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Jimmy Wales was one of the Engineering and technology good articles, but it has been removed from the list. There are suggestions below for improving the article to meet the good article criteria. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.

Article milestones Date Process Result October 14, 2005 Articles for deletion Kept June 15, 2006 Peer review Reviewed July 5, 2006 Good article nominee Listed October 10, 2006 Featured article candidate Not promoted October 17, 2006 Good article reassessment Kept June 13, 2007 Peer review Reviewed August 14, 2007 Articles for deletion Speedily kept August 31, 2007 Articles for deletion Speedily kept December 20, 2007 Good article reassessment Delisted September 16, 2008 Good article nominee Listed March 16, 2009 Good article reassessment Delisted March 25, 2012 Good article nominee Not listed Current status: Delisted good article

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Thank you in advance for your help with these edits! – PIE ( CLIMAX! )  07:20, 12 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

 Done Tra (Talk) 08:04, 13 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you very much, Tra! – PIE ( CLIMAX! )  11:34, 16 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

we are quite certain that all this information about jimmy "jimbo" wales is accurate and factual? Rasko99 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 00:52, 21 March 2012 (UTC).[reply]

File:Jimbo wales sig.gif has been nominated for deletion, see Wikipedia:Files_for_deletion/2012_March_24#File:Jimbo_wales_sig.gif

70.24.244.198 (talk) 05:38, 25 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

¿Why an image of two axolotls appears in the box? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 201.212.119.163 (talk) 01:44, 1 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

It was an April Fool's joke. ☮Soap☮ 03:09, 1 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

If not asking him ;-), http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_tall_is_Jimmy_Wales by this he is 1.78 m. Please change the infobox, using tall parameter.

I don't consider Wiki.answers a Reliable source, please provide another. Dipankan ^{(Have a chat?)} 10:33, 7 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Pam the first wife

Everyone else in this article gets a first name and a last name except for poor Pam the first wife . Is this disrespectful to her or to women in general or to first wives or am i being a bit precious ? Does anyone know her last name ?--— ⦿⨦⨀Tumadoireacht ^Talk/_Stalk 23:45, 9 June 2012 (UTC)--— ⦿⨦⨀Tumadoireacht ^Talk/_Stalk 23:45, 9 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Pam is generally referred to by her first name for reasons unknown, see: this W article for an example. EeBee (talk) 17:38, 20 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Two edits about related links at the bottom: One, could User:Jimbo Wales be un-italicised un the "See also" section, since it is not a work title or similar, and two, could this line under "External links" be removed as it is a duplicate and not external:

• Jimmy Wales' Wikipedia userpage

I'm not sure if it's okay to have one request for two things, but they're small enough making two requests seemed pointless. Thank-you to whoever does it. 87.113.35.48 (talk) 09:24, 1 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I removed the duplicated internal from the external link section and after looking at the Jimbo in the intro - decided to remove it altogether from there - it is in the Infobox and is only a nickname - so it seemed wrong there altogether .. regards - Youreallycan 10:15, 1 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

This article does not have any ethnic categories. Every Wikipedia biography must have ethnic categories, e.g. "American people of Welsh descent", etc. Please put them in. 24.146.209.180 (talk) 01:38, 3 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

First of all, you need to find reliable information as to what descent he might be of. "Wales" is actually not a common surname in Wales. Formerip (talk) 01:47, 10 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Jimbo,

If you could please help me delete an original article I authored (intelligent vehicle technologies)it would support wp policy and keep editors from irrevocably restoring the page.

Thanks,

Lperez2029 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 166.248.5.245 (talk) 01:36, 10 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I think you meant to post at User talk:Jimbo Wales. Formerip (talk) 01:48, 10 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I removed the "see also" section since the current contents are a link to the Wikipedia page on "The Wikipedia Revolution", a book on the project and Jimmy Wales's user page. Both are not directly relevant for the biography article and should be removed. Jimmy Wales's user page on Wikipedia is self-referential, we do not link our users' biography pages to their own userpages on the project. Furthermore, there are numerous books written about Wikipedia and we cannot link to all of them here or any random topic which relates to Wikipedia. User:Acoma Magic does not seem to agree and they have reverted my changes, so I have initiated this thread here. — Nearly Headless Nick {c} 08:15, 29 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Good stuff, but commonsense reveals that while we are all equal, some articles should be treated differently than may be appropriate for others: it is a disservice to readers to not let them easily find the user page. Further, Jimmy is known for his role in Wikipedia, so removing a link to his user page is unhelpful. I don't feel strongly about The Wikipedia Revolution, but also cannot see a reason to remove it. When others try to add links to the many other books referred to above, the matter can be revisited. Johnuniq (talk) 10:11, 29 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I only reverted the removal of the link to his user page that's at the top of the article. Regarding the book, if readers are interested in Jimmy Wales, they may want to see what that book is about. Acoma Magic (talk) 17:01, 29 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, the book probably shouldn't be there. A link to his user page is required though. Preferably at the top. Acoma Magic (talk) 17:42, 29 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I have reverted your recent edit to the page. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, we avoid keeping non-mainspace links on our articles. Wikipedia is not an indiscriminate collection of information, and hence a lot of "useful" material does not qualify for inclusion if it does not meet encyclopedic standards. — Nearly Headless Nick {c} 15:22, 30 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

A non-Wikipedian user may wish to get in contact with Jimmy Wales and a link to his user profile is helpful to those people. I've seen that happen several times and I don't even go there much. I don't know if they used the link here, but they may have done. Regarding "useful" material, if it improves Wikipedia, it should be here. Non-Wikipedians bringing problems or whatever to Jimmy Wales/other Wikipedians is useful. Acoma Magic (talk) 15:56, 30 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

As I mentioned above, Jimmy is known for his role in Wikipedia, so readers with a tiny bit of Wikipedia knowledge will want to know how to find his user page. There are literally millions of people aware that Wikipedia is a place where various people contribute, and that Jimmy is the most visible person associated with the project—a reasonable proportion of those people will want to click the link to see what happens at his user page. WP:BURO is part of policy in order to encourage sensible outcomes, rather than a blind following of rules such as "we avoid keeping non-mainspace links on our articles". Johnuniq (talk) 01:32, 31 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]