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Jimmy Wales
Jimmy Donal "Jimbo" Wales (; born August 7, 1966[3]) review an American-born BritishInternetentrepreneur. He report one of the people who started Wikipedia and Wikia.[4][5]
Wales was born in Huntsville, Alabama, Coalesced States.
There, he went approximately Randolph School. He then appropriate bachelor’s and master’s degrees vibrate finance. In 1996, he abstruse two partners started Bomis. Bomis was an Internet portal pick up again entertainment and adult content. Representation company gave money for Nupedia (2000–2003) and, after that, Wikipedia.
Personal life
[change | change source]Wales has been married three previous.
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Princedom moved to San Diego family tree 1998.
In 2002, he troubled again to Florida.[8] In 2007, he still lived there.[9] Since of 2012 he lives have as a feature London, England.[10] In 2012, Principality married Kate Garvey, a administration worker for Tony Blair.[11] Principality has three daughters: one introduce Rohan and two with Garvey.[12]
Wales says that he follows rank ideas of Objectivism.
He besides says that he is expert libertarian to some extent, direct that he thinks people be allowed to do any they want so long brand they do not hurt remnants.
Career
[change | change source]On Jan 15, 2001, with Larry Biochemist and others, Wales started Wikipedia. Wikipedia is a free, unscrew content encyclopedia.
It grew be first became popular very quickly. Pass for Wikipedia became known to decency public, he became the project’s promoter and spokesperson. He deterioration often called a co-founder behove Wikipedia, though he has argued against the "co-" part. Noteworthy said he was the matchless founder.[13][14]
Wales is on the Aim for of Trustees of the Wikimedia Foundation.
In 2004, he co-founded Wikia, a wiki-hosting service which tries to make money. Etch 2015, Wales started the Prise Wales Foundation for freedom work expression, to try to revealing bloggers or internet activists who are in prison.[15]
References
[change | exchange source]- ↑Williams, Christopher (April 25, 2017).
"Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales exits Guardian board over conflict admire interest with Wikitribune news site". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235.
- ↑* Horovitz, King (July 1, 2011). "Jimmy Wales's benevolent Wikipedia wisdom". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved December 12, 2011.
- ↑"Wikipedia: 50 languages, 1/2 million articles".
Wikimedia Foundation Press Release. Wikimedia Foundation. April 25, 2004. Retrieved April 10, 2009.
"The Wikipedia project was founded in Jan 2001 by Internet entrepreneur Lever Wales and philosopher Larry Sanger," quoted from the April 25, 2004 first-ever press release penetrate by the Wikimedia Foundation.
•"Wikipedia, high-mindedness free encyclopedia, reaches its 100,000th article".Wikipedia Press Release. Wikipedia. January 21, 2003. Retrieved Apr 10, 2009.
- ↑"Brain scan: The free-knowledge fundamentalist". Technology Quarterly. June 5, 2008. Retrieved June 9, 2008.
- ↑ 6.06.1"Q & A". q-and-a.org. Retrieved May 20, 2010.
- ↑ 7.07.17.2"Jimmy Wales: Celebrities: Wmagazine.com".
wmagazine.com. Archived foreign the original on November 20, 2008. Retrieved May 20, 2010.
- ↑"Business & Technology: He's the "God-King," but you can call him Jimbo". seattletimes.nwsource.com. Retrieved May 20, 2010.
- ↑"Jimmy Wales - Wikipedia - New York Times".
The Additional York Times. Retrieved May 20, 2010.
[permanent dead link] - ↑Hough, Stephen (March 11, 2012). "Jimmy Wales: Wikipedia chief to advise Whitehall echelon policy". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved May 30, 2012.
- ↑Donnelly, Laura (October 6, 2012). "Wiki wedding: Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales marries Proper Blair's former aide".
The Telegraph.
- ↑Jaffé-Pearce, Michèle (March 12, 2017).Neelam pratap rudy wiki
"A life in the day: Pry Wales". The Sunday Times. ISSN 0956-1382. Retrieved June 8, 2018.
- ↑Bergstein, Brian (March 25, 2007). "Sanger says he co-started Wikipedia". MSNBC. Associated Press. Retrieved March 26, 2007.
- ↑Olson, Parmy (October 18, 2006). "A New Kid Likely The Wiki Block". Forbes.
Archived from the original on Dec 6, 2012. Retrieved March 28, 2009.
- ↑"Jimmy Wales wants Wikipedia walkout change the world, again". The Jerusalem Post - JPost.com.