I have negatively covered the Foundation. There were no repercussions, although some people might wish I had never started the story.
http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Wikimedia_fundraiser_highlights_webcomic_communi ty%27s_frustration_with_Wikipedia_guidelines
Brian McNeil
-----Original Message----- From: foundation-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:foundation-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Delirium Sent: 19 May 2008 02:23 To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Fwd: [WL-News] Wikimedia Foundation in danger of losing immunity under the Communications Decency Act
Jimmy Wales wrote:
Delirium wrote:
In one notable incident, a current member of the board (Erik) was de-sysopped by Jimmy in April 2006 for unprotecting an article that a Foundation representative had protected, though that protection had not been labeled as an official Foundation action.
I did not de-sysop Erik, ever. To the contrary, actually.
Please be careful about making such dramatic claims.
My mistake; I completely misremembered who did what. Those interested in the details can get the accurate summary from a contemporary edition of the Wikipedia signpost: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2006-04-24/Office_ actions
In any case, though, Erik *was* blocked and desysopped for undoing a Foundation action, and people since then (especially with less stature in the community) have been quite wary of ignoring or undoing Foundation "suggestions".
-Mark
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