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|name = Jimmy Wales
*Jimbo looking serious at the [[Wikimania 2005|2005 Wikimania]] in [[:Category:Frankfurt|Frankfurt]]
|DoB = 16 August 1966 (age 48)
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|Occupation = Internet entrepreneur
'''Jimmy Donal "Jimbo" Wales''', born August 6, 1966 in [[wp:Huntsville, Alabama|Huntsville, Alabama]], 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|not for profit]]' {{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]].
|Home wiki = [[English Wikipedia]]<br>[[Community Central]]
|Residence = London
|Nationality = American
|Mother tongue = {{language|en|N}}
|Gender = {{tag|Male Wiki People|Male}}
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'''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|not for profit]]' {{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?]]''.
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