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|image = Jimbo.jpg | |image = Jimbo.jpg | ||
|name = Jimmy Donal 'Jimbo' Wales | |name = Jimmy Donal 'Jimbo' Wales | ||
|age = | |age = born 7 August | ||
|gender = {{tag|Male Wiki People|Male}} | |gender = {{tag|Male Wiki People|Male}} | ||
|other names= Jimbo Wales | |other names= Jimbo Wales, Internet guy | ||
|nationality= {{tag|United States|American}} | |nationality= {{tag|United States|American}} | ||
|languages = {{language|en|N}} | |languages = {{language|en|N}} | ||
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|status = Active | |status = Active | ||
|website = [http://JimmyWales.com JimmyWales.com] | |website = [http://JimmyWales.com JimmyWales.com] | ||
|contacts = | |contacts = https://Twitter.com/jimmy_wales | ||
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'''Jimmy Donal 'Jimbo' Wales''' is an American [[:Category:Internet|Internet]] entrepreneur.<ref name=About>[http:// | '''Jimmy Donal 'Jimbo' Wales''', born 7 August, 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 and projects, 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 '[[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 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?]]''. | ||
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==Wikis== | ==Wikis== | ||
*[[English Wikipedia]] — [[founder]] | *[[English Wikipedia]] — [[founder]] | ||
*{{tag|Wikimedia Foundation}} — founder | |||
*[[Wikia Community Central (en)|Wikia Community Central]] — {{tag|Wikia Staff|President}} | *[[Wikia Community Central (en)|Wikia Community Central]] — {{tag|Wikia Staff|President}} | ||
*[[Uncyclowikia]] | *[[Uncyclowikia]] | ||