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[Untitled] Today The Wikimedia Foundation, the non-profit organization behind the web encyclopedia Wikipedia, announced it has appointed Roger McNamee to the Foundation's Advisory Board. McNamee is Managing Director and .

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[Untitled] The word on Wales' Wikipedia woes | The Social - CNET News: A representative from the Wikimedia Foundation told CNET News.com that it has not released an official statement addressing the speculation about McNamee's involvement. But Wikimedia Foundation chair Florence Nibart-Devouard said to the Times that she was "not comfortable with the concept" of the nonprofit accepting massive funds from donors best-known as capital investors, and the article went on to say that the foundation's board has passed a measure requiring approval for all donations that total over 2 percent of Wikimedia's revenues.

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