It is not just in BBC and numerama, it is all over the web: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_comment/Vote_of_no_confidence_o...
Bad PR for WMF and WP :-/
To: wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org From: kelson@kiwix.org Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2016 20:25:05 +0100 Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Message from Arnnon Geshuri to the Wikimedia Community
On 26.01.2016 21:54, Fæ wrote:
Press coverage like the BBC's this evening which leads with Jimmy Wales' face, have damaged the WMF's reputation and our projects that rely on "Wikimedia" remaining a trusted name.[1][2]
Published today on numerama.com, top digital news web site (2 millions visitors/month and primary information source for people interested in digital liberties, net neutrality, etc.) in France: http://www.numerama.com/business/141371-wikipedia-secoue-par-une-nomination-...
If I remember how WMUK was "treated" by a few WMF representatives during the Bamkin's controversy I can only state that their is a two-tiers evaluation system of this kind or crisis.
Emmanuel