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Jimmy Wales

Jimmy Wales

  1. Why I Don’t Host My Own Blog Anymore
    Maoxian logo Maoxian 2 days ago

    This made the blog much more stable under load, but it still crashed occasionally. Even with all this work, my blog crashed four times in 2011. Each time, my monitoring software woke me up, and I learned things like “Oh, Jimmy Wales tweeted about an...

  2. No, Wikipedia has not forgiven GoDaddy for backing SOPA
    Hacker News logo Hacker News 4 days ago

    Yet as of today, www.wikipedia.org remains nestled in the GoDaddy bosom, according to WhoIs directory records, a fact that has not gone unnoticed by some, including users of Reddit, which along with Wikipedia was among the most high-profile and active...

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    COMMERCIAL IMAGE - In this photograph taken by AP Images for Hult International Business School, Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia, speaks at Hult International Business School's Executive Speaker Series in San Francisco, CA on Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012.

    COMMERCIAL IMAGE - In this photograph taken by AP Images for Hult International Business School, Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia, speaks at Hult International Business School's Executive Speaker Series in San Francisco, CA on Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012. View Photo »

  4. Student warning! Do your homework early. Wikipedia protesting bad law on Wednesday!
    – Jimmy Wales SOURCE: Voice of Russia 4 weeks ago
  5. Five Best Friday Columns
    The Atlantic logo The Atlantic 5 days ago

    Romney needs to prove there is something beneath that by taking several different tacks in his campaign, Brooks says. "Since many people fear that he is a suck-up, it would actually help him at this point if he violated party orthodoxy in some bold and...

  6. Wikipedia Co-founder’s Top 3 Business Startup Tips
    American Banking and Market News 5 days ago

    Wales co-founded free online encyclopaedia, Wikipedia in 2001. By 2006, Time magazine had named him in its list of the world’s most influential people and today, Wikipedia is the largest information resource on the web (ranking 6th globally). ...

  7. Wikipedia Co-founder's Top 3 Business Startup Tips
    PRWeb 5 days ago

    Wales co-founded free online encyclopaedia, Wikipedia in 2001. By 2006, Time magazine had named him in its list of the world’s most influential people and today, Wikipedia is the largest information resource on the web (ranking 6th globally). ...

  8. AP Photo logo AP Photo 2 weeks ago
    Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia gestures during an interview with the Associated Press at the World Economic Forum, WEF, in Davos, Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012. Wales is fighting to stop a recent US plan to tighten anti-piracy laws and his vision for the...

    Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia gestures during an interview with the Associated Press at the World Economic Forum, WEF, in Davos, Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012. Wales is fighting to stop a recent US plan to tighten anti-piracy laws and his vision for the... View Photo »

  9. Jimmy Wales confirms that the entire English language Wikipedia will be on blackout January 18th from midnight to midnight, Eastern Standard Time. The site's 25 million daily users will redirected to an education page with a call to action. Votes are still being taken on the exact implementation.
    SOURCE: Slashdot 4 weeks ago
  10. Jimmy Wales: How a ragtag band created Wikipedia
    YouTube Logo YouTube Videos 61 months ago
  11. Why isn't Facebook British?
    The Canberra Times 5 days ago
    Cartoon: IAN SHARPE

    We have all sorts of geniuses installing themselves in the vicinity of Shoreditch's Silicon Roundabout, and no less an authority than Wikipedia's Jimmy Wales says that London is now the world's best place for an internet start-up. It is not as though...

  12. We are the media, and so are you
    The Washington Post logo The Washington Post 5 days ago

    Wales, the founder of Wikipedia, and Kat Walsh are members of the Wikimedia Foundation board of trustees. It’s easy to frame the fight over SOPA and PIPA as Hollywood vs. Silicon Valley — two huge industries clashing over whose voice should dictate the...

