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Jimmy Wales Faces Allegations of Corruption
eldavojohn writes "The SFGate site has up an article noting that Jimmy Wales, the founder of Wikipedia, is facing allegations from multiple quarters accusing him of abusing his power. Several people apparently claim he used the foundation to pay for personal expenses, including reimbursement for a $1,300 dinner for four at a Florida steakhouse. Accusations have also been made indicating that he edited the Wikipedia entry of political commentator Rachel Marsden, a woman he was seeing, at her request. In the case of that allegation, Wales replied that 'I acted completely consistently with Wikipedia policy. I did the right thing: I passed along my work to date for other editors to deal with, and I recused myself from the case.'"
Hey, internet celebrities are just as scandalous and shocking as television celebrities. It's like beer for your computer screen.
Hey that's funny, it doesn't talk about any of that on Jimmy Wales' wikipedia page...hmmm
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1) In the sidebar on that page is "S.F. nonprofit fires CFO over missing $3.6 million", so a $1300 dinner tab and an angry ex-mistress seem relatively tame by comparison.
2) Even by blog standards, "All's Wool that Ends Wool" is a pretty awful name.
What I'm listening to now on Pandora...
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Excuse me, but this is not news.
You can have someone else edit you?
*calls up the wife*
Karma Whoring for Fun and Profit.
Godwin would have, too.
mcgrew's razor: Never attribute to stupidity that which can be explained by greedy self-interest
So we've Godwinned a thread that talks about Jimmy Wales "evil plot" to take 3 people out to an expensive dinner
Damn, $1300 for four people? And I thought my girlfriends were fat! Poor Jimmy!
mcgrew's razor: Never attribute to stupidity that which can be explained by greedy self-interest
It is like science, it doesn't matter who comes up with the evidence or the theory to explain it. The only thing that matters whether it's correct or not.
I guess, however I think the joule, watt, newton, tesla, ampere, degree celsius, degree fahrenheit, volt and many others would probably have something to say about it.
Is that like when you don't have that not-so-fresh feeling, but you say you do?
Okay. I've donated a couple hundred dollars to wikipedia. Maybe they can ear mark that towards the steak dinner. Should we open up a separate donation for his breakfast?
Help! I'm a slashdot refugee.
You say that as if it were a bad thing.