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Wales admitted he was wrong to me through a mutual friend. I don't think he ever publicly recanted, though.
by aaronsw 16y ago
Wales admitted he was wrong to me through a mutual friend. I don't think he ever publicly recanted, though.
- mseebach 16y agoThat is rather disturbing. Well, as PG says, there's still room to do to Wikipedia what Wikipedia did to Encyclopedia Britannica.
- barrkel 16y agoI don't find it disturbing. I think it's very much in Wales' character; starting out in soft porn, co-founding Wikipedia, and then passing himself off as founder, rather than co-founder. Every time I see his face at the top of a Wikipedia page, it sickens me, and similarly every time I see him described as "founder". Thus, the Wikipedia banner sickens me twice. AdBlockPlus element hiding rule: wikipedia.org###siteNotice
- sielskr 16y agoThanks for the AdblockPlus rule!
- Alex3917 16y agoFor what it's worth, here is a thread I started on the Wikipedia mailing list in May 2005, which I believe was the first public debate about this: http://marc.info/?l=wikipedia-l&m=111502457428025 http://marc.info/?l=wikipedia-l&m=111502457428025 There are a ton of interesting posts from Jimbo, SJ, et al. Here are a couple of key comments by Jimbo about where his beliefs came from: http://marc.info/?l=wikipedia-l&m=111503845405275&w=2 http://marc.info/?l=wikipedia-l&m=111503845405275&w=... http://marc.info/?l=wikipedia-l&m=111521774525655&w=2 http://marc.info/?l=wikipedia-l&m=111521774525655&w=...