I don't believe that's "very clear" at all. You yourself said "If what Ben said is true...." I think it's very possible - to the extent that Ben cautioned against it himself - that this may be a misunderstanding.
In my nearly seven years at the WMF I never once saw corruption of the sort you suggest. Not once. And I think it's safe to say I was well connected. -- Philippe Beaudette philippe.beaude...@icloud.com > On Jan 2, 2016, at 5:48 PM, Comet styles <cometsty...@gmail.com> wrote: > > We should probably start with our high and mighty leader, Jimbo, just > like everyone else, He should now be 'elected' into the BoT, no more > free seats..Wikimedia has now grown to an extent where we may no > longer need him to run the foundation or to hold a deciding vote on > issues where he has his own interests in..This problem of lacking > transparency has leaked down to the lower levels of wikimedia as well, > is that the example they are going to set? .. As I said before, the > longer this drags on, the more likelihood of a 'manufactured' truth > coming out.. > > People who do wrong need time to come up with a good lie....everyone > knows this..James spoke the moment he was "fired" for which he was > reprimanded by the same authority that 'fired' him...If what Ben > Creasy said is true, then its definitely not James on the wrong here > and I'd be really effing pissed if he was made a 'scapegoat' by the > powers that be to save their own useless hide..Its very clear that > there is corruption at the highest order at WMF....the question is.. > How deep does it go? .. > > -- > Cometstyles > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>