[WikiEN-l] An open letter to Jimmy Wales

[Charles Matthews]

Larry Sanger wrote:
> It is not pointless to get the record corrected and to hold our leaders to
> high standards of honesty.  This may require courage, but it is essential to
> having a truly open, transparent community that has any chance of deserving
> the label "democratic."
>   
One thing about history and Wikipedia, is that we are supposed to let 
historians write it. Really, if you are asking me personally to choose 
between your version of history, and what you say is Jimbo's, I would 
prefer a third-party, dispassionate account.  So much for history.  If 
you also want to advocate for something else, relative to the Wikipedia 
community, go ahead.  This comment is so obviously policised and 
personalised, that I'd prefer to keep a clear wall between it and the 
"foundation myth".

Charles