[WikiEN-l] Jimmy Wales in the news

[Oldak Quill]

On 04/03/2008, Steven Walling <steven.walling at gmail.com> wrote:
> Putting the utter stupidity of discussing Jimbo's sex life at all aside, I
>  will say that this episode rings true for me in one important sense. As an
>  employee of a for-profit wiki, I've had the *entire* 20+ person staff agree
>  unanimously that they love Wikipedia despite Jimmy Wales, emphasis on the
>  "despite". Part of me recognizes that all this hullabaloo is a product of
>  the media's inane focus on the cult of celebrity, but still...wouldn't we
>  just be better off without him? My moral compass swings to a resounding Yes.

I'm not so sure. I've always opposed Jimbo Wales' undue influence in
Wikimedia content, and this isn't really a problem now. There was a
time where he could have been titled "GodKing", but with arbcom and
through his own disengagement, this is no longer an issue.

Jimbo Wales does a lot in terms of publicity and public relations. The
talks around the world that he has given have raised the profile of
the project. Is this still so?

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Oldak Quill (oldakquill at gmail.com)