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About Jimmy Wales

Wikipedia

Jimmy Donal "Jimbo" Wales (born August 7, 1966) is an American Internet entrepreneur known for his role in the creation of Wikipedia, a free, open-content encyclopedia launched in 2001. He serves on the Board of Trustees of the Wikimedia Foundation, holding the board-appointed "community founder" seat. In 2004, he co-founded Wikia, a privately... Full Article

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MUNICH, GERMANY - JANUARY 24: Jimmy Wales of Wikipedia speaks during the Digital Life Design conference (DLD) at HVB Forum on January 24, 2012 in Munich, Germany. ence and culture which connects business, creative and social leaders, opinion-formers and investors for crossover conversation...
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  1. MUNICH, GERMANY - JANUARY 24: Jimmy Wales of Wikipedia speaks during the Digital Life Design conference (DLD) at HVB Forum on January 24, 2012 in Munich, Germany. ence and culture which connects business, creative and social leaders, opinion-formers and investors for crossover conversation... Getty Images logo Getty Images 3 weeks ago

    MUNICH, GERMANY - JANUARY 24: Jimmy Wales of Wikipedia speaks during the Digital Life Design conference (DLD) at HVB Forum on January 24, 2012 in Munich, Germany. ence and culture which connects business, creative and social leaders, opinion-formers and investors for crossover conversation...

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  2. COMMERCIAL IMAGE - In this photograph taken by AP Images for Hult International Business School, Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia, speaks at Hult International Business School's Executive Speaker Series in San Francisco, CA on Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012. AP Photo logo AP Photo 1 week ago

    COMMERCIAL IMAGE - In this photograph taken by AP Images for Hult International Business School, Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia, speaks at Hult International Business School's Executive Speaker Series in San Francisco, CA on Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012.

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  3. LONDON - NOVEMBER 01: Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia speaks during the opening session at the London Cyberspace Conference on November 01, 2011 in London, England. The conference, which is being attended by representatives of 60 nations, is due to address rising levels of cybercrime... Getty Images logo Getty Images 3 months ago

    LONDON - NOVEMBER 01: Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia speaks during the opening session at the London Cyberspace Conference on November 01, 2011 in London, England. The conference, which is being attended by representatives of 60 nations, is due to address rising levels of cybercrime...

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  4. US Internet entrepreneur Jimmy Wales, co-founder of Wikipedia, speaks during the opening session at the London Cyberspace Conference in London November 1, 2011. Government officials, tech firms, NGOs, bloggers and security experts from more than 60 countries are at the two-day talks in... Getty Images logo Getty Images 3 months ago

    US Internet entrepreneur Jimmy Wales, co-founder of Wikipedia, speaks during the opening session at the London Cyberspace Conference in London November 1, 2011. Government officials, tech firms, NGOs, bloggers and security experts from more than 60 countries are at the two-day talks in...

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  5. Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales gestures during the opening session at the London Cyberspace Conference in London November 1, 2011. Britain rejected calls from China and Russia for greater Internet controls on Tuesday at the opening of a major cyberspace conference but was criticised for... Reuters Pictures logo Reuters Pictures 3 months ago

    Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales gestures during the opening session at the London Cyberspace Conference in London November 1, 2011. Britain rejected calls from China and Russia for greater Internet controls on Tuesday at the opening of a major cyberspace conference but was criticised for...

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  6. Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia speaks during the opening session at the London Cyberspace Conference in London, Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2011. AP Photo logo AP Photo 3 months ago

    Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia speaks during the opening session at the London Cyberspace Conference in London, Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2011.

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  7. NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 19: (L-R) Jimmy Wales of Wikimedia, Inc. , Nathan Eagle of TXT Eagle, Alex Pentland of MIT, Human Dynamics Lab, Media Lab, Matthew Bishop of the Economist, Jeffrey Friedberg of Microsoft, Michael Hansen of Elsevier Health Sciences, and Stephen Wolfram of Wolfram Research... Getty Images logo Getty Images 4 months ago

    NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 19: (L-R) Jimmy Wales of Wikimedia, Inc. , Nathan Eagle of TXT Eagle, Alex Pentland of MIT, Human Dynamics Lab, Media Lab, Matthew Bishop of the Economist, Jeffrey Friedberg of Microsoft, Michael Hansen of Elsevier Health Sciences, and Stephen Wolfram of Wolfram Research...

