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{{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}} | |||
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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| | '''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?]]''. | ||
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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]] | ||