Jimbo has
kicked it up a notch.
The battle over whether or not to allow paid editing on Wikipedia, two-and-a-half years after I made it famous, is now being fought tooth and nail. Jimmy Wales kicked it up a notch, declaring "policy" where he (probably) no longer holds the reputation capital to pull it off. The current box score:
Paid editing - 52
Jimmy Wales - 22.
In American football, that's a blowout, folks.
What I'm wondering -- where the heck are JzG, Calton, and Sam Blanning? We need those guys to get the fire
REALLY HOT.
As for Jimbo's comment... I enjoy how in paragraph two he says, "I think the opening statement on this page is a red herring." Then in paragraph three he says, "Are we free and independent scribes doing our best to record all human knowledge? Or are we paid shills. I know what I choose."
Also, "Just imagine the disaster for our reputation."
Spoken like someone who knows intimately about disasters and reputations.
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