On Sun, May 9, 2010 at 9:14 AM, Alec Conroy <alecmconroy(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Here here.
300+ users have ordered the removal of Jimbo's founder powers. Not
some of those powers, not half of those powers, ALL of those powers.
He doesn't get to negotiate his own remedies-- the community wants
doesn't want him to play the founder role.
He has disrupted the project and damaged our reputation far more than
any measely porn story ever could have, and he broke all our rules in
the process, and the community has ruled.
The *only* sane response for the board to this is for them to say:
"Pursuant to consensus, Jimbo Wales powers are revoked"
But if they're not going to say that, they might as well say "Jimbo
Wales is more important than the entirety of the commmunity, and if
you have a problem with that, go away". Call the board together,
have a nice vote, and give Jimbo his project back, dissolve the
foundation, and let the rest of us be on our way.
Any statements in between are only going to add to the crisis. It's
community vs jimbo day. WE hoped this day would never come, but it's
here. Who trumps who? The board needs to decide in no uncertain
terms and enforce its decision.
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I've argued in the past that founder flag is anachronic and has to go.
But this black-white, us-or-them rethoric is nonsense. This is not a war
jimbo vs community (as much as you'd like to present this) and it's a
sophomoric way to carry a thoughtful debate where main point is that
community has enough maturity to take high level decisions.
This is not Jimbo the tyrant vs poor community. Please.