[Wikimedia-l] O'Dwyer

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> Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2012 18:05:10 +0100
> From: Andreas Kolbe <jayen466 at gmail.com>
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> Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] O'Dwyer
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> > Jimmy is not Wikipedia. What about that is hard to understand?
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> I would have agreed with you half a year ago. But Jimbo decided there would
> be a SOPA blackout, and a SOPA blackout was had. And every press article
> that mentions his campaign for O'Dwyer has the obligatory "Wikipedia
> founder" label. Whether you like it or not, Wikipedia is now associated
> with that effort in the public's eye, for better or worse.
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> Yes, you can argue it's his right to act as an individual, it's not his
> fault that the press describe him as the Wikipedia founder, etc.
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> SOPA is a bad example, not least because those of the community who
expressed an opinion mostly agreed with Jimmy.

Better examples would be the rumour floated a year or so back that Jimmy
was interested in a Senate seat, and  Jimmy's porn purge attempt on
Commons. The senate bid is a good example because the press were able to
differentiate between what Jimmy was planning to do and what Wikipedia was
planning. The porn purge is a good example because it shows what happens
when Jimmy tries to do something on wiki but doesn't take the community
with him. "Jimbo decided there would be a SOPA blackout, and a SOPA
blackout was had" implies that Jimmy has a merely to make a decision and
the community will dutifully obey. Reality is very different.


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