[WikiEN-l] Reliable sources— some of these babies are ugly

[Jussi-Ville Heiskanen]

AGK wrote:
> On 15 May 2010 15:12, Gregory Maxwell <gmaxwell at gmail.com> wrote:
>   
>> http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/05/14/exclusive-shake-wikipedia-porn-pressure/
>>     
>
> >From the unflattering photograph of Jimmy wearing a vacant expression
> and with his mouth open, I suspect the article will be of the same
> anti-Wikipedia vein as previous coverage of this topic by FOX News.
> That, though, is secondary to the tenet that everything produced by
> FOX is unfit to be called journalism.
>
> The feature says that
>
>   
>> Essentially… [Jimbo] has gone from having free reign over the content and people involved in the websites
>>     
>
> How many years have passed since Jimbo's role in the project has been
> more than ceremonial? Around three, as a conservative guess?
>
>   

Personally my favorite sentence is:

"After much pressure from within the Wikipedia community, co-founder 
Jimmy Wales has relinquished his top-level control over the 
encyclopedia's content, as well as all of its parent company's projects."

"parent company's" ?


Yours,

Jussi-Ville Heiskanen