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Jimmy Wales To Become UK Government Adviser

Posted by Unknown on from the revision-wars-coming-to-a-government-near-you dept.

judgecorp writes "Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales is to become a U.K. government adviser on open government. The unpaid post, announced at SXSW, will see him contributing ideas on issues including the single government portal open.gov.uk, among other things. Wales has been an outspoken critic of some government intiatives in the U.S., including the SOPA act on copyright — whose British counterpart, the DEA, is already law."

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  1. first douchebag by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    oh, sorry, Jimbo beat me to it.

  2. Re:What I'm not looking forward to by muon-catalyzed · · Score: -1, Troll

    Has he removed that explicit Wikipedia shock page that thousands of unsuspecting girls open daily? You know what page I mean. Wait a moment, have to check it out.... oh! sweet jesus.. Is that Jimmy's own? Why such a resistance to remove it? It's still hanging there. Could we use some drawing or something more sensitive? Jimbo?