[WikiEN-l] Jimmy Wales in the news

[Thomas Dalton]

On 04/03/2008, Steven Walling <steven.walling at gmail.com> wrote:
> Putting the utter stupidity of discussing Jimbo's sex life at all aside, I
>  will say that this episode rings true for me in one important sense. As an
>  employee of a for-profit wiki, I've had the *entire* 20+ person staff agree
>  unanimously that they love Wikipedia despite Jimmy Wales, emphasis on the
>  "despite". Part of me recognizes that all this hullabaloo is a product of
>  the media's inane focus on the cult of celebrity, but still...wouldn't we
>  just be better off without him? My moral compass swings to a resounding Yes.

And how many of those 20+ people actually know him?