[Foundation-l] Time to reset the 'founder' flag-- Jimbo is no longer a viable king.

Alec Conroy alecmconroy at gmail.com
Sat May 8 14:02:24 UTC 2010


After his initial deletion spree, there were widespread objections from
the community.   In many different forums,  hundreds of users registered
their objections.   By the time Jimbo returned, nearly 100 users had
signed a statement calling for his "Founder Flag" powers to be
removed.

In response, Jimbo:

• Did not apologize, but expressed pride in his earlier actions
• Encouraged other admins to mimic his actions
• Deleted the entirety of his talk page, which had filled with concerns.

At this point, discussing the original issue (porn) is really besides the point.
This behavior is not acceptable.

I propose:

1. Jimbo does not have the confidence of the community.
2. The "founder" status needs to be removed to reflect that.




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