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  8. NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 19: (L-R) Jimmy Wales of Wikimedia, Inc. , Nathan Eagle of TXT Eagle, and Alex Pentland of MIT, Human Dynamics Lab, Media Lab attend The Louise Blouin Foundation Presents The Fifth Annual Blouin Creative Leadership Summit - Day 1 at the Metropolitan Club on September... Getty Images logo Getty Images 4 months ago

    NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 19: (L-R) Jimmy Wales of Wikimedia, Inc. , Nathan Eagle of TXT Eagle, and Alex Pentland of MIT, Human Dynamics Lab, Media Lab attend The Louise Blouin Foundation Presents The Fifth Annual Blouin Creative Leadership Summit - Day 1 at the Metropolitan Club on September...

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  9. JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - JUNE 21: Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales sits during during a plenary session at the President's Conference June 21, 2011 in Jerusalem, Israel. Shakira, a UN Goodwill Ambassador, kicked off the conference promoting childrens Education. Getty Images logo Getty Images 7 months ago

    JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - JUNE 21: Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales sits during during a plenary session at the President's Conference June 21, 2011 in Jerusalem, Israel. Shakira, a UN Goodwill Ambassador, kicked off the conference promoting childrens Education.

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  10. Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales, attends the eG8 forum in Paris, May 24, 2011. The eG8 forum gathered "leaders of the Internet" to consider and discuss the future of the Internet and society. Reuters Pictures logo Reuters Pictures 8 months ago

    Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales, attends the eG8 forum in Paris, May 24, 2011. The eG8 forum gathered "leaders of the Internet" to consider and discuss the future of the Internet and society.

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  11. Internet Wilkipedia founder, Jimmy Wales leaves the Elysee Palace after a lunch opening the e-G8 Forum, in Paris. The two-day gathering is bringing together Internet and media world gurus like Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt, News Corp. Chairman and CEO Rupert Murdoch, and... AP Photo logo AP Photo 8 months ago

    Internet Wilkipedia founder, Jimmy Wales leaves the Elysee Palace after a lunch opening the e-G8 Forum, in Paris. The two-day gathering is bringing together Internet and media world gurus like Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt, News Corp. Chairman and CEO Rupert Murdoch, and...

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  12. FILE - In this Nov. 1, 2011 file photo, Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia speaks during the opening session at the London Cyberspace Conference in London. Wikipedia will black out the English language version of its website Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2012, to protest anti-piracy legislation... AP Photo logo AP Photo 3 months ago

    FILE - In this Nov. 1, 2011 file photo, Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia speaks during the opening session at the London Cyberspace Conference in London. Wikipedia will black out the English language version of its website Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2012, to protest anti-piracy legislation...

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  13. NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 26: Keynote speaker Clayton Christensen, Jane Rose, Wikipedia creator Jimmy Wales, Stanford University's Paul Romer, Craig Hatkoff and Tribeca's Jennifer Maguire Isham attend the Disruptive Innovation Awards at The 2011 Tribeca Film Festival at Citibank Building On... Getty Images logo Getty Images 9 months ago

    NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 26: Keynote speaker Clayton Christensen, Jane Rose, Wikipedia creator Jimmy Wales, Stanford University's Paul Romer, Craig Hatkoff and Tribeca's Jennifer Maguire Isham attend the Disruptive Innovation Awards at The 2011 Tribeca Film Festival at Citibank Building On...

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  14. NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 26: Jane Rose, Wikipedia creator Jimmy Wales, Paul Romer of Stanford University and Dr. Kenneth Gabriel of DARPA: Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency attend the Disruptive Innovation Awards at The 2011 Tribeca Film Festival at Citibank Building On Greenwich on... Getty Images logo Getty Images 9 months ago

    NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 26: Jane Rose, Wikipedia creator Jimmy Wales, Paul Romer of Stanford University and Dr. Kenneth Gabriel of DARPA: Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency attend the Disruptive Innovation Awards at The 2011 Tribeca Film Festival at Citibank Building On Greenwich on...

