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[GadgetBento.com] Jimmy Nail: The Wood Pigeon | GadgetBento.com: to be excised Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales has waded into a minor row brewing on the site over whether pornographic content should be hosted on Wikimedia Commons – the place where all Wikipedia images are hosted.Wales said in a post on his usertalk page: “Wikimedia Commons

[CNET News.com] Wikimedia: Wales' editor position unchanged | Geek Gestalt - CNET News: It was false to claim that Jimmy ever held final editorial control on our projects--his decision to change the technical details of his user account should not be interpreted as changes to his status in general. Jimmy is actively engaged in discussions with other Wikimedia editors about sexually-explicit materials on Wikimedia Commons: discussions like that are part of his normal role, and are part of the normal work of being an active volunteer.

[Wikipedia Books] History of Wikipedia: History of Wikipedia. Wikipedia, Jimmy Wales ...: If you’ve read Wikipedia, you are familiar with how some words within the article provide links to other articles (for those curious and wishing to expand their research/reading) and while this can be helpful, not all of the links within any particular Wikipedia article are too relevant to the original subject matter. There is also often a list of other articles at the bottom of any Wikipedia article that are ‘See also…’

[CNET News.com] Wikimedia's Wales gives up some top-level controls | Digital Media ...: Fox started this controversy by picking up a minor story that was clearly going nowhere (Larry Sanger reports Wikipedia to the FBI, FBI doesn't do anything) and manufactured a controversy by contacting Wikimedia's donors, then writing an article about the reaction. Unfortunately, Wales gave them exactly what they wanted, a massive overreaction.

[Infothought] Infothought: Semi-Debunking Wikimedia "In Chaos" and Jimmy Wales ...: Although there are many interrelated topics, thegist of the dispute is how to handle some sexual material on WikimediaCommons, a hosting resource (not Wikipedia _per se_), which is, let usput it, of less than obvious immediate educational value, in the faceof _Fox News_ making an issue of it. Civil-libertarians will befamiliar with such disputes.

[Gizmodo: Dealzmodo, vip'xml] Listless Wikimedia "In Chaos" Following Co-founder Jimmy Wales ...: Therein lies the issue: Many editors in the organization's "inner circle" disagreed with the way Wales handled the pornography deletions—some did not see the content as objectionable at all, while others appaently argued the deletions went against the organization's inherent openness.

[Geekosystem] Jimmy Wales - Wikipedia - Pornography Controversy | Geekosystem: Last weekend Jimmy voluntarily relinquished some technical user-account privileges he has historically held, but that in no way affects his official status with Wikimedia, nor his editorial position. It was false to claim that Jimmy ever held final editorial control on our projects ”” his decision to change the technical details of his user account should not be interpreted as changes to his status in general.

[Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7] Wikipedia Down Due To Power Outage: The dispute over sexually explicit content escalated on the web for Wikimedia sites. Co-founder Jimmy Wales surrendered some of his privileges because other contributors protested that he deleted some of the images without prior consultation.

[frogpt.com] frogpt.com » Blog Archive » Wikimedia Foundation edits its board ...: conference in Alexandria, Egypt, the nonprofit Wikimedia Foundation–parent company of Wikipedia, Wiktionary, and a number of others–announced two new members to its board of trustees. The announcement went out on Friday and is effective immediately.

[physicaltherapyhq.com] physicaltherapyhq.com » Blog Archive » Wikimedia Foundation ...: “We want to acknowledge that the chapters are an important player in the fulfillment of the Wikimedia Foundation’s mission and that they therefore deserve a voice in the governance of the Foundation. Please note that the two chapter-selected seats are not intended to represent the interests of the chapters vis-a-vis the foundation.

[ChildLaw Blog] Investigation Confirms Wikipedia-Pedophile Connection - ChildLaw Blog: According to FOXNews.com, though he remains the chairman emeritus of the Wikimedia Foundation, Wales is no longer able to delete files, remove administrators, assign projects or edit any content. Essentially he has gone from having free reign over the content and people involved in the websites to having the same capabilities of a low-level administrator.

[ragesoss] Wikimania 2010 - ragesoss: Yes, Wikipedia isn’t the place for people who are unwilling to suffer fools. That’s not a good thing, per se, but it’s also the only way the world gets any better: when people who aren’t fools engage with people who are, and try to help them find that bit of enlightenment.

[ResourceShelf] Jimmy Wales and Wikipedia: On Founder Access and More Importantly ...: 2) When other stories were published by major news organizations like the BBC, PCWorld, and The Huffigton Post did Wikimedia contact these groups and those organizations refused to update with your views?

[Simple Thoughts - Java and Web Blog] Wikimedia slammed for pornographic content on website: The move followed a report by FoxNews.com, which asked a dozen donor companies, including Google, Microsoft’s Bing, Yahoo!, Open Society Institute, Ford Foundation, Best Buy, USA Networks and Craigslist Foundation, if they were aware of the highly pornographic material that was present on the website.

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