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From the foundation mailing list:
http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/found...rch/039545.html QUOTE Sun, Mar 9, 2008 - Jeffrey Vernon Merkey wrote: > > I am notifying the foundation I was approached on Friday by the Associated > Press regarding statements attributed to me which are in some way, > perceived to be related to Mr. Wales private affairs which seem to have > gotten a great deal of press coverage. I have a detailed collection of > email exchanges with Mr. Wales and Foundation employees over some period > of time which seem to be of apparent interest to various parties involved > in this controversy, and I have informed all parties that I will of course > disclose such materials subject only to a lawful subpoena or other > instrument as required by law since they contain confidential discussions > regarding business dealings with the Foundarion. I have, however, been > asked for a formal statement admitting or denying various allegations > which purport to claim my involvement in any of Mr. Wales business > activities. > > Since I am obligated to protect my own good name, I feel compelled to > address various allegations in order to distance myself from this > controversy involving Mr. Wales so the facts are not spun into something > they are not. As such, I issued the following statement to the associated > press in response to their inquiries regarding my involvement with Mr. > Wales and his business dealings. This statement was sent on Friday, March > 7, 2008. > > > --- STATEMENT TO THE ASSOCIATED PRESS --- > > "According to Merkey, in 2006, Wales agreed that in exchange for a > substantial donation and other financial support of the Wikimedia > Foundation projects, Wales would use his influence to make Merkey's > article adhere to Wikipedia's stated policies with regard to internet > libel "as a courtesty" and place Merkey under his "special protection" > as an editor. Merkey later withdrew his financial support of the > Wikipedia project after reviewing evidence of diversion and > mismanagement of the charities funds by Wales and the Wikimedia Board of > Trustees and was immediately banned from the Wikipedia site by the > Arbitration Committee for frivilous and unsubstanciated claims after he > terminated the payments of $5,000.00 per year to the Wikimedia > Foundation." > > > --- END OF STATEMENT --- > > I hope this clarifies the rumors and allegations being posted on various > blogs. As I am certain everyone is aware, I have continued development > of my Wikipedia projects and kept a safe distance from the Foundation > since these events, and I plan to continue to develop tools and refine > machine translation for Cherokee and other languages, however, I have > little interest in becoming embroilled in the internal affairs of the > Foundation or Wikipedia at present, and in fact, have no need to do so in > order to accomplish my objectives and use Wikipedia's high quality content > for my projects. > > I wish Mr. Wales and everyone the very best, and hope these issues can be > sorted out. > > Sincerely, > > > Jeffrey Vernon Merkey QUOTE Sun, Mar 9, 2008 - Jimmy Wales reply: I encourage anyone who is tempted to believe this story to consider the source. So, did I read this right? Jimmy didn't deny, he merely spit venom at Merkey? |
Pumpkin Muffins Merkey claims he paid for a fair bio Sun 9th March 2008, 10:30pm
guy Isn't Merkey a bureaucrat on the Cherokee site... Sun 9th March 2008, 10:50pm
Viridae Merkey is a kook, he throws legal threats around l... Sun 9th March 2008, 11:06pm
WordBomb
Merkey is a kook, he throws legal threats around ... Sun 9th March 2008, 11:19pm

Pumpkin Muffins
Say what you want about Merkey...the things he... Tue 11th March 2008, 7:50am
Piperdown
Merkey is a kook,
fwiw, a witch-hunt mob of an... Mon 10th March 2008, 2:30am

Castle Rock
[quote name='Viridae' post='84713' date='Sun 9th ... Mon 10th March 2008, 3:07am

Piperdown
[quote name='Viridae' post='84713' date='Sun 9th... Mon 10th March 2008, 3:11am
Pumpkin Muffins
Merkey is a kook, he throws legal threats around ... Tue 11th March 2008, 3:47pm
Pumpkin Muffins
There is never a dull moment when Merkey is arou... Tue 11th March 2008, 5:51pm
Aloft Alright Mr Wales,
Since you have decided to publi... Sun 9th March 2008, 11:27pm
Milton Roe
But is an AP story a verifiable and a reliable ... Mon 10th March 2008, 12:05am

Rootology
But is an AP story a verifiable and a reliable so... Mon 10th March 2008, 2:41am

Disillusioned Lackey
[If Merkey did indeed do so, it will like sorta b... Mon 10th March 2008, 9:59am

