On Sun, May 9, 2010 at 11:59 AM, Alec Conroy <alecmconroy(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On Sun, May 9, 2010 at 5:46 AM, Jimmy Wales
<jwales(a)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.
--
André Engels, andreengels(a)gmail.com