On 28 January 2016 at 16:12, Andreas Kolbe <jayen466(a)gmail.com> wrote:
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So, what does it actually mean when Jimmy Wales says
something like this to
the community in response to criticism?
Do people think this is good governance, secretly admire the Machiavellian
chutzpah, or what?
Jimmy Wales has defended his use of *"Utter fucking bullshit"* when
abusing James Heilman.[1][2] In a hostile environment where "founders
rights" appear to mean that Wales can push his colleagues around like
a childish bully, in a way that anyone else would have their account
blocked from Wikimedia projects, we cannot expect to hold this WMF
trustee to account for their actions as we cannot even properly hold
him to account against the WMF terms of use.
In other charitable organisations, abusing volunteers or employees
with variations of "fuck" and being incapable of recognising that is a
problem, would make you entirely unsuitable to be a trustee. It's a
shame that the WMF board have no higher standards for civility or
leadership than this. It's an all time low.
Links:
1.
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Jimbo_Wales&diff=7…
2.
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Jimbo_Wales&diff=7…
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