After a chat with someone more familiar with Jimmy Wales' user talk page than myself (I don't regularly follow it, as Jimmy does not grant me free speech there), I think this may be the link,[1] but we agree it's impossible to tell for sure as it all seems too obscure and tangential; quote:"... I continue to make the case to the board that greater transparency is desirable with regard to the reasons for James' removal."
None of the discussion seems to be anything that reads as much more than hearsay with plausibly deniability, and we are left hanging on a promise of something eventually where all the other trustees, not Jimmy, must be at fault for dragging their feet and failing to be transparent about an email that Jimmy wrote to James, that nobody else could have any legal or ethical reason to think they had a right to veto publishing; considering it has already been suggested that anything that might give the board of trustees a legal problem could be redacted in a minimal fashion. It's a shame that WMF trustees are not subject to the type of legal constraints which most European charities operate under, forcing the organization to release records given a subject access request within a limited time... unless they sadly have an unexpected "administrative error" and delete the important/embarrassing records they should have archived. It's not quite reached a month since publication was first requested and agreed to by James to avoid any issue with respecting confidentiality,[2] so readers of this list may have unrealistic expectations that this will be clarified in a timely way. 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Jimbo_Wales&diff=711235706&oldid=711235176 2. https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2016-February/082815.html Fae On 23 March 2016 at 23:32, Lodewijk <lodew...@effeietsanders.org> wrote: > Hi Jimmy, > > Thanks for the general pointer, but given the high amount of discussions on > your talkpage, I'm uncertain which comment you are referring to? > > Lodewijk > > On Wed, Mar 23, 2016 at 12:48 PM, Andy Mabbett <a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk> > wrote: > >> On 23 March 2016 at 10:01, Jimmy Wales <jimmywa...@wikia-inc.com> wrote: >> >> > But I did publish something on my user talk page that is relevant. >> >> Diff, please. >> >> -- >> Andy Mabbett >> @pigsonthewing >> http://pigsonthewing.org.uk -- fae...@gmail.com https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Fae _______________________________________________ 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>
