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  2. 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 ...

  3. Wikipedia : Role of Jimmy Wales

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    Since 2008, Jimmy Wales is (additionally to the Chairman Emeritus) granted the "Founder's seat" on the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees, the ultimate corporate authority of the Wikimedia Foundation. [7] [8] Although Wales founded Wikipedia together with Larry Sanger, there is only one Founder's seat on the board. [9]

  4. Bomis - Wikipedia

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    Larry Sanger met Jimmy Wales through an e-mail communication group about philosophy and objectivism, [12] [20] [58] and joined Bomis in May, 1999. [86] Sanger was a graduate student working towards a PhD degree in philosophy, with research focused on epistemology ; [ 20 ] [ 23 ] [ 87 ] he received his degree from Ohio State University , [ 88 ...

  5. WT Social - Wikipedia

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    WT.Social, also known as WikiTribune Social, WT or Trust Café, is a microblogging and social networking service on which users contribute to "subwikis". It was founded in October 2019 by Wikipedia cofounder Jimmy Wales as an alternative to Facebook and Twitter. [1]

  6. Founders of Wikipedia - Wikipedia

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    Jimmy Wales (born 1966), American-British internet entrepreneur; See also. History of Wikipedia § Founding of Wikipedia This page was last edited on 21 May 2023, at ...

  7. User:Jimbo Wales - Wikipedia

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    Jimmy Wales on Quora – Jimmy has answered hundreds of questions on Quora, many of which concern Wikipedia; Jimbo Wales user-subpages – List of all the pages that begin with User:Jimbo Wales; Contributions – Jimmy's personal contributions to the English Wikipedia; History of Wikipedia – Information on the founding of the Wikipedia ...

  8. WikiTribune - Wikipedia

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    A screenshot of the site in January 2018. WikiTribune was founded by Jimmy Wales and Orit Kopel. [7] Initial crowdfunding for the site was completed in May 2017, raising over £137,000, as well as around £400,000 from donors such as Google, Craig Newmark and the News Integrity Initiative.

  9. Wikipedia co-founder launches Wikitribune to fight fake news

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    Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales hopes to tackle fake news with a journalism outfit of his own. Wikitribune will be free to access and use crowdfunding to hire experienced reporters. They'll work ...