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Bomis

Summary

Bomis is a business[1]. Bomis ranks in the top 3% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (172 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Bomis's image is recorded as Bomis founders in 2006.jpg[3].
  • Bomis's instance of is recorded as business[4].
  • Bomis's instance of is recorded as former entity[5].
  • Bomis's instance of is recorded as web portal[6].
  • Bomis's founder is recorded as Jimmy Wales[7].
  • Bomis's founder is recorded as Tim Shell[8].
  • Bomis's founder is recorded as Michael E. Davis[9].
  • Bomis's owned by is recorded as Jimmy Wales[10].
  • Bomis's logo image is recorded as Bomis oval.svg[11].
  • Bomis's logo image is recorded as Bomis rectangle.svg[12].
  • Bomis's headquarters location is recorded as St. Petersburg[13].
  • Bomis's Commons category is recorded as Bomis[14].
  • Bomis's industry is recorded as Internet[15].
  • +1996-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Bomis[16].
  • Bomis was dissolved in +2007-00-00T00:00:00Z[17].
  • Bomis's end time is recorded as +2010-01-01T00:00:00Z[18].
  • Bomis's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/019py[19].
  • Bomis's official website is recorded as https://bomis.com[20].
  • Bomis's product or material produced is recorded as web portal[21].
  • Bomis's employees is recorded as {'amount': '+10'}[22].
  • Bomis's motto text is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': "Remember, if you aren't having fun, it isn't Bomis!"}[23].
  • Bomis's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Bomis'}[24].
  • Bomis's contains is recorded as softcore pornography[25].

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Founding

Founders include Jimmy Wales[7], Tim Shell[8], and Michael E. Davis[9]. +1996-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Bomis[16].

Operations

Bomis's headquarters location is recorded as St. Petersburg[13].

Industry

Bomis's industry is recorded as Internet[15].

Ownership

Bomis's owned by is recorded as Jimmy Wales[10]. Bomis's product or material produced is recorded as web portal[21].

Dissolution

Bomis was dissolved in +2007-00-00T00:00:00Z[17].

Why It Matters

Bomis ranks in the top 3% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (172 views/month).[2] Bomis has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] Bomis is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]

Related Entities

business former entity Jimmy Wales Larry Sanger

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [26] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [27] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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