On 1/22/07, The Cunctator cunctator@gmail.com wrote:
On 1/22/07, Oskar Sigvardsson oskarsigvardsson@gmail.com wrote:
On 1/23/07, The Cunctator cunctator@gmail.com wrote:
On 1/20/07, Brion Vibber brion@pobox.com wrote:
Having been requested by Jimmy to do so, and having seen a fun rumor of a "search engine optimization world championship" contest targeting WP[1], I've gone ahead and switched rel="nofollow" back onto URLs in en.wikipedia.org's article namespace.
Does Jimmy have that authority? Should this have gone through the board? Did it?
I asked three specific questions, which so far as I know Anthony and Oskar can't directly answer except through (reasonable) surmisal.
Why ask the list, if you think we can't answer the question? Because the 4 or 5 people who can answer happen to be on the list?
Moreover, what is the question? Does Jimmy have the authority to request something of someone else? Of course he does. We all do. Free speech and everything. Was Brion required under his employment contract to do it? I doubt it, but that one I guess you'd have to ask him for the answer. Should this have gone through the board? That's really a philosophical question, which anyone could answer, but I don't really know if I think it should have or not. Did it? I guess only the board knows for sure, but I haven't seen any resolutions passed over it.
Anthony