It's like how you have some sort of de facto leadership over Wikinews, right Erik?
(Pardon me if this statement explodes into a huge debate about Erik's role, which BY THE WAY is indeed recognized.)
On 11/1/06, Erik Moeller erik@wikimedia.org wrote:
On 11/1/06, geni geniice@gmail.com wrote:
A shift in power. With the change in board positions the last justification for his past role is gone. Arbcom's power comes from the community not from jimbo. You know this. Thus the community should as much as posible be the final abitor of arbcoms membership.
This is not a WMF issue - it's an en.wp issue. If you want to question Jimbo's role there, take it to wikien-l, please. Jimmy's community role is not an official Wikimedia Foundation role.
There has been some confusion about this in the past; we've discussed it at the Board retreat. In the future it will be much clearer when the Board makes any kind of official decision regarding the projects (which will probably be very rare). Otherwise, what Jimmy can and cannot do as a community member is up to each community to figure out. -- Peace & Love, Erik
Member, Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees
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