I remember when he was advising the BBC. What next?
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/12/03/13/0054206/jimmy-wales-to-become-uk-gove...
Gordo
The story has also been covered by various national and local newspapers, see: http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Reports/2012/March#Miscellaneous
Thanks, Mike
On 13 Mar 2012, at 10:09, Gordon Joly wrote:
I remember when he was advising the BBC. What next?
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/12/03/13/0054206/jimmy-wales-to-become-uk-gove...
Gordo
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Thanks....
"Jimmy Wales: Wikipedia chief to advise Whitehall on policy"
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/wikipedia/9137339/Jimmy-Wales-Wikipedi...
Chief? Says who?
:-)
Gordo
On 13/03/2012 10:26, Michael Peel wrote:
The story has also been covered by various national and local newspapers, see: http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Reports/2012/March#Miscellaneous
Thanks, Mike
On 13 Mar 2012, at 10:09, Gordon Joly wrote:
I remember when he was advising the BBC. What next?
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/12/03/13/0054206/jimmy-wales-to-become-uk-gove...
Gordo
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On 13 Mar 2012, at 10:35, Gordon Joly wrote:
Thanks....
"Jimmy Wales: Wikipedia chief to advise Whitehall on policy"
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/wikipedia/9137339/Jimmy-Wales-Wikipedi...
Chief? Says who?
The Telegraph. ;-)
Mike
Why let the facts get in the way of a snappy headline? ;)
Harry
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On 13 Mar 2012, at 10:35, Gordon Joly wrote:
Thanks....
"Jimmy Wales: Wikipedia chief to advise Whitehall on policy"
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/wikipedia/9137339/Jimmy-Wales-Wikipedi...
Chief? Says who?
The Telegraph. ;-)
Mike
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On 13 March 2012 12:02, Michael Peel michael.peel@wikimedia.org.uk wrote:
On 13 Mar 2012, at 10:35, Gordon Joly wrote:
Thanks....
"Jimmy Wales: Wikipedia chief to advise Whitehall on policy"
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/wikipedia/9137339/Jimmy-Wales-Wikipedi...
Chief? Says who?
The Telegraph. ;-)
Someone should probably give them a ring and suggest they change "chief" to "founder", since that's what he actually is... (well, "co-founder", really, but let's not go there!)
On 13/03/2012 12:15, Thomas Dalton wrote:
On 13 March 2012 12:02, Michael Peelmichael.peel@wikimedia.org.uk wrote:
On 13 Mar 2012, at 10:35, Gordon Joly wrote:
Thanks....
"Jimmy Wales: Wikipedia chief to advise Whitehall on policy"
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/wikipedia/9137339/Jimmy-Wales-Wikipedi...
Chief? Says who?
The Telegraph. ;-)
Someone should probably give them a ring and suggest they change "chief" to "founder", since that's what he actually is... (well, "co-founder", really, but let's not go there!)
To be fair, if you look below the headline at the top, it all says co-founder.
KTC
But that doesn't mean we can't make light of the headline! ;)
Btw, I'm pretty sure on has to a British citizen (or possibly even born within the Commonwealth) to be knighted.
Harry
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On 13/03/2012 12:15, Thomas Dalton wrote:
On 13 March 2012 12:02, Michael Peelmichael.peel@wikimedia.org.uk wrote:
On 13 Mar 2012, at 10:35, Gordon Joly wrote:
Thanks....
"Jimmy Wales: Wikipedia chief to advise Whitehall on policy"
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/wikipedia/9137339/Jimmy-Wales-Wikipedi...
Chief? Says who?
The Telegraph. ;-)
Someone should probably give them a ring and suggest they change "chief" to "founder", since that's what he actually is... (well, "co-founder", really, but let's not go there!)
To be fair, if you look below the headline at the top, it all says co-founder.
KTC
There are some foreign knighthoods I think. But they are limited by number even more than the British one.
Tom Morton
On 13 Mar 2012, at 14:49, HJ Mitchell hjmitchell@ymail.com wrote:
But that doesn't mean we can't make light of the headline! ;)
Btw, I'm pretty sure on has to a British citizen (or possibly even born within the Commonwealth) to be knighted.
Harry
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On 13/03/2012 12:15, Thomas Dalton wrote:
On 13 March 2012 12:02, Michael Peelmichael.peel@wikimedia.org.uk
wrote:
On 13 Mar 2012, at 10:35, Gordon Joly wrote:
Thanks....
"Jimmy Wales: Wikipedia chief to advise Whitehall on policy"
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/wikipedia/9137339/Jimmy-Wales-Wikipedi...
Chief? Says who?
The Telegraph. ;-)
Someone should probably give them a ring and suggest they change "chief" to "founder", since that's what he actually is... (well, "co-founder", really, but let's not go there!)
To be fair, if you look below the headline at the top, it all says co-founder.
KTC
Officially allowed or not it doesn't stop the media calling Bob Geldof "Sir Bob". "Sir Jimbo" has quite a nice ring to it so you can guarantee the press would use it.
Neil / QuiteUnusual@Wikibooks
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Precisely, and there is extensive precedent (including in court decisions relating to allegedly inaccurate headlines) for article titles to be generalising if the reality is explained in the body. If we wrote to them, there probably wouldn't be a correction.
-- Anthony (AGK) Sent from my iPhone
On 13 Mar 2012, at 14:44, Katie Chan ktc@ktchan.info wrote:
On 13/03/2012 12:15, Thomas Dalton wrote:
On 13 March 2012 12:02, Michael Peelmichael.peel@wikimedia.org.uk wrote:
On 13 Mar 2012, at 10:35, Gordon Joly wrote:
Thanks....
"Jimmy Wales: Wikipedia chief to advise Whitehall on policy"
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/wikipedia/9137339/Jimmy-Wales-Wikipedi...
Chief? Says who?
The Telegraph. ;-)
Someone should probably give them a ring and suggest they change "chief" to "founder", since that's what he actually is... (well, "co-founder", really, but let's not go there!)
To be fair, if you look below the headline at the top, it all says co-founder.
KTC
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On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 3:39 PM, Gordon Joly gordon.joly@pobox.com wrote:
I remember when he was advising the BBC. What next?
What next? Knighthood. Sir Jimmy Donal "Jimbo" Wales.
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On 13 March 2012 14:43, Anirudh Bhati anirudhsbh@gmail.com wrote:
What next? Knighthood. Sir Jimmy Donal "Jimbo" Wales.
Not a British citizen, would have to be Mr Jimmy Donal Wales, KBE (or whatever), like Bob Geldof and Bill Gates.
- d.
On 13/03/2012 14:43, Anirudh Bhati wrote:
On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 3:39 PM, Gordon Jolygordon.joly@pobox.com wrote:
I remember when he was advising the BBC. What next?
What next? Knighthood. Sir Jimmy Donal "Jimbo" Wales.
He might start to advise a much higher authority. But at that point, he might be advising himself....
:-)
Gordo
On 14 March 2012 08:12, Gordon Joly gordon.joly@pobox.com wrote:
On 13/03/2012 14:43, Anirudh Bhati wrote:
On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 3:39 PM, Gordon Jolygordon.joly@pobox.com wrote:
I remember when he was advising the BBC. What next?
What next? Knighthood. Sir Jimmy Donal "Jimbo" Wales.
He might start to advise a much higher authority. But at that point, he
might be advising himself....
I know, a highly original TV series: "Jimbo will (tell you to so) fixit".
Charles
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