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  • The Nokia Foundation award goes to Jimmy Wales

    The Nokia Foundation award goes to Jimmy Wales

    10,000 euros to Wikipedia founder 5 November 2009 13:48 GMT

    The Nokia Foundation has announced that it has granted its 10,000 euro 2009 award to Jimmy Wales, the founder of Wikipedia.

    Nokia says Wales was awarded "for his contributions to the evolution of the World Wide Web as a participatory and truly democratic platform"....

  • Wikia Search to be shut down

    Wikia Search to be shut down

    Jimmy Wales "closes the doors" 31 March 2009 18:02 GMT

    Wikia Search, the search engine from Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales' Wikia.com online properties is to close down, Wales has revealed in a blog post.

    "If there is one thing that I've learnt in my career, it is to do more of what's working, and less of what's...

  • Wikipedia boss accused of accepting

    Wikipedia boss accused of accepting "donation" to edit

    More negative press for Jimmy Wales 12 March 2008 13:55 GMT

    Last week, it was a former employee making accusations about his spending habits, today Jimmy Wales is facing yet another attack over the implication is that he accepted a "donation" to edit a Wikipedia entry.

    Former Novell chief scientist Jeffrey Merkey says...

  • Wikipedia boss slammed for expense claims. Software, Online, Wikipedia, Biz, Jimmy Wales 0

    Wikipedia boss slammed for expense claims

    Former employee says boss owed $30,000 in receipts 6 March 2008 11:34 GMT

    It's not been a good week for Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales.

    Not only has his break-up with his girlfriend been splashed all over the papers, but now a former member of his staff has hit out at its spending habits.

    Danny Wool has gone to the...

  • Wikipedia founder to take on Google search. Software, Online, Search engines, Wikipedia, Jimmy Wales 0

    Wikipedia founder to take on Google search

    Users to help rank search results 27 December 2006 11:59 GMT

    One of the founders of collaborative online encyclopedia site Wikipedia, Jimmy Wales, has recently discussed his plans for a user-edited search engine that could one day produce better results than automatic search engines that use algorithms to return data.

    Called...

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