Jimbo-Marsden-gate explodes, Rachel releases evidence of Jimbo's COI Options

[One]

@Amarkov: Give it a day or so. It's already hit the Canadian media so the American media won't be too far behind.

Um. I don't think we pick up Canadian news the way you pick up U.S. news. After all, y'all know the names of all of our influential politicians, and we can only occasionally recall that you have something called "parliament."

That said, this story is too damn amusing to leave stranded in the Great White North.

[Nathan]

@Kato: Boo. Yeah, I understand but still, give it a day or two. AP will pick this up, it's just a matter of time.

I have the Google News search bookmarked and I'll post if there's anything new, if someone hasn't already beat me to it.

[Kato]

@Amarkov: Give it a day or so. It's already hit the Canadian media so the American media won't be too far behind.

Um. I don't think we pick up Canadian news the way you pick up U.S. news. After all, y'all know the names of all of our influential politicians, and we can only occasionally recall that you have something called "parliament."

That said, this story is too damn amusing to leave stranded in the Great White North.

You need the British Tabloids to really rip this kind of story a new arse. But I don't think Fox News Nutter tangles with Wiki-Geek Love Rat (or if it's The Sun "BIMBO JIMBO") is going to bring in the British punters, so I doubt they'd get involved. They'd be probing Jimbo with long lenses and chasing Marsden down alleyways now if they were interested. Which leaves the deferential US press and the hand wringing Techie bloggers to keep the fire burning.

[JohnA]

Are they going to ban eBay as an attack site?

[Milton Roe]

How does the WP community stop someone from actually adding all of this to the articles of both parties?

On what grounds does this information stay out?

It will be all over the main press world tonight. Reliable sources will carry the news of Jimmy's

activities and his affair with Ms. Marsden.

But this same tale has happened of old, just as now. Sort of.

Once upon a time, there wast a women not unlike the woman Rachel. Her name was Angela. And she was once very, very close with the Lord God of Wikipedia, He Whose Name Must Not be Spoken: JMWH. How close WAST she? Well, there are children reading, probably, so leave it. Anyway, as the probably tall tale goest, there came a time when there was a great Falling Out (yes, it actually fell out). And, lo, then didst Angela say UNTO The Lord God JMWH: "Since I am no longer Thy Favorite, may Thou removest me from the records of all men, including Thy Great Work. But Thou Hads't better believe I'm keeping the Wikia stock, Honey."

And The Lord God replied unto her: "NO!, thy BIO must stay, becaust Mine must stay, and Myself has tried to change it, Myself knows. So the rules apply equally to thou, too, Cookie, and if I make an exception for thyself, it shall look as though I do play flavorites, and in case you've forgotten, this whole mess is because thou art no longer Flavorite of the Month." And so thus didst Angela go her sad way, thinking the same rule of law applied to all, and she tried to remove her BIO from the English Wikipedia, but nothing worked, because the spirit of God had receded from her, the glory of JMWH had gone, and his light was no longer about her, and the software no longer did her bidding. And her earthly abhorred commands were reverted by cruel imps.

And it was not unlike that scene where Guinevere is tied to the stake in the movie Camelot and King Arthur can't do anything about it. Well, something like that scene.

But it came to pass that eventually, rescue for the Angela maiden (or whatever) at her private stake, didst arrive. For many Wikignomes whose paying job it is to kiss up to JMWH, or else doest do this it also for the flavor, decided to RESCUE Angela from the terrors of her BIO, on behalf of the Helpless KING. And lo, they typed, and her BIO began to shrink, year by year. And the more it shrank, the less notable she seemed, and the less notable she seemed, the more did it shrink. And it was strange, like unto Soviet Russia where people went missing from old photographs, or else like that episode of TNG where Dr. Crusher gets trapped in the warp bubble and all the stuff in the universe gradually starts to never exist, like Dude, whoa, what's up with that? (okay, that's cruft).

And so it came to pass that one day, a WikiGnome looked deep into his heart after a full night of restful sleep, and decided next morning to make the now tiny BIO of [[Angela]] disappear completely, yea verily, up into its own sphincter, and redirect unto Wikia. Thus consigning Angela information to a hard-to-find TALK page for the former article. Which state could not last, and indeed verily did not. An imp reverted. And the Gnome's mentor Durova was sore-pissed.

But verily, those who spoke about it, and about Angela, daily found their works more and more hidden. And daily, the BIO still doth shrink.

And as punishment for writing here that which is forbidden, I myself do see that mine hands do grow transpar..nt, ev.n as I typ ths messag …

[the fieryangel]

And as punishment for writing here that which is forbidden, I myself do see that mine hands do grow transpar..nt, ev.n as I typ ths messag …

Man, that's a classic! This last post needs to go into a special "WR Hall of Fame" section!

