Jimmy Wales

Jimmy Donal Wales (dem born am August 7, 1966), dem san so know am as Jimbo Wales, be American–British Internet entrepreneur, webmaster den former financial trader. He be co-founder for de online non-profit encyclopedia Wikipedia den de for-profit wiki hosting service Fandom (formerly Wikia). He job for oda online projects top, wey dey include Bomis, Nupedia, WikiTribune, den WT Social.

Na dem born Wales insyd Huntsville, Alabama, wer he attend de Randolph School. He earn bachelor's den master's degrees insyd finance from Auburn University den de University of Alabama, respectively. Insyd graduate school, Wales teach at two universities; he depart before he plete PhD make he take a job insyd finance den later he work as de research director of Chicago Options Associates. 

Insyd 1996, Wales den two partners found Bomis, web portal dem know for featuring erotic photographs. Bomis provide de initial funding for de free peer-reviewed encyclopedia Nupedia (2000–2003). For January 15, 2001, plus Larry Sanger den odas, Wales launch Wikipedia, free open-content encyclopedia wey enjoy rapid growth den popularity. As ein public profile grow, Wales cam turn ein promoter den spokesman. Though he be historically credited as co-founder, he dispute dis, wey he dey declare ein self de sole founder.

Wales dey serve for de Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees top, de charity wey he help establish make e operate Wikipedia, dey hold ein board-appointed "community founder" seat. Wales dey give an annual "State of the Wiki" address at de Wikimania conference.Toor, Amar (July 15, 2012). "Jimmy Wales, Mary Gardiner address Wikipedia's gender gap at Wikimania conference". The Verge. Archived from the original on July 8, 2017. Retrieved December 26, 2017. For ein role in make he create Wikipedia, Time name am one of "The 100 Most Influential People in the World" insyd 2006.

 Publications 

 Brooks, Robert; Corson, Jon; Wales, Jimmy Donal (1994). "The Pricing of Index Options When the Underlying Assets All Follow a Lognormal Diffusion". Advances in Futures and Options Research. 7. SSRN 5735.
 Wales, Jimmy; Weckerle, Andrea (December 31, 2008). "Foreword". In Fraser, Matthew; Dutta, Soumitra (eds.). Throwing Sheep in the Boardroom: How Online Social Networking Will Transform Your Life, Work and World (1st ed.). Wiley. ISBN 978-0-470-74014-9. OCLC 233939846.
 Wales, Jimmy; Weckerle, Andrea (January 8, 2009). "Commentary: Create a tech-friendly U.S. government". CNN. Archived from the original on August 16, 2011. Retrieved December 29, 2009.
 Wales, Jimmy; Weckerle, Andrea (February 10, 2009). "Foreword". In Powell, Juliette (ed.). 33 Million People in the Room: How to Create, Influence, and Run a Successful Business with Social Networking (1st ed.). Financial Times Press. ISBN 978-0-13-715435-7. OCLC 244066502.
 Wales, Jimmy; Weckerle, Andrea (March 3, 2009). "Foreword". In Weber, Larry (ed.). Marketing to the Social Web: How Digital Customer Communities Build Your Business (2nd ed.). Wiley. ISBN 978-0-470-41097-4. OCLC 244060887.
 Wales, Jimmy (March 17, 2009). "Foreword". In Lih, Andrew (ed.). The Wikipedia Revolution: How a Bunch of Nobodies Created the World's Greatest Encyclopedia (1st ed.). Hyperion. ISBN 978-1-4013-0371-6. OCLC 232977686.
 Wales, Jimmy; Weckerle, Andrea (March 30, 2009). "Most Define User-Generated Content Too Narrowly". Advertising Age. 80. Archived from the original on July 18, 2012. Retrieved May 4, 2009.
 Wales, Jimmy; Weckerle, Andrea (December 28, 2009). "Keep a Civil Cybertongue". The Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on May 19, 2017. Retrieved August 8, 2017.
 Mons, B.; Ashburner, M.; Chichester, C.; Van Mulligen, E.; Weeber, M.; Den Dunnen, J.; Van Ommen, G. J.; Musen, M.; Cockerill, M.; Hermjakob, H.; Mons, A.; Packer, A.; Pacheco, R.; Lewis, S.; Berkeley, A.; Melton, W.; Barris, N.; Wales, J.; Meijssen, G.; Moeller, E.; Roes, P.; Borner, K.; Bairoch, A. (2008). "Calling on a million minds for community annotation in WikiProteins". Genome Biology. 9 (5): R89. doi:10.1186/gb-2008-9-5-r89. ISSN 1465-6906. PMC 2441475. PMID 18507872.

link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:293_GD-Preis_5524_crop.jpg|thumb|Wales for de 2011 Gottlieb Duttweiler Awards Show
link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Maastricht-39e_Diesviering_in_de_St._Janskerk_(Universiteit_Maastricht)_(37).JPG|thumb|Wales dey receive honorary doctorate from Maastricht University, 2015
link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Jimmy_Wales_Accepting_the_Dan_David_Prize.jpg|thumb|Jimmy Wales dey accept de Dan David Prize for de Tel Aviv University, 2015

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 Bibliography 

 Poe, Marshall (September 2006). "The Hive". The Atlantic Monthly. 298 (2): 86–94. Archived from the original on July 4, 2008. Retrieved February 29, 2008.

 Read further 

 "Wikimania: Meet the Wikipedians. Those "persnickety," techy types who keep your favorite Internet information website brimming with data." 60 Minutes: Morley Safer interviewing Jimmy Wales. First aired on April 5, 2015. Rebroadcast on July 26, 2015.
 Wales, Jimmy (July 2005). "The birth of Wikipedia – Jimmy Wales recalls how he assembled "a ragtag band of volunteers," gave them tools for collaborating and created Wikipedia, the self-organizing, self-correcting, never-finished online encyclopedia". TED talks.
 On Being w/Krista Tippett Archived January 9, 2017, at de Wayback Machine; Jimmy Wales – The Sum of All Human Knowledge (broadcast WAMU American University) September 11, 2016
 "Wikipedia Founder Jimmy Wales is Taking on Facebook and the Dangers Lurking in the Rise of Artificial Intelligence", by Fred Guterl, Newsweek, December 12, 2019.

 External links 
Jimmy Wales at Wikipedia ein sisto projects
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 Discussions from Meta-Wiki

 Official website
 Jimmy Wales at IMDb 
 Jimmy Wales on Charlie Rose
 Appearances on C-SPAN
 Jimmy Wales at TED 
Roberts, Russ (March 9, 2009). "Wales on Wikipedia". EconTalk. Library of Economics and Liberty.
 Wikipedia:Role of Jimmy Wales, Wales ein role insyd de English Wikipedia as described by ein editors
 You can look it up: The Wikipedia story – excerpt from de 2014 book The Innovators
 Wikipedia userpage
 Wikia userpage
 Wales, Jimmy (December 9, 2016). "How Wikipedia Works". cato.org. Cato Institute. Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia, discusses the site, how it's treated by governments, and how it's fueled by its users.
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