On Mar 27, 2007, at 12:56 PM, Michael Bimmler wrote:
Could we please refrain from referring to the fact that Cary / bastique happens to be foundation staff. I think he has made it perfectly clear in one of his last emails that he felt insulted as Wikipedian and not as Wikimedia Foundation staff member.
In a word... no.
It's incredibly damaging to efforts to create responsible sourcing practices on Wikipedia for someone who, earlier in the thread, spoke as a representative of the Foundation to speak in support of bad policy. I know that Foundation members don't always speak on behalf of the Foundation. Just as Jimbo doesn't always speak ex cathedra.
But we still do take their words seriously, and they need to be more carefully chosen all the time - not just some of it.
-Phil