Tim Shell
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Timothy Robert Shell (born May 5, 1968 [1]) is an American internet entrepreneur. He is the CEO of Bomis. Shell has been with the company since its inception in 1996, and was a founding partner [2].
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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 Jan-Bart de Vreede.
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- "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
| Persondata | |
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| NAME | Shell, Tim |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | CEO of Bomis |
| DATE OF BIRTH | |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hong Kong |
| DATE OF DEATH | |
| PLACE OF DEATH | |
| History of Wikipedia | |
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| Main articles | Bomis · Nupedia · Wikipedia · Wikimedia Foundation · Wikimania · MediaWiki |
| People | Jimmy Wales · Larry Sanger · Tim Shell · Wikipedia community |
| Events and individuals | Alan Mcilwraith · Blocking of Wikipedia in mainland China · Congressional staffer edits to Wikipedia · Essjay controversy · Henryk Batuta · Joshua Gardner · Seigenthaler controversy · QuakeAID |
| Related projects and forks | Citizendium · Enciclopedia Libre · Interpedia · WikiZnanie · Wikinfo · Wikitruth · Wikiweise |
