There are some foreign knighthoods I think. But they are limited by number even more than the British one.
Tom Morton On 13 Mar 2012, at 14:49, HJ Mitchell <[email protected]> wrote: But that doesn't mean we can't make light of the headline! ;) Btw, I'm pretty sure on has to a British citizen (or possibly even born within the Commonwealth) to be knighted. Harry ------------------------------ *From:* Katie Chan <[email protected]> *To:* [email protected] *Sent:* Tuesday, 13 March 2012, 14:44 *Subject:* Re: [Wikimediauk-l] "Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales is to become a U.K. government adviser on open government." - Slashdot On 13/03/2012 12:15, Thomas Dalton wrote: > On 13 March 2012 12:02, Michael Peel<[email protected]> wrote: >> >> On 13 Mar 2012, at 10:35, Gordon Joly wrote: >> >>> >>> Thanks.... >>> >>> "Jimmy Wales: Wikipedia chief to advise Whitehall on policy" >>> >>> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/wikipedia/9137339/Jimmy-Wales-Wikipedia-chief-to-advise-Whitehall-on-policy.html >>> >>> Chief? Says who? >> >> The Telegraph. ;-) > > Someone should probably give them a ring and suggest they change > "chief" to "founder", since that's what he actually is... (well, > "co-founder", really, but let's not go there!) To be fair, if you look below the headline at the top, it all says co-founder. KTC -- Experience is a good school but the fees are high. - Heinrich Heine _______________________________________________ Wikimedia UK mailing list [email protected] http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org _______________________________________________ Wikimedia UK mailing list [email protected] http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
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