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It has him saying "I am the founder of Misplaced Pages" rather than "I am the Co-founder" of Misplaced Pages. Is this a sneaky way of getting in Jimbo's POV? ] (]) 14:24, 29 August 2016 (UTC)
It has him saying "I am the founder of Misplaced Pages" rather than "I am the Co-founder" of Misplaced Pages. Is this a sneaky way of getting in Jimbo's POV? ] (]) 14:24, 29 August 2016 (UTC)
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Jimmy is not short for James
User:Jimbo_Wales - to quote his own statement on his userpage - Hello! My name is Jimmy Wales, and this is my user page. I go by "Jimmy" in real life, but often by "Jimbo" online. People sometimes assume that "Jimmy" is only a nickname for "James", but it's actually my full first name. - Govindaharihari (talk) 04:47, 19 August 2016 (UTC)
Per BRD, the onus is on you to establish consensus for your edit. The information is reliably sourced, and Wales' statement is not a reliable source per WP:SPS. What provision, exactly, in BLP do you believe justifies the removal of the information? Regards, James (/contribs) 07:27, 19 August 2016 (UTC)
WP:BLP does not need to respect bold revert discuss. Wales statement is very strong compared to a couple of random James claims without any verification at all Govindaharihari (talk) 07:30, 19 August 2016 (UTC)
An edit on 13 August 2016 added the claim about "James" based on . That is a very by-the-way announcement where "James" could easily be the result of an editor's opinion that "Jimmy" was a nickname and that the announcement should use formal language. From Talk:Jimmy Wales/Archive 1:
My full name is 'Jimmy Donal Wales', not 'James Donald Wales' Jimbo Wales 20:55, 18 Sep 2004
My real name is Jimmy. Strange, perhaps, but true.--Jimbo Wales 09:46, 20 October 2005
From Encyclopædia Britannica :
Jimmy Wales, in full Jimmy Donal Wales (born August 8, 1966, Huntsville, Alabama, U.S. )
The source to justify "James" is not reliable for the purpose of determining the legal name of a person, and until there is evidence to support a contrary view, the existing "Jimmy" should remain. Johnuniq (talk) 07:55, 19 August 2016 (UTC)
Jimmy Wales, if you don’t consider Azerbaijani Misplaced Pages to be yours maybe you have sold it then? Who did you sell it to, Jimmi? It is being demanded from us to create articles about gays, otherwise they don’t let us work. We know you sold Kazakh Misplaced Pages to Nazarbayev. We want to know if you sold Azerbaijani Misplaced Pages to gays or to Azerbaijani government.
Jimmy Wales, your business abilities are not bad, you know how to make money. However if you sell Hebrew Misplaced Pages to Arabs, Ukrainian Misplaced Pages to Russians and Azerbaijani Misplaced Pages to Armenians (maybe you already did this), you could earn more money and give bigger salaries to your employees.
At the top of this page, it says "This talk page is only for discussions concerning Misplaced Pages's article on Jimmy Wales. It suggests that if you want to talk to Jimmy himself, you should use his own talk page. Clicking the blue link will take you there. You are more likely to get a response there, and, incidentally, more people are likely to see your comments. Here, they are just off-topic comments on a page that is about making the article better. Thank you. Etamni | ✉ | ✓10:51, 28 August 2016 (UTC)
The soundclip of Jimbo's voice
It has him saying "I am the founder of Misplaced Pages" rather than "I am the Co-founder" of Misplaced Pages. Is this a sneaky way of getting in Jimbo's POV? Solntsa90 (talk) 14:24, 29 August 2016 (UTC)
