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'''Wikimedia''' is a private "foundation" in the US run by Jim Wales. In fact, it is a corporate entity. It has no [[independent board]], no [[legal charity status]] in any country, and seems to spend money it raises on a small clique of people mostly involved in "fixing" the inadequate [[mediawiki]] software (which does not even support full text searches in the [[Wikipedia]] project). | '''Wikimedia''' is a private "foundation" in the US run by Jim Wales. In fact, it is a corporate entity. It has no [[independent board]], no [[legal charity status]] in any country, and seems to spend money it raises on a small clique of people mostly involved in "fixing" the inadequate [[mediawiki]] software (which does not even support full text searches in the [[Wikipedia]] project). | ||
It provides mostly bad examples for the [[Consumerium Governance Organization]], which would do well to avoid all the pitfalls it is falling into. ''See [[142.X.X.X/Tim_Starling]] for a starting list of these, and references to potential solutions that 'Wikipedians' ignore and censor.'' | It provides mostly bad examples for the [[Consumerium Governance Organization]], which would do well to avoid all the pitfalls it is falling into. ''See [[142.X.X.X/Tim_Starling]] for a starting list of these, and references to potential solutions that 'Wikipedians' ignore and censor, many of which are longstanding sore points at [[Meta-Wikipedia]], e.g. [[m:regime change]].'' | ||
Many specific people who participate in Wikimedia are also a problem. They should be excluded from [[Consumerium]] as anything other than ordinary users, as their participation and propaganda leads directly to many or most of the problems Wikipedia has. ''See [[142.X.X.X/Angela]] for one notable example.'' | Many specific people who participate in Wikimedia are also a problem. They should be excluded from [[Consumerium]] as anything other than ordinary users, as their participation and propaganda leads directly to many or most of the problems Wikipedia has. ''See [[142.X.X.X/Angela]] for one notable example, where a [[usurper]] engaged in [[sysop vandalism]] at [[Simple English Wikipedia]] had to be [[driven off by trolls]] for simply not seeing the long term impact of her own actions, or deliberately ignoring these major issues.'' | ||
Finally, the software problems should be considered carefully when choosing [[wiki code]] for beyond the [[R&D wiki]] phase. | Finally, the software problems should be considered carefully when choosing [[wiki code]] for beyond the [[R&D wiki]] phase. | ||