+Frank B. Subscriber² Posted May 16, 2010 Subscriber² Share Posted May 16, 2010 Listless Wikimedia "In Chaos" Following Co-founder Jimmy Wales Resignation Wikimedia co-founder Jimmy Wales has abruptly stepped down following a controversial porn purge that saw Wales himself single-handedly deleting questionable content from his company's servers. The purge was the result of a FOX News investigation started in April that discovered a large amount of pornographic material on Wikimedia's servers. When FOX News asked Wikimedia donors how they felt about this, the questions started rolling in and the offending imagery started going away. Therein lies the issue: Many editors in the organization's "inner circle" disagreed with the way Wales handled the pornography deletions?some did not see the content as objectionable at all, while others appaently argued the deletions went against the organization's inherent openness. In any event, Wales has relinquished administrative rights, but will remain a board member. The resignation, according to an unnamed source, has sent Wikimedia "into chaos" with no one at the wheel. [Venture Beat, Neowin] Source: Gizmodo Srugie 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chasethebase Reporter Posted May 16, 2010 Reporter Share Posted May 16, 2010 Yay for Neowin being spelt with only one capital letter! :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Srugie Veteran Posted May 16, 2010 Veteran Share Posted May 16, 2010 Yay for Neowin being spelt with only one capital letter! Maybe they're catching on? ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skulltrail Posted May 16, 2010 Share Posted May 16, 2010 Congrats Neowin. (Y) You are now a Gizmodo-approved reputable source! :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiquidSolstice Posted May 17, 2010 Share Posted May 17, 2010 Congrats Neowin. (Y) You are now a Gizmodo-approved reputable source! :laugh: Owing to their recent douchebaggery with the iPhone, I can safely say I find that shameful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeekTwo Posted May 19, 2010 Share Posted May 19, 2010 Owing to their recent douchebaggery with the iPhone, I can safely say I find that shameful. Even before the iPhone thing, I never would have counted a +1 from Gizmodo as a +1.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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