Jimmy Wales 2001 by "The New York Times" and as founders in Wikipedia's first press release in January 2002. In August of that year, Wales identified himself as "co-founder" of Wikipedia. Sanger assembled on his personal webpage an assortment of links that appear to confirm the status of Sanger and Wales as co-founders. For example, Sanger and Wales are historically cited or described in early news citations and press releases as co-founders. Wales was quoted by "The Boston Globe" as calling Sanger's claim "preposterous" in February 2006, and called "the whole debate" "silly" in an April 2009 interview. In late 2005, Wales
Jimmy Wong to create the web series District Voices. In 2014, Wong was ranked #73 on New Media Rockstars Top 100 Channels. In August 2018, it was announced that Jimmy Wong had been cast as Ling in Disney's "live action remake" of "the 1998 Mulan animated movie", set to be released in 2020. Wong is an avid player of "", specifically the Commander format. He hosts a podcast with co-host Josh Lee Kwai called "The Command Zone", where he and Josh discuss their experiences playing the Commander format. Wong is referred to by his co-host as "Jimmy the Red" due to the