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| title = Jimmy Wales
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| location = ], England
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| email = {{no spam|jwales|wikia.com}} (Please read ] first)
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== Welcome! ==
Hello! My name is ] and this is my ]. I go by "Jimmy" in real life, but often by "Jimbo" online. People sometimes assume that "Jimmy" is just a ] for "James", but it's actually my full ].

I was born on August 7, 1966, in ], ]. I ] ] on January 15, 2001. Since 2006, I have been the ] ] of the ], which ] and I set up on June&nbsp;20, 2003. In 2004, ] and I established ] (now ]), a completely separate organization unrelated to Misplaced Pages and the Wikimedia Foundation. Another independent project that I worked on was ], a collaborative news website. My most recent project was the launch of ], a ]. I am proud of having founded Misplaced Pages, and I am grateful for what it has offered to millions of people worldwide. I was inducted into the ] in 2013.

== You can edit this page! ==
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Really, you can! If you would like to, please feel free to do so. You need to register for an account, hang around for a few days, make some good edits to pages that are totally unprotected (which is most of them!) and you'll be "]". Make an ] or two! After all, that's ]!

I like to keep it a certain way (simple and free from complicated ], ], or excessive ]), but the thing is, ]. Yes, really, I do! I trust that you will add something here that would make me really smile, and inform me or many other individuals. But please, do not ], because it won't make the world any better, and you know that too, so please don't. Thank you for helping to keep Misplaced Pages clean.

] monitor my user and user talk pages via a ], and I trust them to edit and remove errors or ]. This ''is'' a ] after all, so ] is welcome to edit! Misplaced Pages is a ], so it can always use some more help. While vandalism is not appreciated and is sure to be promptly ], there is plenty of time to become a better ] who only contributes to the good of the platform!

Comments or questions about how this page currently looks should be kept on ], rather than on this page. Also, if you don't feel ] enough to edit this page directly, or don't know whether the edit is ] and ], you can propose changes there instead.

You are welcome to make test edits in ] if you are logged in or ] if not logged in. Help us build the most comprehensive source of information on the ]!

== Contacting me ==
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* '''Press inquiries:''' For inquiries regarding ] or another ], you can get in touch by emailing {{no spam|press|wikimedia.org}}. For inquiries about Wikia, now known as ], (a for-profit company completely separate from Wikimedia and Misplaced Pages, extending our social model to become "the rest of the library"), see the .
* '''General Misplaced Pages questions:''' You will probably be satisfied by contacting the ] or the ]. Sometimes I respond to questions on ].
* '''Learning about Misplaced Pages:''' If you want to learn more about Misplaced Pages, the best place to start is at ]. Some of the most helpful pages include ] and ]. Those pages are designed to help any beginner get oriented quickly and get started here. Once there, you will find numerous links which will direct you towards other articles, resources, and help documents that you may find helpful.
* '''Complaints:''' If you have a complaint, it's best to start with the ]. Ask a short, friendly question, and fellow Wikipedians will be happy to help. Contacting me directly with a complaint should be reserved for ''after'' you have exhausted all other possible remedies (see ]). <br/>If you have a complaint about article content, there are many avenues to pursue. The best and simplest way is to ]. You can also ] on the article's ] about the issues you wish to address. Be sure that you are adding well-written text using legitimate information from credible, ]. If your change is ], please ] on the talk page to get ]. This is how Misplaced Pages works.
* '''Other inquiries of any kind:''' These can be emailed to {{no spam|jwales|wikia.com}}.

== See also ==
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* ] – Describes how to contact Misplaced Pages directly for specific reasons
* ] – The Misplaced Pages article about Jimmy Wales
* ] – Describes the current status of Jimmy Wales on the English Misplaced Pages and its administrative bodies, with some examples of how he has used his powers in the past
* – Jimmy has answered hundreds of questions on ], many of which concern Misplaced Pages
* ] – List of all the pages that begin with ''User:Jimbo Wales''
* ] – Jimmy's personal contributions to the English Misplaced Pages
* ] – Information on the founding of the Misplaced Pages project and the early roles of its founding members
*] – Information on the basic style and grammar rules for Misplaced Pages
*] – How to write and improve an article
*] – List of general guidelines, apply common sense
*] – A summary of the fundamental principles of Misplaced Pages

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