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{{Personal infobox | {{Personal infobox | ||
|image | |image = Jimbo.jpg | ||
|gender | |name = Jimmy Donal 'Jimbo' Wales | ||
|other names = Jimbo Wales | |age = | ||
|nationality = {{tag|United States|American}} | |gender = {{tag|Male Wiki People|Male}} | ||
|residence | |other names= Jimbo Wales | ||
|nationality= {{tag|United States|American}} | |||
|home wiki | |languages = English | ||
|status | |residence = {{tag|London}}, {{tag|England}} | ||
|home wiki = [[English Wikipedia]], {{tag|Wikia}} | |||
|status = Active | |||
|website = [http://JimmyWales.com JimmyWales.com] | |||
}} | }} | ||
'''Jimmy Donal | '''Jimmy Donal 'Jimbo' Wales''' is an American [[:Category:Internet|Internet]] entrepreneur.<ref name=About>[http://jimmywales.com/about-jimmy/ About Jimmy Wales], JimmyWales.com</ref> On 15 January [[:Category:FoundedIn2001|2001]], Wales together with [[Larry Sanger]] co-founded {{tag|Wikipedia}}, now the world's largest Internet [[:Category:Encyclopedia|encyclopedia]].<ref name=About/> Wales is also the founder and Chairman Emeritus of the '[[:Category:Nonprofit|non-profit]]' {{tag|Wikimedia Foundation}} (WMF), itself founded June [[:Category:FoundedIn2003|2003]], which owns and runs Wikipedia and its related sites, totalling over 850 wikis.<ref name=About/> Subsequently, in [[:Category:FoundedIn2004|2004]], Wales, along with his then new business partner [[Angela Beesley Starling|Angela Starling]], co-founded {{tag|Wikia}}, a commercial [[wiki farm]].<ref name=About/> | ||
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 [[Assume good faith|faith]] that any of the 2,000 other [[Wikipedian]]s who monitor his page via their '[[watchlist]]s' 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}}, United Kingdom. He has been listed one of '100 Most Influential People' by Time Magazine.<ref name=About/> | ||
==Wikis== | ==Wikis== | ||
*[[English Wikipedia]] — [[founder]] | *[[English Wikipedia]] — [[founder]] | ||
*[[Wikia Community Central (en)|Community Central]] — {{tag|Wikia Staff|President}} | *[[Wikia Community Central (en)|Wikia Community Central]] — {{tag|Wikia Staff|President}} | ||
*[[Uncyclowikia]] | *[[Uncyclowikia]] | ||
*[[Wikianswers]] — [[sysop]], [[check user]] | *[[Wikianswers]] — [[sysop]], [[check user]] | ||
[[Category:Wikimedia Foundation people]] | |||
[[Category:Wikia people]] | ==See also== | ||
*[[:Category:Wikimania|Wikimania]] | |||
==References== | |||
<references/> | |||
==External links== | |||
*[http://JimmyWales.com JimmyWales.com] — official blog homepage | |||
*[https://Twitter.com/jimmy_wales Jimmy Wales Twitter feed] | |||
*[https://Facebook.com/jimmywalesfans/ Jimmy Wales fans Facebook page] | |||
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[[Category:Wikimedia Foundation|*]] | |||
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[[Category:Wikia|*]] | |||
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