On Sun, May 9, 2010 at 9:14 AM, Alec Conroy <alecmcon...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Here here. > > 300+ users have ordered the removal of Jimbo's founder powers. Not > some of those powers, not half of those powers, ALL of those powers. > He doesn't get to negotiate his own remedies-- the community wants > doesn't want him to play the founder role. > > He has disrupted the project and damaged our reputation far more than > any measely porn story ever could have, and he broke all our rules in > the process, and the community has ruled. > > The *only* sane response for the board to this is for them to say: > "Pursuant to consensus, Jimbo Wales powers are revoked" > > But if they're not going to say that, they might as well say "Jimbo > Wales is more important than the entirety of the commmunity, and if > you have a problem with that, go away". Call the board together, > have a nice vote, and give Jimbo his project back, dissolve the > foundation, and let the rest of us be on our way. > > Any statements in between are only going to add to the crisis. It's > community vs jimbo day. WE hoped this day would never come, but it's > here. Who trumps who? The board needs to decide in no uncertain > terms and enforce its decision. > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > I've argued in the past that founder flag is anachronic and has to go. But this black-white, us-or-them rethoric is nonsense. This is not a war jimbo vs community (as much as you'd like to present this) and it's a sophomoric way to carry a thoughtful debate where main point is that community has enough maturity to take high level decisions. This is not Jimbo the tyrant vs poor community. Please. _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
