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Historical data suggests that once Jimmy Wales rid Wikipedia of the most vocal critic of Wales' exploitation of Wikipedia for personal profit, external linking to Wales' for-profit website increased dramatically.

Links data: Date External links from Wikipedia to Wikia.com Jan-05 11 Feb-05 165 Mar-05 320 Apr-05 474 May-05 629 Jun-05 783 Jul-05 938 Aug-05 1092 Sep-05 1247 Oct-05 1401 Nov-05 1556 Dec-05 1710 Jan-06 1864 Feb-06 2019 Mar-06 2173 Apr-06 2328 May-06 2482 Jun-06 2637 Jul-06 2791 Aug-06 3100 Sep-06 2800 Oct-06 2700 Nov-06 2983 Dec-06 3267 Jan-07 3550 Feb-07 3833 Mar-07 4400 Apr-07 5233 May-07 6067 Jun-07 6900 Jul-07 7733 Aug-07 9400 Sep-07 9629 Oct-07 9857 Nov-07 10086 Dec-07 10314 Jan-08 10543 Feb-08 11000 Mar-08 11250 Apr-08 11500 May-08 11750 Jun-08 12000 Jul-08 12250 Aug-08 12500 Sep-08 13000 Oct-08 13325 Nov-08 13650 Dec-08 14300 Jan-09 14489 Feb-09 14678 Mar-09 14867 Apr-09 15056 May-09 15244 Jun-09 15433 Jul-09 15622 Aug-09 16000 Sep-09 17060 Oct-09 18120 Nov-09 19180 Dec-09 21300 Jan-10 21567 Feb-10 21833 Mar-10 22100 Apr-10 22367 May-10 22633 Jun-10 22900 Jul-10 23167 Aug-10 23700 Sep-10 24061 Oct-10 24422 Nov-10 24783 Dec-10 25144 Jan-11 25505 Feb-11 25866 Mar-11 26227 Apr-11 26588 May-11 26949 Jun-11 27310 Jul-11 27671 Aug-11 28032 Sep-11 28393 Oct-11 28754 Nov-11 29115 Dec-11 29476 Jan-12 29837 Feb-12 30198 Mar-12 30559 Apr-12 30920 May-12 31281 Jun-12 31642 Jul-12 32003 Aug-12 32364 Sep-12 32725 Oct-12 33086 Nov-12 33447 Dec-12 33808 Jan-13 34141