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== Welcome! ==

Hello! My name is [[Jimmy Wales]], and this is my [[Wikipedia:User pages|user page]]. I go by "Jimmy" in real life, but often by "Jimbo" online. People sometimes assume that "Jimmy" is just a [[nickname]] for "James", but it's actually my full first name.

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