On Sun, May 9, 2010 at 11:59 AM, Alec Conroy alecmconroy@gmail.com wrote:
On Sun, May 9, 2010 at 5:46 AM, Jimmy Wales jwales@wikia-inc.com wrote:
I've just now removed virtually all permissions to actually do things from the "Founder" flag.
I appreciate this step, but the community has now firmly rejected your continued status as "Founder flagged"-- you have not been asked to cut back on your privileges, you are being ordered to relinquish your founder flag.
I'm happy that you're beginning to question your earlier actions, but your founder status is not for you to decide. Currently it's 3-to-1 against you continuing in this role. If that doesn't change, you need to abide by it.
I disagree. Those objections are not against the idea of a founder flag, but against his rights, or rather the way he used these rights. If those rights are significantly curtailed, we have a different situation, and not everyone who was against the extensive rights will be against the narrower ones as well. In fact, I would say that letting Jimbo remain Founder, but remove several rights from that position would be very fitting in the Wikimedia way of working: Not voting, but searching consensus for a compromise.