Jimmy Wales
Business Person and Blogger
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Wikipedia founder creates help site for homeless...Fla. -- The founder of the popular online encyclopedia Wikipedia has created a new Web site that helps Tampa Bay area's homeless. Jimmy Wales was in town Friday to introduce the launch of tampabayhomeless.wikia.com. The project creates an... In this article: Wikipedia, Jimmy Wales, San Francisco, The Miami Herald, Tampa Bay Area, Los Angeles, and Florida |
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St. Petersburg Times | 13 hours ago
Wikipedia founder creates on-line source of help for Tampa Bay's homeless
...third of its kind in the world. The first two were created in San Francisco, where Wikipedia operations are based, and Los Angeles, Wales said. Wales established himself as an Internet entrepreneur by inventing Wikipedia.org, an online...
In this article: Wikipedia, Tampa Bay, Bill Gates, YouTube, Facebook, and Tampa Bay Area
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Telegraph.co.uk - All news | 3 days ago
Edward McMillanScott MEP an apology
...for any embarrassment caused by any contrary impression our article may have given. Published: 4:45PM GMT 17 Nov 2009 Jimmy Wales, co-founder of Wikipedia, tells Emma Barnett of the site's 'increasing focus on quality and...
In this article: Wikipedia, Michal Kaminski, British Airways, and South Africa
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Scottish man removed from transAtlantic flight for 'unruly behaviour'
...is alleged to have caused on the flight. Mr Lehmacher said there did not appear to have been any kind of terrorist threat. Jimmy Wales, co-founder of Wikipedia, tells Emma Barnett of the site's 'increasing focus on quality and...
In this article: US Airways, Boston, Atlantic, London, and Wikipedia
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Independent.ie | 3 days ago
Jimmy Wales interview: Wikipedia is focusing on accuracy
Emma Barnett meets Jimmy Wales, the co-founder of Wikipedia, in Monaco. Jimmy Wales says Wikipedia is focusing on accuracy. Photo: Getty Images Jimmy Wales is eating dinner alongside Princess Caroline of Monaco. Web royalty has come to...
In this article: Wikipedia, Wikia, Arabic Wikipedia, Finnish Wikipedia, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Wikia Search, Princess Caroline of Monaco, Wikimedia Foundation, and Princess Caroline
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ResourceShelf | 7 days ago
Listen Online: BBC Radio Interview: Jimmy Wales Wants to Make Wikipedia More Worldly
Listen Online: BBC Radio Interview: Jimmy Wales Wants to Make Wikipedia More "Worldly" « New Projects: Internet Archive Takes Lead in Preserving and Bringing Reliabilty to Shortened URL's Listen Online: BBC Radio Interview: Jimmy Wales...
In this article: Wikipedia, China, Internet Archive, BBC World Service, Taiwan, In Africa, and India
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BBC News | November 13, 2009
Next steps
Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales has big ambitions for the developing world Expansion into Africa and other non-English speaking areas is a top priority for Wikipedia, site founder Jimmy Wales has said. Speaking on the BBC World Service's...
In this article: Wikipedia, BBC World Service, Africa, China, Taiwan, and India
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All things digital – all feeds - ATD | November 06, 2009
Jimmy Wales on Wikipedia Quality and Tips for Contributors [Voices]
News, analysis and opinion about the digital revolution. Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales said Friday that the online encyclopedia aspires to be a higher-quality source of information but added that mainstream publications could learn from...
In this article: Wikipedia, Dow Jones, New York, The Wall Street Journal, and New York Times
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CNET News.com | November 06, 2009
Jimmy Wales on what's next for Wikipedia
...next for Wikipedia and why the site needs geeks of all kinds. If you've ever written something about Jimmy Wales and posted it online, chances are he's read it. He mentions a Twitter post I made, prior to our interview, asking whether...
In this article: Wikipedia, CNET News, Wikimedia, Wikia, Twitter, and Microsoft
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The Register | November 05, 2009
Wikipedia's founder gets EUR10K coolness credit
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Description from Wikipedia:
Jimmy Donal "Jimbo" Wales (pronounced: /ˈdoʊnəl weɪlz/; born August 7, 1966) is an American Internet entrepreneur and a co-founder and promoter of Wikipedia. •
Wales was born in Huntsville, Alabama. He attended a small private school, a university preparatory school, and then earned bachelor's and master's degrees in finance. While in graduate school, he taught at two universities. Wales later took a job in finance, and worked as the research director of a Chicago futures and options firm for several years. In 1996, he and two partners founded Bomis, a web portal that targeted males, and which hosted, and provided the initial funding for, the peer-reviewed encyclopedia Nupedia (2000–2003) and for its successor, Wikipedia.
In 2001, together with Larry Sanger and others, Wales helped launch Wikipedia, a free, open-content encyclopedia which subsequently enjoyed rapid growth and popularity.
As Wikipedia's public profile grew, Wales became the project's promoter and spokesman. Wales is historically cited as the co-founder of Wikipedia, though he has disputed the "co-" designation in declaring himself the sole founder. He serves on the Board of Trustees of the Wikimedia Foundation, the non-profit charitable organization which operates Wikipedia. He holds its board-appointed "community founder" seat. In 2004, he co-founded Wikia, a privately-owned, free Web-hosting service, with fellow Wikimedia trustee Angela Beesley.
- Name At Birth:
- Jimmy Donal Wales
- Also Known As:
- Jimbo (online nickname)
- Birth Date:
- August 07, 1966
- Birthplace:
- Huntsville, Alabama, U.S.
- Nationality:
- American
- Residence:
- St. Petersburg, Florida
- University Attended:
- Occupation:
- Internet entrepreneur
- Known for:
- Co-founding Wikipedia
- Member Of:
- Wikimedia Foundation, Creative Commons, Socialtext, MIT Center for Collective Intelligence (advisory board)
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