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{{ | {{Personal infobox | ||
|image = Jimbo.jpg | |image = Jimbo.jpg | ||
|name = Jimmy Wales | |name = Jimmy Wales | ||
|gender = {{tag|Male Wiki People|Male}} | |||
|other names = Jimbo, Mr. Wales | |other names = Jimbo, Mr. Wales | ||
|nationality = {{tag|United States|USA}} | |nationality = {{tag|United States|USA}} | ||
|languages = English}} | |languages = English | ||
|home wiki = [[English Wikipedia]], {{tag|Wikia}} | |||
'''Jimmy Donal "Jimbo" Wales''' is an American [[:Category:Internet|Internet]] entrepreneur, and on January 15, [[:Category:FoundedIn2001|2001]] co-founded, with [[Larry Sanger]], {{tag|Wikipedia}}, the world's largest Internet [[:Category:Encyclopedia|encyclopedia]]. Wales is also Chairman Emeritus of the '[[:Category:Nonprofit| | |status = Active | ||
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'''Jimmy Donal "Jimbo" Wales''' is an American [[:Category:Internet|Internet]] entrepreneur, and on January 15, [[:Category:FoundedIn2001|2001]] co-founded, with [[Larry Sanger]], {{tag|Wikipedia}}, the world's largest Internet [[:Category:Encyclopedia|encyclopedia]]. Wales is also Chairman Emeritus of the '[[:Category:Nonprofit|non-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 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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==Wikis== | ==Wikis== | ||
*[[English Wikipedia]] | *[[English Wikipedia]] — [[founder]] | ||
*[[Wikia Community Central (en)|Community Central]] | *[[Wikia Community Central (en)|Community Central]] — {{tag|Wikia Staff|President}} | ||
*[[Uncyclowikia]] | *[[Uncyclowikia]] | ||
*[[Wikianswers]] | *[[Wikianswers]] — [[sysop]], [[check user]] | ||
[[Category:Wikipedia|*]] | |||
[[Category:Wiki People]] | [[Category:Wiki People]] | ||
[[Category:Wikimedia Foundation]] | [[Category:Wikimedia Foundation|*]] | ||
[[Category:Wikimedia people]] | [[Category:Wikimedia Foundation people| ]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Wikia|*]] | ||
[[Category:Wikia people]] | [[Category:Wikia people| ]] | ||