Claims of corruption: Difference between revisions
(Moeller has only ADVOCATED developer vigilantiism, and it's not clear Starling's actions have gone beyond sysop vigilantiism (unless there are non-sysop-undoable IP range blocks )) |
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*many [[GFDL violation]]s notably re [[attribution]] and access to source text and all improvements. ''See [[text liberation]] for more on this issue | *many [[GFDL violation]]s notably re [[attribution]] and access to source text and all improvements. ''See [[text liberation]] for more on this issue | ||
*no actual end user (as opposed to "developer" or "sysop" or "editor") rep on the "board"; no [[independent board]] members not affiliated with operations | *no actual end user (as opposed to "developer" or "sysop" or "editor") rep on the "board"; no [[independent board]] members not affiliated with operations | ||
*'''Wikimedia Foundation''' not consulted when legally important decisions made, e.g. [http://mail.wikimedia.org/pipermail/foundation-l/2004-June/000384.html in response to Wikipedia being blocked in China], which is the biggest issue it has ever faced, the | *'''Wikimedia Foundation''' not consulted when legally important decisions made, e.g. [http://mail.wikimedia.org/pipermail/foundation-l/2004-June/000384.html in response to Wikipedia being blocked in China], which is the biggest issue it has ever faced, the Jimmy Wales unilaterally "hereby authorize [[Andrew Lih]] to make a statement on our behalf", based on [[usual happy NPOV talk]]. This was less than one day after the "election" of [[Wikimedia Board of Trustees]] who evidently had no opinion that mattered, on this all-important question. | ||
*false claims added to [[Wikimedia]] article here, and true claims removed; several attempts to revert these claims without answering to them, proving there is no adequate response | *false claims added to [[Wikimedia]] article here, and true claims removed; several attempts to revert these claims without answering to them, proving there is no adequate response | ||
*[[technological escalation]] against [[Recyclopedia]] and threatened against [[Wikinfo]] - attempted coverup with extremely selective event reporting in [[Wikipedia]], false claims in article nominally about Recyclopedia but seeming to serve only to spread the story that did not include [[denial of service attack]]s with [[vandalbot]]s | *[[technological escalation]] against [[Recyclopedia]] and threatened against [[Wikinfo]] - attempted coverup with extremely selective event reporting in [[Wikipedia]], false claims in article nominally about Recyclopedia but seeming to serve only to spread the story that did not include [[denial of service attack]]s with [[vandalbot]]s | ||
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=== recently dealt with === | === recently dealt with === | ||
*withholding of information regarding [[link transit]] at [[Wikipedia]] which would be very useful to editors, but also quite profitable for a [[search engine]] like [[Bomis]]; several attempts to raise this issue have been suppressed; | *withholding of information regarding [[link transit]] at [[Wikipedia]] which would be very useful to editors, but also quite profitable for a [[search engine]] like [[Bomis]]; several attempts to raise this issue have been suppressed; in September 2004 [[User:TimStarling]] did some code to start to deal with it. | ||
=== individual corruption by officers === | === individual corruption by officers === | ||
*Wales intimidating [[English Wikipedia User Secretlondon]] for being "too | *Wales intimidating [[English Wikipedia User Secretlondon]] for being "too anti-American" | ||
*[[libel chill]] by Wales, attempting to silence critics of his decisions and appointments, or even just those who point out [[GFDL violation]]s by Wikimedia, e.g. accusing people who say [[Wikipedia violates GFDL]] as being guilty of '''libel against Wikimedia''' on the [[Wikipedia mailing list]] | *[[libel chill]] by Wales, attempting to silence critics of his decisions and appointments, or even just those who point out [[GFDL violation]]s by Wikimedia, e.g. accusing people who say [[Wikipedia violates GFDL]] as being guilty of '''libel against Wikimedia''' on the [[Wikipedia mailing list]] | ||
*[[Daniel Mayer]] was appointed to the position of Chief Financial Officer on July 4, 2004; this individual is hardly credible as a reporter of facts or a guardian of any principles, given his long standing participation in [[echo chamber]] and [[libel pit]] activities; it strongly detracts from credibility of [[Wikimedia]] and [[Wikipedia]] when such a person is in charge of the books | *[[Daniel Mayer]] was appointed to the position of Chief Financial Officer on July 4, 2004; this individual is hardly credible as a reporter of facts or a guardian of any principles, given his long standing participation in [[echo chamber]] and [[libel pit]] activities; it strongly detracts from credibility of [[Wikimedia]] and [[Wikipedia]] when such a person is in charge of the books | ||
''For issues with developers and others without official status, see [[Talk:alleged Wikimedia corruption]].'' | ''For issues with developers and others without official status, see [[Talk:alleged Wikimedia corruption]].'' | ||