QUOTE(taiwopanfob @ Sat 6th December 2008, 8:31am)
QUOTE(The Wales Hunter @ Fri 5th December 2008, 8:59pm)
Jimbo gives admin votes more weight than non-admin wotes:
This is the kind of stupidity -- in effect, he is saying that non-admins might as well not vote -- that blind ballots go a big step towards curing.
Jimmy has long weighted votes in the elections; he has made it clear that he will reject a candidate who does well overall but is opposed by his close circle.
This is definitely a very strong argument for the election being a secret ballot; the community should absolutely demand this for the next election.
QUOTE(Milton Roe @ Sat 6th December 2008, 10:06am)
The SF police are bound to follow the CEO and board, as to who legally physically accesses the server building. And the programmers are hired and fired by the foundation, and they damn-well do what the board says.
As far as I know, the servers are still in Florida and there are no plans to move them.
Jimbo has never understood that he doesn't own Wikimedia. He believes that it's his personal property to use and control; the WMF thing is just a legalistic dodge that doesn't alter his moral right of control. The concept of "fiduciary duty" is completely lost on him, as is the concept of "charitable organization". It's pretty clear that the only thing preserving his control over Wikipedia is the fact that most of the Wikipedia community is teenaged boys who have an innate need for defined hierarchy and clear leaders. Jimbo fills that need for them; he pretends to be their leader and they support him in that role. As long as Wikipedia continues to primarily recruit from that demographic, I don't see this changing.