Now, for the serious stuff: Does anybody have a link for Rachael's ebay sale? Is Jimbo a briefs or boxer shorts kind of man (I imagine him in boxers, myself)

Enquiring minds want to know!

[Kato]

And as punishment for writing here that which is forbidden, I myself do see that mine hands do grow transpar..nt, ev.n as I typ ths messag …

Man, that's a classic! This last post needs to go into a special "WR Hall of Fame" section!

Now, for the serious stuff: Does anybody have a link for Rachael's ebay sale? Is Jimbo a briefs or boxer shorts kind of man (I imagine him in boxers, myself)

Enquiring minds want to know!

It's all in this thread, Fiery.

http://wikipediareview.com/index.php?showtopic=16203

I'm pushing for Rachel Marsden's proceeds from the sale to go to Danny Wool's Sri Lanka charity. Which will at least mean something good comes from this farce.

[the fieryangel]

It's all in this thread, Fiery.

http://wikipediareview.com/index.php?showtopic=16203

I'm pushing for Rachel Marsden's proceeds from the sale to go to Danny Wool's Sri Lanka charity. Which will at least mean something good comes from this farce.

Wow, that's really funny. I'm sure that the lady will do something suitably ironic with the money.

Remember, guys, never date a lady from Fox news!

[dtobias]

Some of your archaic grammar is a bit off.

http://dan.tobias.name/frivolity/archaic-grammar.html

[No one of consequence]

Some of your archaic grammar is a bit off.

http://dan.tobias.name/frivolity/archaic-grammar.html

And the Mona Lisa should be smiling more.

[Aloft]

Interesting. The Register story was on the front page of Fark for a couple of hours, but was just removed for some reason. I wonder why.

Old and busted: breakups by text message. New hotness: breakups by Wikipedia. Jimmy Wales blows goats

It's still available for TotalFark members.

[Kato]

Here's the big one. The Times of London. It doesn't get more formal a newspaper source than that. They refer to Mr Wales and Ms Marsden throughout.

http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/ne...icle3475722.ece

[GlassBeadGame]

Here's the big one. The Times of London. It doesn't get more formal a newspaper source than that.

http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/ne...icle3475722.ece

Here is the problem:

Either way, they clearly hit it off. In one IM message after their meeting, Mr Wales reportedly tells her: "btw, i am recovered from 24 hours of marathon sex. lol."

It would appears Ms. Marsden is concerned about who Mr. Wales spent the other 23 hours and fifty-eight minutes with.

[jorge]

A Murdoch paper no less, onwards to Fox News?

[Nathan]

One site got her name wrong.

So far, Canada and the UK have it. It won't be long now.

[One]

A Murdoch paper no less, onwards to Fox News?

Yep. Fox News has it.

Up to 32.

[Heat]

Wired: Wikipedia Founder Hit With Relationship Trouble, Allegations of Excessive Spending

The sex scandal PLUS the spending scandal.

Valleywag: Jimmy Wales's "gold-plated washing machine"

Forget the bimbo eruptions. Rachel Marsden wasn't Wales's first wild fling, and it won't be his last. Wales used to run Bomis, which he describes as a "Web portal" and the rest of the world calls a "porn site."

What Wikipedians need to ask is where their money is going. Ads have been appearing on Wikipedia for months soliciting donations, ostensibly to pay for bandwidth and other costs of running the site. How will those donors feel when they learn that they funded Wales's extravagant trips? (In his chats with Marsden, he brags about how he flies first class.)

And ultimately one can't really separate money and sex. Wool suggests Wales visited a massage parlor on a trip to Russia -- and expensed the subway ticket he used to get there. To what extent has Wales mixed business and pleasure? Only Devouard and the other staff at Wikimedia Foundation, the charity which runs Wikipedia, know for sure. But the IRS, which must approve of Wikimedia's nonprofit status, may start asking questions.

[Poetlister]

Is it my imagination, or is there nothing about Rachel Marsden on Wikinews?

http://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=S...=rachel+marsden

There are of course several about Jimbo, but nothing relevant.

http://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=S...rch=jimbo+wales

[The Wales Hunter]

Here's the big one. The Times of London. It doesn't get more formal a newspaper source than that. They refer to Mr Wales and Ms Marsden throughout.

http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/ne...icle3475722.ece

If The (London) Times is not considered a reliable source they may as well scrap WP:RS!

But it looks as though the incident is non-notable, in their view.

I like how edit summary "update infobox" means "remove reference of his wife"

He is still married, although separated, right?

Edit: And I reckon Jimbo let this out to cover for Gary Weiss!

This post has been edited by The Wales Hunter: Mon 3rd March 2008, 9:40pm

[Heat]

The t-shirt is now selling for $710 while the sweater is at a mere $500.