[Foundation-l] Removing questions about me and my role from this discussion

[Mike.lifeguard]

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On 37-01--10 03:59 PM, Jimmy Wales wrote:
> In the interest of encouraging this discussion to be about real
> philosophical/content issues, rather than be about me and how quickly I
> acted, I've just now removed virtually all permissions to actually do
> things from the "Founder" flag.  I even removed my ability to edit
> semi-protected pages!  (I've kept permissions related to 'viewing' things.)
> 
> I do not want to be a tyrant or dictator.  I do not want us to fight
> about that kind of thing, as it's really a distraction from our work.

Thank you, I think this is actually enormously helpful.

I think you'll find that whenever you want to have something done that
should actually be done there will be no problem convincing community
members to do it. By contrast, if you ask them to do something that
shouldn't be done, it may be more likely they won't do it. Of course,
your opinion carries much weight, so people are likely to acquiesce, but
all the same, I think this will make folks much more comfortable in
accepting your guidance.

At the same time, it simply removes a large part of what folks have been
grappling with this weekend.

I think this is quite a positive change,

- -Mike
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