[WikiEN-l] Wikimedia Board Elections
Jimmy Wales
jwales at wikia.com
Sat Sep 16 22:50:16 UTC 2006
David Mestel wrote:
> If I may add my personal opinion, I do not think that it was
> appropriate for Jimmy to declare public support for any candidate.
> Here's why: In some sense, Jimmy's role is to be an impartial
> adjudicator, facilitating to a great extent the views of the
> community, although obviously also keeping the greater good of
> Wikipedia in mind. In some ways, indeed, one might draw an analogy
> between this and a hypothetical situation where the monarch encouraged
> the electorate to vote one way or the other. Just my $0.02.
I understand and appreciate this point. In general, I try not to speak
on such matters. In this case, though, I think we have a unique
opportunity.
--Jimbo
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