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