Talk:Jimmy Wales/Archive 6

message: http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/markets/united_states/article1264098.ece
He wears glasses? Since when?  --  Zanimum 17:04, 27 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  "bespectacled" 

message: Jimmy Wales was nominated for this, but he didn't win. Don't know if it should be mentioned. Esteffect 02:00, 28 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Beard of the Year]] 

message: The article seems to lean towards an apologist view towards Jimmy Wales' involvement in what may be called by some as "pornography" or perhaps merely "men's entertainment" depending on your particular POV. It doesn't sufficiently present the counter view and attempts to diminish Jimmy's pass involvement with Bomis. I have therefore added a NPOV warning.
Given that this subject is both controversial, and pertains to Jimmy Wales, it appears to be a major omission. I understand that it is an ongoing battle, however I feel that both sides must be addressed even handedly for this to be sufficiently resolved.
Sean White --58.161.48.55 23:36, 1 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I second the motion. Mergerlomanica 04:59, 16 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Added POV warning. 

message: I'm wondering if anybody else is having the same problem as me: when I try to see the last revision, made between 24.163.65.201 and Frencheigh, my Internet Explorer freezes. I just wanted to see the difference, since it seems that a massive amount of information has been removed. BirdValiant 01:30, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  IE 7 Freezing 

message: he is on it atm--Slogankid 14:43, 8 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Five live 

message: :"He appointed himself and two business partners who are not active Wikipedians to the five-member board; the remaining two members are elected community representatives."
This is substantially out of date.--Jimbo Wales 17:19, 11 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: It is not out of date. It is a perenial fact because it his history. Wales might have changed the makeup of the board recently- was it to avoid a conflict of interest was he opens for-profit projects that exploit wikipedia's volunteer momentum? Was it because of withering criticism that he maintains control of an ostensibly volunteer project by appointing his business chronies to the board even though they've never been part of the project? Could it be because the light of day finally caught up with his jet-lagged mind? Whatever the reason, the facts remain that for the first two years, the foundation was under the control of Wales and his subserviant business partners, and for three years prior to that, he dictated direction as "god-king" who enjoyed sole ownership of the infrastructure that facilitates the project. Mergerlomanica 04:59, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

text: Jimbo, please don't feed the trolls. Mergerlomanica, if you have corroborating external sources that you can present in a neutral manner, please feel free to add it to the article, but please don't engage in personal attacks on the talk page, that will just reduce your credibility on the subject. Just H 03:54, 19 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Another suggestion 

message: I renamed a section "Rumors" and referenced it using a blog. I understand the current controversy about using blogs as sources, but I felt that a blog was the best way to reference a rumor. If anyone has a problem with the renaming, or with the reference, they're free (stating the obvious) to change it, re-reference it, or remove the reference altogether. 
Should anyone have a problem with what I did or would like me to change or remove it myself, please feel free to leave a message on my talk page. In truth, this is one of those articles that I shouldn't be involved in. The talk page annoys me, and I find myself getting more and more off-topic on this page and in my editing in general with it. I'm removing it from watchlist. NinaOdell | Talk 16:06, 17 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: For those who care

message: #Leave the word founder out of there. Just avoid the whole word.
#Say Jimbo Wales thought up the idea of a wiki open to edits by the general public.
#Say the work Jimbo and Larry both did initially for wikipedia.
Anomo 09:46, 20 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  My idea for a founder soluton