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== Seasonal greetings :) ==
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]Some time in the next few days. I haven't forgotten about the "mystery". :P &mdash; ] 04:56 ], ] (UTC)

:I forgot the cake! :) ~~ {{unsigned|Springeragh}}

*We haven't talked anytime but when i saw that today is your birthday, i just wanted to congratulate your new age =) I wish you would have a healthy, long life. The humanity needs you ;)--] (]) 02:03, 7 August 2009 (UTC)
**Wow, happy birthday Jim! --''']]''' (], ]) 02:05, 7 August 2009 (UTC)
***Happy birthday from me too, if it really is your birthday! I remember there was a mix up of dates some time before :) ≈&nbsp;]&nbsp;] 02:11, 7 August 2009 (UTC)
****Ha, what are the odds of me discovering you have a user page on your birthday? :P. Happy birthday! <span style="font-family:Segoe Media Center">]</span> <small>(] • ])</small> - 03:01, 7 August 2009 (UTC)
*****Happy birthday! I have got birthday today too, and I'm now 11. The administrators of Croatian Misplaced Pages are something tell you about me on octobar 2008. (as far I know)... I'm the youngest user on Croatian wikipedia. I think you're remember... ]--] (]) 07:44, 7 August 2009 (UTC)
*****Happy Birthday one more time, i was planning on coming tomorrow, but since everyone is here already. Thanks a lot, Jimbo, Long live the king.] (]) 16:24, 7 August 2009 (UTC)
Happy birthday, and wishing you good health and good fortune. After all, we expect you to be editing Misplaced Pages when you're in your 80s. :) ] (]) 00:50, 8 August 2009 (UTC)

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</div> What's a birthday without cake? ] (]) 23:08, 7 August 2009 (UTC)

"They say it's your birthday...well it's my birthday too, yea!"...

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] Happy Birthday, Jimmy! Hope it was a great one! Have some birthday cookies.... ] <sup>(]•])</sup> 02:37, 8 August 2009 (UTC)
:Happy Birthday from me as well! :) Best, --]<sup>'']''</sup> 02:40, 8 August 2009 (UTC)
What he said. ] (]) 05:54, 8 August 2009 (UTC)
:Happy Birthday! --] (]) 06:26, 8 August 2009 (UTC)
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::Happy birthday --] (]) 15:31, 9 August 2009 (UTC)
::Happy Birthday. Age is a mentality issue. ;-) --] (]) 07:59, 10 August 2009 (UTC)

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&mdash;&nbsp;Benison <small>(]&nbsp;·&nbsp;])</small> 18:03, 22 December 2024 (UTC)
:Heh, Congrats Jimmy ;). I remember when I uploaded the original from the Foundation website to commons, and it almost got deleted because we couldn't find evidence of you releasing it under cc-by-sa ;). Its still a great photo though and I'm glad to see it made FP :). ] (]) 04:33, 10 August 2009 (UTC)

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: This is priceless; see, it wasn't "Drew" — <span class="plainlinks"></span> did it. See ], too. Cheers, ] 11:07, 11 August 2009 (UTC)


== Old edits to your user page retrieved, your very early edits, etc. ==
== Today's WP:RESTATEMENT OF THE OBVIOUS ==


Hi Jimmy, I've moved your user page edits from their previous location at "Jimbo Wales" to {{noredirect|User:Jimbo Wales/old2}} with ], so they're no longer in the main namespace; the title "{{noredirect|User:Jimbo Wales/old}}" was ]. I then imported edits to your user page from some 2001 database dumps, most notably the one from August 2001, so we can now see ]! I hope this is all OK with you.
<div style="border:solid 1px black; background:black; margin:5px; padding:5px; text-align:center; color:white"><big>"We have now sunk to a depth at which the restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men." — George Orwell</big></div>


It's a long story how I ended up doing this. So ] is celebrating a milestone of 20% of our biographical articles being about women. In the ], a ] about who was the first woman to get a biographical entry here]]. I was able to give a ] of ] on ]! I've been spending the last couple of days checking the very early edits of the first biographies created around that time, and came upon ] (or ThomasEdison as it was at first in CamelCase). In the process of consolidating the Thomas Edison page history, I moved your edit from "ThomasEdison" to "Thomas Edison"; your early edit to that page on 23 January (UTC) was previously listed as the first one but ].


As noted in various places like ], your first surviving edit under the username "JimboWales" was to the ThomasEdison (or Thomas Edison) page. I checked the August 2001 database dump for any earlier ones, found them, and imported to the English Misplaced Pages database. Of course you made earlier edits, but it's interesting to find early contributions attached to your username (in CamelCase form or otherwise). ] (]) 15:32, 23 December 2024 (UTC)
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:Such nerdy presents we give. Thanks, brother. ] (]) 16:17, 23 December 2024 (UTC)
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    Merry Christmas and a Prosperous 2025!

    Hello Jimbo Wales, may you be surrounded by peace, success and happiness on this seasonal occasion. Spread the WikiLove by wishing another user a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Sending you heartfelt and warm greetings for Christmas and New Year 2025.
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    Old edits to your user page retrieved, your very early edits, etc.

    Hi Jimmy, I've moved your user page edits from their previous location at "Jimbo Wales" to User:Jimbo Wales/old2 with a little assistance, so they're no longer in the main namespace; the title "User:Jimbo Wales/old" was already taken. I then imported edits to your user page from some 2001 database dumps, most notably the one from August 2001, so we can now see the first version of your user page on 19 January 2001 (UTC)! I hope this is all OK with you.

    It's a long story how I ended up doing this. So WikiProject Women in Red is celebrating a milestone of 20% of our biographical articles being about women. In the draft press release about this event, a question was raised about who was the first woman to get a biographical entry here]]. I was able to give a definitive answer of Rosa Parks on 21 January 2001 (UTC)! I've been spending the last couple of days checking the very early edits of the first biographies created around that time, and came upon Thomas Edison (or ThomasEdison as it was at first in CamelCase). In the process of consolidating the Thomas Edison page history, I moved your edit from "ThomasEdison" to "Thomas Edison"; your early edit to that page on 23 January (UTC) was previously listed as the first one but not any more.

    As noted in various places like this discussion, your first surviving edit under the username "JimboWales" was to the ThomasEdison (or Thomas Edison) page. I checked the August 2001 database dump for any earlier ones, found them, and imported all of them to the English Misplaced Pages database. Of course you made earlier edits, but it's interesting to find early contributions attached to your username (in CamelCase form or otherwise). Graham87 (talk) 15:32, 23 December 2024 (UTC)

    Such nerdy presents we give. Thanks, brother. BusterD (talk) 16:17, 23 December 2024 (UTC)
    No worries. My Christmas gifts are so predictable, as I realised later. Graham87 (talk) 05:00, 24 December 2024 (UTC)

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