[WikiEN-l] An open letter to Jimmy Wales

[Anthony]

On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 12:11 PM, Larry Sanger
<sanger-lists at citizendium.org>wrote:

> > ... it is sadly regrettable that you were
> > not able to choose the initial forum where you published your
> > diatribe with more discernment.
>
> I disagree.  As I said in the letter itself, there is not a better place
> for
> this message than Jimmy Wales' user talk page.  This is because I am
> deliberately confronting him.  If I can't confront a person on the talk
> page
> for the leader (at least by reputation) of the project, where can I?
>

Soapboxes are pretty cheap these days.

> Why the continuous childish bickering-everyone knows what
> > happened & it
> > makes absolutely no difference now.
>
> What I see as "childish" is the unnecessary tip-toeing around Jimmy Wales,
> and people supporting and making excuses for what *really is* just
> self-serving dishonesty.
>

Moreover, I don't think everyone does know what happened during those early
years.  I've read contradictory statements about it, and have concluded that
neither you nor Wales are being 100% truthful.