[WikiEN-l] An open letter to Jimmy Wales

[Fred Bauder]

> Another set of replies.
>
> I wrote:
>> > ...  On the other hand, if you pretend that it isn't
>> > happening, or
>> > dismiss my concerns, you'll just be digging yourselves even deeper
>> > into the hole you're already in.  Remember: the world is watching.
>
> Sam Korn replied:
>> What hole are we in, pray?
>
> The reputation of Wikipedia as an endless source of scandal and
> dishonesty,
> coupled with this open letter, in which I decided to use whatever weight
> my
> views have in the "court of public opinion" to confront the project's
> leading light.  Deny it if you must, but you have a problem on your
> hands.

A problem you are trying to stir up. As far as "Wikipedia [being] an
endless source of scandal and dishonesty", that is an artifact of your
own wishful thinking. As the promoter of a competing project your
interest is transparent. I do think an apology is due you from Jimmy
Wales, but that ought to be the end of it.

Fred Bauder