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  15. NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 26: Wikipedia creator Jimmy Wales speaks at the Disruptive Innovation Awards at The 2011 Tribeca Film Festival at Citibank Building On Greenwich on April 25, 2011 in New York City. Getty Images logo Getty Images 9 months ago

    NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 26: Wikipedia creator Jimmy Wales speaks at the Disruptive Innovation Awards at The 2011 Tribeca Film Festival at Citibank Building On Greenwich on April 25, 2011 in New York City.

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  16. Wikipedia webpage in use on a laptop computer is seen in this photo illustration taken in Washington, January 17, 2012. Wikipedia, the popular community-edited online encyclopedia, will black out its English-language site for 24 hours to seek support against proposed U.S. anti-piracy... Reuters Pictures logo Reuters Pictures 4 weeks ago

    Wikipedia webpage in use on a laptop computer is seen in this photo illustration taken in Washington, January 17, 2012. Wikipedia, the popular community-edited online encyclopedia, will black out its English-language site for 24 hours to seek support against proposed U.S. anti-piracy...

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  17. The online encyclopedia Wikipedia is viewed on January 17, 2012 in Washington, DC. Free online knowledge site Wikipedia will shut down for 24 hours beginning at midnight eastern standard time in protest at draft anti-online piracy legislation before the US Congress, founder Jimmy Wales... Getty Images logo Getty Images 4 weeks ago

    The online encyclopedia Wikipedia is viewed on January 17, 2012 in Washington, DC. Free online knowledge site Wikipedia will shut down for 24 hours beginning at midnight eastern standard time in protest at draft anti-online piracy legislation before the US Congress, founder Jimmy Wales...

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  18. A journalist reads information on the online encyclopedia Wikipedia on Jauary 17, 2012 in Washington, DC. Free online knowledge site Wikipedia will shut down for 24 hours beginning at midnight eastern standard time in protest at draft anti-online piracy legislation before the US... Getty Images logo Getty Images 4 weeks ago

    A journalist reads information on the online encyclopedia Wikipedia on Jauary 17, 2012 in Washington, DC. Free online knowledge site Wikipedia will shut down for 24 hours beginning at midnight eastern standard time in protest at draft anti-online piracy legislation before the US...

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  19. NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 26: (L-R) Keynote speaker Clayton Christensen, Wikipedia creator Jimmy Wales, Paul Romer of Stanford University and Craig Hatkoff attend the Disruptive Innovation Awards at The 2011 Tribeca Film Festival at Citibank Building On Greenwich on April 25, 2011 in New York... Getty Images logo Getty Images 9 months ago

    NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 26: (L-R) Keynote speaker Clayton Christensen, Wikipedia creator Jimmy Wales, Paul Romer of Stanford University and Craig Hatkoff attend the Disruptive Innovation Awards at The 2011 Tribeca Film Festival at Citibank Building On Greenwich on April 25, 2011 in New York...

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  20. NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 26: (L-R) Keynote speaker Clayton Christensen, Wikipedia creator Jimmy Wales and Craig Hatkoff attend the Disruptive Innovation Awards at The 2011 Tribeca Film Festival at Citibank Building On Greenwich on April 25, 2011 in New York City. Getty Images logo Getty Images 9 months ago

    NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 26: (L-R) Keynote speaker Clayton Christensen, Wikipedia creator Jimmy Wales and Craig Hatkoff attend the Disruptive Innovation Awards at The 2011 Tribeca Film Festival at Citibank Building On Greenwich on April 25, 2011 in New York City.

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  21. JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - JUNE 21: In this handout image provided by the Israeli Government Press Office (GPO), Israeli President Shimon Peres meets singer and UNICEF Goodwill ambassador Shakira on June 21, 2011 in Jerusalem, Israel. Peres will hold a press conference with pop star Shakira to... Getty Images logo Getty Images 7 months ago

    JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - JUNE 21: In this handout image provided by the Israeli Government Press Office (GPO), Israeli President Shimon Peres meets singer and UNICEF Goodwill ambassador Shakira on June 21, 2011 in Jerusalem, Israel. Peres will hold a press conference with pop star Shakira to...

