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{{Personal infobox | {{Personal infobox | ||
|image = Jimbo.jpg | |image = Jimbo.jpg | ||
|name = Jimmy Wales | |name = Jimmy Donal 'Jimbo' Wales | ||
|gender = {{tag|Male Wiki People|Male}} | |gender = {{tag|Male Wiki People|Male}} | ||
|other names = Jimbo | |age = | ||
|nationality = {{tag|United States| | |other names = Jimbo Wales | ||
|nationality = {{tag|United States|American}} | |||
|resides = {{tag|London}} | |||
|languages = English | |languages = English | ||
|home wiki = [[English Wikipedia]], {{tag|Wikia}} | |home wiki = [[English Wikipedia]], {{tag|Wikia}} | ||
|status = Active | |status = Active | ||
}} | }} | ||
'''Jimmy Donal | '''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 | 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, twice married and twice divorced, now lives in {{tag|London}}. | Wales, twice married and twice divorced, now lives in {{tag|London}}. | ||