Original: As Wales is also a member of the global founder group since February 27 , 2009 ( Jimmy Wales was a steward before ) , he has the ability to change the user rights of any editor on any Wikimedia wiki from meta : Special : UserRights , making the local ` founder ' group largely a status symbol .
Simplified: As Wales is also a steward on Meta , he has the ability to change the user rights of any editor on any wikimedia wiki from meta : Special : UserRights , making the ` founder ' group largely a status symbol .