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Jimmy Wales Resigns Chair at Wikipedia

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the curious dept.

user24 writes "As reported by Wikipedia's Signpost ezine, 'The Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees has moved forward with a step in restructuring the organization by reorganizing itself. Following a planning retreat in Frankfurt, Jimmy Wales stepped down as Chair of the board, and Florence Nibart-Devouard was chosen to replace him ... Wales, meanwhile, will continue to serve on the board and assume the honorary title of Chairman Emeritus. He will remain active in Wikimedia projects, but chose to pass on the responsibility of heading the board, due in part to his commitments to outside projects.'"

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  1. Re:Arbitration Committee elections by Achromatic1978 · · Score: 0, Troll
    The election can't be as bad as the board elections, where Jimmy announced in his letter who he thought people should vote for and who they should not vote for: http://www.wikitruth.info/index.php?title=Board_Ga mes

    As that article states, kinda stinks of interference. Well, not stinks, but is.

    My personal favourite, after announcing who two people are and that you should "give them some of your votes" while others have "shown themselves to be untrustworthy", he then proclaims:

    I invite an open discussion here of the candidates. This is your community, speak openly of who you trust and why.

    Why, so we can flag ourselves as being "against", as in "If you're not with us, you're against us"?

  2. Nope by christurkel · · Score: 0, Troll

    If you really think Jimbo is giving up power, you are wrong. This is a man who directly manipulate elections at Wikipedia.
    http://www.wikitruth.info/index.php?title=Board_Ga mes

    if he truly goes, then Wikipedia truly benefits but he wont give up the platform tht elevated him from soft porn purveyor to respected internet mind.

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  3. Re:Nice change by Pink+Tinkletini · · Score: 0, Troll

    If Raul654 were notable for anything, it wouldn't be immodesty. Look into his posting history here, and his habits as an administrator, "arbitrator" (read: bully), and who knows what else on Wikipedia. Raul654 ain't exactly the brightest bulb in this carnival of lights.

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