[WikiEN-l] [Foundation-l] Statement to the Associated Press

[George Herbert]

On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 3:55 PM, Tony Sidaway <tonysidaway at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 11/03/2008, George Herbert <george.herbert at gmail.com> wrote:
> > This issue has now popped up in the press:
> >
> >
> http://www.smh.com.au/news/web/more-woes-for-jimmy-wales/2008/03/11/1205125874243.html
> >
> >  Also slashdotted.
> >
> >  Less info there than posted by either side here, but it's out and
> running...
> >
>
> Like the "Jimbo ordered people to fix Marsden's bio" thing, this is a
> non-story.  Jimbo frequently took the initiative in stubbing down
> crappy articles and asking editors to start afresh.  Good practice.
> Nice of Jeff to give a donation, but stubbing down a bad biography is
> standard practice. <https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l>
>

Yeah, my posting that it's come out in the press is not an opinion statement
that there's truth to the story etc etc.


-- 
-george william herbert
george.herbert at gmail.com