Tim Shell
Timothy Robert Shell (born May 5, 1968 [1]) is an American internet entrepreneur and the CEO of Bomis. Shell has been with the company since its inception in 1996 and was a founding partner. [2]
Other activities
In 2003 Shell was named as an initial trustee in the Wikimedia Foundation in the organization's bylaws.[3] In October 2006 he was named vice chair, although he had made few new editorial contributions to Wikipedia for some time. In December 2006 he stepped down from the board and was replaced by .
References
- ^ http://web.archive.org/web/20010126003900/www.timshell.com/personal.html
- ^ http://web.archive.org/web/20010215042443/www.timshell.com/professional.html
- ^ http://wikimediafoundation.org/bylaws.pdf
External links
- Personal website
- Wikimedia Foundation bio
- "Tim Shell personal info" from January 26, 2001, as indexed at Archive.org and retrieved November 1, 2006
- "Tim Shell professional info" from February 15, 2001, as indexed at Archive.org and retrieved November 1, 2006
- "Bylaws of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc."from wikimediafoundation.org, retrieved November 1, 2006
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Main articles | Bomis · Nupedia · Wikipedia · Wikimedia Foundation · Wikimania · MediaWiki |
People | Jimmy Wales · Larry Sanger · Tim Shell · Florence Devouard · Angela Beesley · Wikipedia community |
Events and individuals | Blocking of Wikipedia in mainland China · Congressional staffer edits to Wikipedia · Essjay controversy · Henryk Batuta hoax · Seigenthaler controversy · WikiScanner |
Related projects and forks | Citizendium · Conservapedia · Enciclopedia Libre · Interpedia · Uncyclopedia · Wikibooks · Wikimedia Commons · Wiktionary · Wikiquote · Wikinews · WikiZnanie · Wikinfo · Wikitruth · Wikiweise · WikiWikiWeb |
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NAME | Shell, Tim |
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SHORT DESCRIPTION | CEO of Bomis |
DATE OF BIRTH | |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Hong Kong |
DATE OF DEATH | |
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