staff; Community.Fandom.com; Fandom Community Central; accessed 28 February 2020.