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For his Misplaced Pages article, see Jimmy Wales.
Jimmy Wales
— Wikipedian ♂ —
Me at the Wikimania conference in 2016Me at the Wikimania conference in 2016
NameJimmy Wales
Born (1966-08-07) August 7, 1966 (age 58)
Huntsville, Alabama, United States
Current locationLondon, United Kingdom
Contact info
Websitejimmywales.com
Emailjwales@wikia.com (Please read Contacting me first)
Facebookjimmywalesfans
FlickrJimbo_Wales
LinkedInjimmy-wales-919a8b
Twitterjimmy_wales
My voice Recorded August 2014

Welcome!

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.

I was born on August 7, 1966, in Huntsville, Alabama. I founded Misplaced Pages on January 15, 2001. Since 2006, I have been the Chair Emeritus of the Wikimedia Foundation, set up by Larry Sanger and me on June 20, 2003. In 2004, Angela Beesley and I established Wikia (now Fandom), a completely separate organization unrelated to Misplaced Pages and the Wikimedia Foundation. Another independent project I am working on is WikiTribune, a collaborative news website. I am proud of having founded Misplaced Pages, and I am grateful for what it has offered to millions of people worldwide.

You can edit this page!

Misplaced Pages is yours. I trust you.
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I like to keep it a certain way (simple and free from complicated markup, styles, or excessive templates), but the thing is, I trust you. Yes, really, I do! I trust that you will add something here that would make me really smile, inform many other individuals or me. But please, do not vandalize, 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.

Over 3,700 Wikipedians monitor my user and user talk page via a watchlist, and I trust them to edit and remove errors or attacks. This is a wiki, so anyone is welcome to edit! Misplaced Pages can always use more help; it is, after all, a permanent work in progress. While vandalism is not appreciated and is sure to be promptly fixed, there is plenty of time to become a better Misplaced Pages editor who only contributes for the good of the platform!

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

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

Contacting me

Guess who? It's me... Wales... Jimmy... Wales, from 2004!
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  • General Misplaced Pages questions: You will probably be satisfied by contacting the help desk or the Teahouse. Sometimes I respond to questions on my talk page.
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  • Complaints: If you have a complaint, it's best to start with the help desk. 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 Misplaced Pages:Dispute resolution).
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  • Other inquiries of any kind: These can be emailed to jwales@wikia.com.

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