# Jimmy Wales

> Jimmy Wales is founder of Wikimedia Foundation. Wikimedia REST API on Anchor Terminal, with grades, an about and public profiles.

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- Updated: 2026-10-28

Founder, Wikimedia Foundation.

Jimmy Wales established the Wikimedia Foundation in 2003 as a non-profit way to fund Wikipedia and its sister projects. He co-founded Wikipedia with Larry Sanger in 2001 and also co-founded the wiki hosting service Fandom, formerly Wikia.

## What Jimmy builds

- [Wikimedia REST API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/wikimedia.md), graded B, 66.6/100, in Data providers. Keyless REST API for Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia projects, with page content, search and full revision history. Founder, Wikimedia Foundation, researched 2026-10-28.

## Works with

- [Halley Coplin](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/halley-coplin/), Senior Product Manager, MediaWiki API Platform

## Questions

### Who is Jimmy Wales?

Jimmy Wales established the Wikimedia Foundation in 2003 as a non-profit way to fund Wikipedia and its sister projects. He co-founded Wikipedia with Larry Sanger in 2001 and also co-founded the wiki hosting service Fandom, formerly Wikia.

### What does Wikimedia Foundation make?

Anchor Terminal lists Wikimedia REST API from Wikimedia Foundation. Keyless REST API for Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia projects, with page content, search and full revision history.

### How are Jimmy's tools graded?

Wikimedia REST API is graded B, 66.6 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.

## Sources

- https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_Product_Insights/Artifacts/PP3.5:_vNext_APIs
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/halleyco/details/experience/
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/halleyco
- https://wikimediafoundation.org/
- https://wikimediafoundation.org
- https://x.com/Wikimedia
- https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:REST_API
- https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_APIs
- https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/wikimedia
- https://wikimediafoundation.org/contact/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Wales

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