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==board status== | ==board status== | ||
It was founded by [[ | It was founded by [[James Wales]], on the [[Wikimedia Board of Trustee]]s as "member for life". As this demonstrates, Wikipedia has no [[independent board]]: three of the five members have association with [[Bomis]] in the form of being employed by the corporation, ex-employee or owner. Wikimedia supporters claim that Bomis does not control the board. However, requests such as "Please stop it" from Wales have been cited as an excuse for some frequent contributors, e.g. [[English Wikipedia User Secretlondon]] to depart the project, and challenging Wales' [[GodKing]] status is often cited as a major reason for peopel to depart the project. | ||
==funding== | ==funding== | ||
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==Assets== | ==Assets== | ||
Supporters of the Wikimedia foundation claim that most longstanding participants in the [[Wikipedia]] project have greeted the formation of the nonprofit with great enthusiasm | Supporters of the Wikimedia foundation claim that most longstanding participants in the [[Wikipedia]] project, i.e. those that have knuckled under to the [[sysop power structure]] already, have greeted the formation of the nonprofit with great enthusiasm. | ||
Plans are in the work to set up nonprofit organizations in European countries to complement a global foundation. Wales has given all rights and ownership in the Wikipedia name(s) to these foundations. | |||
==Wikimedia's bias== | ==Wikimedia's bias== | ||
Many dispute Wales' contribution and neutrality. The much vaunted [[wiki ideology]] of "[[neutral point of view]]" is also very strongly criticized: Though other editors ostensibly correct misinformation, there is no procedure to assure correction and when corrections are made, it can happen hours, days or weeks after the misinformation has been served and forked to readers and to other web services. | Many dispute Wales' contribution and neutrality. The much vaunted [[wiki ideology]] of "[[neutral point of view]]" is also very strongly criticized: "Though other editors ostensibly correct misinformation, there is no procedure to assure correction and when corrections are made, it can happen hours, days or weeks after the misinformation has been served and forked to readers and to other web services. | ||
During election or war-time propaganda campaigns, a few hours of misinformation can be useful, but this possibility of disinformation cannot be avoided in [[wiki]]s. | During election or war-time propaganda campaigns, a few hours of misinformation can be useful, but this possibility of disinformation cannot be avoided in [[wiki]]s. | ||
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Jimmy Wales claims to try to stay out of dipute resolution | Jimmy Wales claims to try to stay out of dipute resolution | ||
and remain "neutral" as much as possible "so as to not influence editorial decisions," | and remain "neutral" as much as possible "so as to not influence editorial decisions," | ||
but it is apparent that he does intervene, e.g. the notorious case of [[English Wikipedia User Secretlondon]]. | but it is apparent that he does intervene, e.g. the notorious case of [[English Wikipedia User Secretlondon]]. Wales, in a classic example of [[Wikimedia]] [[thuggery]], asked her in email to "Please stop it." He influences others who do "dispute resolution" and also very often | ||
[[block IP]]s for "[[vandalism]]". This is | [[block IP]]s for "[[vandalism]]". This is | ||
the most "[[sysop vigilantiism|heavily abused power]]", "especially" when | the most "[[sysop vigilantiism|heavily abused power]]", "especially" when | ||
extended to "[[trolls]]". | extended to so-called "[[trolls]]". | ||
When Wales "chats" with other users they get a picture of how | When Wales "chats" with other users they get a picture of how "Jimbo" | ||
tends to see things and usually "[[defer]]" to this person who they see | tends to see things and usually "[[defer]]" to this person who they see | ||
as | as a [[GodKing|awe-inspiring founder]]. Certain [[sycophant]]s skew | ||
issues towards the way | issues towards the way "Jimbo" sees them. None of these are unusual: | ||
[[Group dynamics]] suggest that this cannot be avoided but staying concious about this kind of phemonemom helps to minimize the damage it does, the [[systemic bias]] it creates, [[groupthink]] reinforced. | [[Group dynamics]] suggest that this cannot be avoided but staying concious about this kind of phemonemom helps to minimize the damage it does, the [[systemic bias]] it creates, [[groupthink]] reinforced. | ||
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*Claims that Wikipedia's [[name space]] is [[EPOV]] and favours Wikipedia itself inherently, e.g. creating use of ISO language codes in [[mediawiki]] as if they are invocations of Wikipedia in that language, not simply references to "that page in that language". | *Claims that Wikipedia's [[name space]] is [[EPOV]] and favours Wikipedia itself inherently, e.g. creating use of ISO language codes in [[mediawiki]] as if they are invocations of Wikipedia in that language, not simply references to "that page in that language". | ||
For example [[Wikipedia:fr:Commerce | For example [[Wikipedia:fr:Commerce �quitable]] or [[w:fr:Commerce �quitable]] map incorrectly to the [[interwiki link standard]] name which is [[fr:Wikipedia:Commerce �quitable]]: | ||
::It is not up to the service to decide what languages to serve in, nor is it up to the service to decide how to carve up space within that language - that's up to the language itself. Not only that, but the name of the service is itself expressed in a language: Hawaiian and Greek, combined using English rules of [[proper noun]] formation. | ::It is not up to the service to decide what languages to serve in, nor is it up to the service to decide how to carve up space within that language - that's up to the language itself. Not only that, but the name of the service is itself expressed in a language: Hawaiian and Greek, combined using English rules of [[proper noun]] formation. | ||
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*[[Libel chill]] employed as a tactic to silence critics, including those who have raised simple legal issues re the [[GFDL]] and [[charitable status]], which any contributor or citizen has a right to do. | *[[Libel chill]] employed as a tactic to silence critics, including those who have raised simple legal issues re the [[GFDL]] and [[charitable status]], which any contributor or citizen has a right to do. | ||
''See [[link transit]] for various attempts to resolve this issue.'' | ''See [[link transit]] for various attempts to resolve this issue.'' |