[WikiEN-l] Jimmy Wales in the news

[David Gerard]

On 04/03/2008, Alec Conroy <alecmconroy at gmail.com> wrote:

>  The bigger problem are the allegations mentioned in the article about
>  use of foundation funds.  Three specific claims are made:
>  -Jimbo tried to expense a $300+ bottle of wine
>  -Jimbo tried to expense a massage parlor visit
>  -Wikimedia foundation took away Jimbo's credit card.
>  Obviously, of it any of that were true, it would be super bad, and
>  nothing can be done but watch it play out.
>  But, far more likely, if it's false, the foundation needs to find out
>  that it's false, and then get that word out ASAP.  I haven't seen them
>  say it's not true.   I haven't looked hard, but then-- nobody else out
>  there is looking hard either.   If I haven't seen "the facts" on the
>  issue, neither has almost everyone else.


Sue Gardner did answer on Danny Wool's blog, fwiw.

Mostly the media interest is as cheap tabloid filler. All the London
commuter papers, with the focus of the "story" being dumping people
using technology. In between fabulously newsworthy reports on Kelly
Osbourne's haircut.


- d.