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  2. Wikipedia:Awards - Wikipedia

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    The Wikipedia Awards comprise the honour system of Wikipedia. Many of them are considered part of the Kindness Campaign and are meant to promote Civility and WikiLove throughout Wikipedia . Traditionally, those considered of the highest esteem are those bestowed honoris causa personally by Jimmy Wales , founder of Wikipedia .

  3. Jimmy Wales - Wikipedia

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    Wales was born in Huntsville, Alabama, on August 7, 1966; however, his birth certificate lists his date of birth as August 8. [4] His father, Jimmy Sr., [5] was a grocery store manager, while his mother, Doris Ann (née Dudley), and his grandmother, Erma, ran the House of Learning, [6] [7] a small private school in the tradition of the one-room schoolhouse, where Wales and his three siblings ...

  4. Wikimedian of the Year - Wikipedia

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    The Wikimedian of the Year is an annual award that honors Wikipedia editors and other contributors to Wikimedia projects to highlight major achievements within the Wikimedia movement, established in August 2011 by Wikipedia's co-founder Jimmy Wales.

  5. Wikipedia : Role of Jimmy Wales

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    Jimmy Wales in 2019. Jimmy Wales holds a special role in the English Wikipedia community, due to the central and vital stake he had in its founding. This has in the past included a number of roles in the community's governance, including originally having sole authority to ban editors from the site.

  6. Category:Jimmy Wales - Wikipedia

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    This page was last edited on 12 October 2024, at 12:39 (UTC).; Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; additional terms may apply.

  7. Founders of Wikipedia - Wikipedia

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    There are two co-founders of Wikipedia: Larry Sanger (born 1968), American internet project developer Jimmy Wales (born 1966), American-British internet entrepreneur

  8. Bomis - Wikipedia

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    In 2005, Wales made 18 changes to his Wikipedia biography. [25] [57] [116] He removed references to Bomis Babes as softcore pornography and erotica, [25] and Larry Sanger as co-founder of Wikipedia. [30] [39] Wales' actions were publicized by author Rogers Cadenhead, [6] [116] attracting attention from US and UK media.

  9. WikiTribune - Wikipedia

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    Jimmy Wales, co-founder of Wikipedia, announced the site in April 2017 as a for-profit site, not affiliated with Wikipedia or its support organisation, the Wikimedia Foundation. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Until October 2018, WikiTribune employed journalists with established backgrounds in the profession who researched, syndicated, and reported news. [ 6 ]