WikiCoup: Wales’ Authority Challenged
Tuesday, June 30th, 2009
On Wikipedia, a community proposal has been made to remove Jimbo Wales from his postition of absolute authority. Wales has always enjoyed a title of “benevolent dictator”, even though he dislikes that particular wording.
It is unknown what such a proposal might mean, as Wales would still be on the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees. The proposal has currently garnered mixed results, with about half of the comments positive and half negative.