Robster
Which may still happen. Until then, don't ho... Mon 10th March 2008, 11:10am
Piperdown [quote name='Aloft' post='84715' date='Sun 9th Mar... Mon 10th March 2008, 2:46am
BobbyBombastic
So, did I read this right? Jimmy didn't deny... Mon 10th March 2008, 2:45am
thekohser
Something that will probably interest thekohser i... Mon 10th March 2008, 12:08pm
Moulton In politics, they call this kind of stuff influenc... Mon 10th March 2008, 2:52am
Cedric Turnabout being fair play, I'll dedicate this ... Mon 10th March 2008, 2:54am
Milton Roe
Turnabout being fair play, I'll dedicate this... Mon 10th March 2008, 3:15am
Amarkov If this turns out to actually be true, what are th... Tue 11th March 2008, 2:40am
The Wales Hunter http://www.smh.com.au/news/web/more-woes-f...51258... Tue 11th March 2008, 2:44am
Kato This is interesting:
The claim is the most damnin... Tue 11th March 2008, 2:50am
Amarkov Well, it is probably the most damning in public op... Tue 11th March 2008, 2:54am
Daniel Brandt Since Jeff gave emails to the Associated Press to ... Tue 11th March 2008, 1:55pm
msharma
Since Jeff gave emails to the Associated Press to... Tue 11th March 2008, 2:34pm
WhispersOfWisdom "Saints be praised."
Jeff and Rachel ... Tue 11th March 2008, 2:15pm
Moulton Wikipedia: The Encyclopedia Anyone Can Bribe Tue 11th March 2008, 2:17pm
groody Interesting.
Previously, I seem to remember Jeff ... Tue 11th March 2008, 8:08pm
Daniel Brandt
Now, I'm not sure where the Sydney Morning He... Tue 11th March 2008, 10:14pm
BobbyBombastic moderator note: thread moved from editors forum t... Tue 11th March 2008, 9:15pm
SirFozzie "In 1998, the Fourth Judicial District Court ... Tue 11th March 2008, 10:43pm
Pumpkin Muffins
"In 1998, the Fourth Judicial District Court... Tue 11th March 2008, 10:50pm
Daniel Brandt Here's the bottom line until further notice:
... Tue 11th March 2008, 11:17pm
Count DeMonet
2. Merkey came away from that correspondence with... Tue 11th March 2008, 11:49pm

Somey If WR offered Jimbo edits for cash around here how... Wed 12th March 2008, 3:19am

guy
he'll probably feel like he can't go out ... Wed 12th March 2008, 11:32am
groody 4. Merkey has been all over the map regarding the ... Wed 12th March 2008, 7:14am

Daniel Brandt
Now, assuming some truth in Jeff's mail to th... Wed 12th March 2008, 3:06pm

wikiwhistle
Jimbo decided that I'm no rock star, and not ... Thu 13th March 2008, 1:25am
Disillusioned Lackey
5. His recent statement to the AP said "... Thu 13th March 2008, 6:26pm
Random832
Jimbo's IM to Marsden was the most damning, o... Thu 13th March 2008, 7:00pm
AB There's actually one thing I don't unders... Thu 13th March 2008, 7:42pm
Count DeMonet
So perhaps she didn't expect the logs
to mak... Sat 15th March 2008, 12:36am
Disillusioned Lackey
There's actually one thing I don't under... Sat 15th March 2008, 11:41am
Amarkov
[quote name='AB' post='85600' date='Thu 13th Marc... Sat 15th March 2008, 4:07pm
Jonny Cache The Phrase:
"Where facts are only spun into ... Wed 12th March 2008, 11:08am
Moulton There is nothing inherently shameful about a site ... Wed 12th March 2008, 3:18pm
Pumpkin Muffins
What's shameful about WP is that it still pur... Wed 12th March 2008, 3:37pm
Robster Veering nearer the topic... :)
According to wikir... Thu 13th March 2008, 2:12am
AB
> --- STATEMENT TO THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ---
... Thu 13th March 2008, 2:37pm
AB Damn, I'd love to do something like that, but... Thu 13th March 2008, 3:26pm
Moulton Lessee...
$5K for cleaning up a WP bio, or ... Thu 13th March 2008, 2:57pm
Moulton It ain't over until you post on WP that it... Thu 13th March 2008, 7:04pm
SPA troll account Question: Are "unhelpful" comments routi... Sat 15th March 2008, 12:18am
dogbiscuit
Question: Are "unhelpful" comments rout... Sat 15th March 2008, 12:40am
SPA troll account Bah. I read and agree completely with your analysi... Sat 15th March 2008, 1:01am
wikiwhistle ? MSN at least, logs your chat without the other ... Sat 15th March 2008, 4:32pm
groody As posted on the Yahoo SCOX board (wow, imagine th... Sat 29th March 2008, 7:15am
thekohser
As posted on the Yahoo SCOX board (wow, imagine t... Sat 29th March 2008, 5:51pm
jorge
As posted on the Yahoo SCOX board (wow, imagine ... Sat 29th March 2008, 8:58pm
The Joy
I wonder what the disturbing answerphone message... Sat 29th March 2008, 9:03pm
jorge
I wonder what the disturbing answerphone messag... Sat 29th March 2008, 9:43pm
The Joy Nicolas Turnbull lives in Great Britain and Gmaxwe... Sun 30th March 2008, 2:47am
WordBomb I saw a BBC interview with Gerard. He's scary... Mon 31st March 2008, 2:40pm
Moulton I saw a BBC interview with Gerard. He's scary... Mon 31st March 2008, 2:46pm
WordBomb Is this what you had in mind... ???That's what... Mon 31st March 2008, 3:55pm
The Joy
[quote name='WordBomb' post='89471' date='Mon 31s... Mon 31st March 2008, 7:08pm
SPA troll account In my experience, its extremely easy to cow somebo... Sun 30th March 2008, 6:31am
SPA troll account JzG, master of meat puppets Wed 2nd April 2008, 7:59pm
tarantino Shortly after this story broke, Merkey was editing... Fri 4th April 2008, 11:16pm
SPA troll account Does JzG know that R. Baley is reverting anti-vand... Sat 5th April 2008, 1:33am![]() ![]() |
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