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*Jimbo looking serious at the 2005 Wikimania in Frankfurt | |||
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'''Jimmy Donal "Jimbo" Wales''', born August 6, 1966 in [[wp:Huntsville, Alabama|Huntsville, Alabama]], is an [[:Category:United States|American]] [[:Category:Internet|Internet]] entrepreneur, and on January 15, 2001 founded {{tag|Wikipedia}}, the worlds largest Internet [[:Category:Encyclopedia|encyclopedia]]. Wales is also Chair Emeritus of the 'not for profit' {{tag|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 {{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 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 ''[[wp:Wikipedia:What Would Jimbo Do?|What Would Jimbo Do?]]''. | |||
Wales, twice married and divorced, now lives in {{tag|London}}. | |||
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[[Category: | *[http://blog.jimmywales.com Jimmy Wales blog] | ||
[[Category:Wiki People]] | *[[wp:Jimmy Wales|Wikipedia article]] | ||
**[[wp:Wikipedia:Role of Jimmy Wales|Role of Jimmy Wales on Wikipedia]] | |||
**[[wp:Wikipedia:In defense of "The Boss"|In defense of "The Boss"]] – a brief essay about Jimmy Wales on Wikipedia | |||
**[[wp:Wikipedia:Argumentum ad Jimbonem|Argumentum ad Jimbonem]] – another essay about Jimmy, warning not to quote what Jimmy said as 'the truth' | |||
**[[wp:Category:Wikipedia Jimbo Wales|Category:Wikipedia Jimbo Wales]] | |||
*[[commons:Category:Jimmy Wales|Gallery of Jimmy Wales images]] – at Wikimedia Commons | |||
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*Jimmy has contacts with important folks! | |||
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