On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 4:19 PM, James Farrar <james.far...@gmail.com>wrote:
> > On Sep 20, 2012 12:21 PM, "Andreas Kolbe" <jayen...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Regardless of whether there is impropriety or not, it is hardly possible > to claim that the appearance of impropriety has been avoided. > > For someone in the public eye, no matter how properly they behave, a > person with an axe to grind can always spin an appearance of impropriety. > "The self-promotional aspect here (the degree to which MonmouthpediAis clearly used by Roger has a way to advance his personal career) is real and somewhat unsavory. Serving on a board of a non-profit oughtto be done first and foremost to serve that organization's objectives,not to promote separate business goals." – Erik Möller, September 19, 2012 http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2012-September/122066.html And let's say Roger does resign: who's the next target on your list? > That is simply nonsense. There was no need to instrumentalise Wikipedia as a marketing tool for third parties to use, to sell the project as such, and to derive personal income from these projects. Andreas
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