On Mon, Feb 29, 2016 at 5:35 AM, Fæ faewik@gmail.com wrote:
Ownership of Wikia is a relationship where loyalty will be perceived by the public as questionable, and there may be indirect financial gains, even though there is no traceable direct benefit.
Fae,
Is there any evidence that this is broadly the case? Are there press articles, blogs or other sources to support the claim that ownership of Wikia is seen by the public as leading to divided loyalty? Given what has been said about the diverging use of MediaWiki from Wikia and the WMF, can you point to any specific instances where Board-level decisions may present an opportunity for financial gain for Jimmy or a concern for divided loyalty?
Are you bringing this up now because you believe that these conflicts are relevant in some way to the issues causing upheaval in the WMF in recent months? If so, can you describe how they are related and what role you think these conflicts have played? I understand you believe that Jimmy has written negatively about you in private; do you think this has influenced your perception of these conflicts or your decision to raise them repeatedly?