[Wikimedia-l] CNET News: "Corruption in Wikiland? Paid PR scandal erupts at Wikipedia"

[Andreas Kolbe]

On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 3:48 AM, Steven Walling <steven.walling at gmail.com>wrote:

> In short: I think people like Max and Roger, who make public declarations
> about their identities and conflicts of interest, are not the ones who
> scare me. We can always find those people and start a conversation with
> them.
>


In the past, those conversations were short, and ended in a permaban (cf.
Jimbo's past statements about blocking anyone offering commercial editing,
cf. Kohs).

Today, the people concerned are chapter trustees and Wikipedians in
Residence.

I would say things have changed.

Andreas