[WikiEN-l] Jimbo on Commons

[Gwern Branwen]

Since I haven't seen it mentioned here, thought I would. Jimbo appears
to have started another one of his trademark ill-thought-out
unilateral decisions & purges on Commons, by deleting scads of images
that offend him.

Relevant links:

- http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons_talk:Sexual_content
- http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons_talk:Sexual_content/Village_pump/2010-5-6
- http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons_talk:Sexual_content/Village_pump/2010-5-7

Over on Foundation-l there is an active discussion:
http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/foundation-l/2010-May/thread.html#57789

Jimbo's explanation? bad press:

- http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/foundation-l/2010-May/057896.html

In related news, there is a proposal to remove the software privileges
that lets Jimbo do that sort of thing:

- http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_comment/Remove_Founder_flag

-- 
gwern