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MUNICH, GERMANY - JANUARY 24: Jimmy Wales of Wikipedia speaks during the Digital Life Design conference (DLD) at HVB Forum on January 24, 2012 in Munich, Germany. ence and culture which connects business, creative and social leaders, opinion-formers and investors for crossover conversation...

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  2. U.S. Congress U.S. Congress
  3. Stop Online Piracy Act
  4. Twitter Twitter
  5. Wikimedia Foundation Wikimedia Foundation
  6. PROTECT IP Act

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  1. Student warning! Do your homework early. Wikipedia protesting bad law on Wednesday!
    – Jimmy Wales SOURCE: Voice of Russia 4 weeks ago
  2. Jimmy Wales confirms that the entire English language Wikipedia will be on blackout January 18th from midnight to midnight, Eastern Standard Time. The site's 25 million daily users will redirected to an education page with a call to action. Votes are still being taken on the exact implementation.
    SOURCE: Slashdot 4 weeks ago
  3. Student warning! Do your homework early. Wikipedia protesting bad law on Wednesday!
    – Jimmy Wales SOURCE: Voice of Russia 4 weeks ago
  4. I donated to get Brandon Harris’ picture off the top. I didn’t mind Jimmy Wales’ piercing gaze but Brandon was just disturbing
    SOURCE: TechCrunch 2 months ago
  5. PIPA is still extremely dangerous
    – Jimmy Wales SOURCE: Tech Digest 4 weeks ago
  6. Each time I go to Wikipedia, I see a photo of Jimmy Wales. It's as if he's watching over all of us … it's the wikiopticon
    SOURCE: The Atlantic 2 months ago
  7. Today Wikipedians from around the world have spoken about their opposition to this destructive legislation
    – Jimmy Wales SOURCE: Webindia123 4 weeks ago
  8. Unfortunately, Sarkozy’s view on the internet is that it must be controlled and regulated. And at the G8 meeting, President Medvedev was the only leader to say something sensible whatsoever. So I think the headline of the story should be that Jimmy Wales says that President Medvedev is the only world le...
    SOURCE: Forbes 2 months ago
  9. The overwhelming majority of participants support community action to encourage greater public action in response to these two bills. Today Wikipedians from around the world have spoken about their opposition to this destructive legislation
    – Jimmy Wales SOURCE: NewsX 4 weeks ago
  10. Sometimes Jimmy Wales likes to say that this was a problem that he saw and assigned me to solve it ... But this was a problem I could see perfectly well by myself, that it simply wasn’t growing fast enough. I could see that as early as the summer of 2000. The first change we made was to change it from a...
    – Larry Sanger SOURCE: The Next Web 2 months ago
  11. Wikipedians from around the world have spoken about their opposition to this destructive legislation ... This is an extraordinary action for our community to take - and while we regret having to prevent the world from having access to Wikipedia for even a second, we simply cannot ignore the fact that SO...
    – Jimmy Wales SOURCE: iTWire 4 weeks ago
  12. I was going to transfer SangersReveiw.com into what would probably now be called a cultural blog ... It would be a review of developments in politics, culture and so forth. I sent ’round a sort of proposal, looking for people to feed in some ideas for this, and one of the people I sent it to was an acqu...
    SOURCE: The Next Web 2 months ago
  13. It’s hard to imagine Google forgoing a day’s worth of revenues
    – Jimmy Wales SOURCE: Newsweek 4 weeks ago
  14. There was a very strange back-and-forth between Jimmy Wales and I
    SOURCE: The Next Web 2 months ago
  15. I actually proposed a number of other things first ... Ways that would be much more appealing to the public, but they all involved a lot of programming at our end. Jimmy Wales was a tight-wad, he was a typical CEO. He’d already spent all the money he had essentially set aside for Nupedia – which wasn’t ...
    SOURCE: The Next Web 2 months ago
  16. A personal appeal from Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales
    SOURCE: Ars Technica 2 months ago
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