QUOTE(A spatula said what? @ Tue 25th August 2009, 11:48am)
QUOTE(Moulton @ Tue 25th August 2009, 1:35pm)
Maybe he envisions a secondary market in used encyclopedia articles.
More likely a proving ground for new
patent-pending online reputation systems.
Well at least he is not a Wikipedian. This is probably on balance a good thing that follows from Gardner's gradual transformation of WMF into a grown-up operation. I would rather it not be a representative of a grant maker from the techie sector. They might be too tolerant of some unsavory aspects of the internet and might bring libertarian ethos with them. I would prefer that it was a representative of Sloan who have given $3,000,000 or The Flora Hewlett Foundation who just gave $500,000. They would be more likely to provide prudent guidance based on long established non-profit practices and an ear to the concerns of the wider communty.
Getting on the Wikimedia Board
