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    Image of dogcat dogcat
    01/08/09

    In reply to Wikipedia Cofounder's Wiki Bailout Plan
    Here's a challenge: can anyone name one successful idea that Jetset Jimbo has had?! Wikipedia wasn't his idea, Nupedia was, but failed, OpenServing was, but failed, Wikia possibly was, but is stalling, Wikia Search possible was, but amounts to something like 0.0001% of searches...


    Seriously, people keeping asking for his opinion on various things, and he keeps on giving it, but it's all based on the assumption that Jimbo founded Wikipedia, when all he actually did was reluctantly set-up the site in order to humour Larry Sanger, who'd idea it was.

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    Image of Ltic Ltic
    01/08/09

    In reply to Wikipedia Cofounder's Wiki Bailout Plan
    @Troll 2.0 .... LMFAO!!!!!!!!!!


    But please don't forget to add that he also abandoned whatever friends he had as well as those who backed him financially when he needed them. He screwed them all.


    Here's hoping for cosmic retribution sometime in my lifetime. And sooner rather than later.

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    Image of dogcat dogcat
    01/08/09

    @Ltic: 'cosmic retribution' - you mean a direct meteorite strike?! I have this image of God deciding that he's had enough of Jetset Jimbo's lies and hypocrisy, and deciding he'll perform an 'edit' himself.
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    Image of WilliamMarkFelt WilliamMarkFelt
    01/07/09

    In reply to Wikipedia Cofounder's Wiki Bailout Plan
    "Yes, Mr. President, a clear vision, like for example, this wiki:


    [campaigns.wikia.com]


    Or especially Open Serving, one that was really well thought through:


    [en.wikipedia.org]


    Sorry there is only a Wikipedia article for it now.


    Really, truth be told Mr. President, all I really want is a position on your cabinet. Have you gotten beachy with Richard Branson? You haven't? Well I have. So fork over the cabinet position.

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    Image of Hydroceph Hydroceph
    01/07/09

    In reply to Wikipedia Cofounder's Wiki Bailout Plan
    Can one not see the ensuing chaos as people alter IRS deduction rules to suit themselves? Really, i thought he was supposed to be clever or something.
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    Image of thekohser thekohser
    01/07/09

    In reply to Wikipedia Cofounder's Wiki Bailout Plan
    If you're not put to sleep by it, Jimbo was part of a 2-hour testimony to a Senate subcommittee, regarding E-Government.


    [www.c-spanarchives.org]


    Click the big red Flash Video button to play it.


    The most cringe-worthy moment, if you ask me, was when Jimbo described Dr. Larry Sanger -- the co-founder who brought to the table the IDEA of a wiki-based encyclopedia, and who NAMED Wikipedia, and who acted for over a year as its "Editor in Chief" -- as... wait for it...


    ...wait for it...


    "a guy I hired to help me".

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    Image of WilliamMarkFelt WilliamMarkFelt
    01/07/09

    @thekohser: Isn't it a federal offense to lie to Congress?
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    Image of dogcat dogcat
    01/08/09

    @thekohser: What a complete and utter bastard. It's so ironic that wikis are all about collaboration, with no one seeking sole credit, and yet Jimbo uses a Senate subcommitte to repeat his lie about him being the sole founder of Wikipedia. Presumably he thinks that by doing this it's now 'on the record'. Trouble is, 'being on the record' don't make it true.
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    Image of dogcat dogcat
    01/08/09

    @WilliamMarkFelt: Of course, one of the advantages of the wikification of government is that politicians will be able to edit past lies from the record. It would be a kind of utopia for Jimbo.
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    Image of shostakobitch shostakobitch
    01/07/09

    In reply to Wikipedia Cofounder's Wiki Bailout Plan
    he has a quote from himself above a letter from himself next to a picture of himself in a huge banner over wikipedia. in other words, he's a visionary genius giving the world his gifts.
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    Image of dogcat dogcat
    01/08/09

    @shostakobitch: Many Wikipedia users put quotations on their userpage which they think are witty, meaningful, inspirational etc. Jimbo's put ten quotations on his userpage - but they're all from himself!! That says everything you need to know about the man. They include such useful, witty and inspirational gems as:


    "...I advise the world to relax a notch or two."


    [en.wikipedia.org]

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    Image of If_I_Had_a_Poodle If_I_Had_a_Poodle
    01/07/09

    In reply to Wikipedia Cofounder's Wiki Bailout Plan
    wikki tikki tavi
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    Image of MoccasinMan MoccasinMan
    01/07/09

    In reply to Wikipedia Cofounder's Wiki Bailout Plan
    I can't stop looking in his eyes. He is hypnotizing me! Make him stop!!
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    Image of Chip Skylark of Space Chip Skylark of Space
    01/08/09

    @MoccasinMan: Make him get a haircut at some place other then Great Cuts, fer Chrissake!
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    Image of dogcat dogcat
    01/08/09

    @SteverMan: I think it's tufty on top because he's thinning there and cutting it the same length as the sides would show that.
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    Image of Almostbanned Almostbanned
    01/07/09

    In reply to Wikipedia Cofounder's Wiki Bailout Plan
    What a brilliant man!


    As a footnote, I actually posted a fake celebrity death report for Dash Snow once. I dunno, maybe it was just wishful projection.

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    Image of Private Hangnail Private Hangnail
    01/07/09

    @Almostbanned: I wish Dash Snow were dead sometimes too. If only to clear up my confusion between him and Damon Dash.
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    Image of flossy flossy
    01/07/09

    @Almostbanned: Ha! Dare to dream, brother.
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    Image of Aaron Altman Aaron Altman
    01/07/09

    In reply to Wikipedia Cofounder's Wiki Bailout Plan
    Start "CabinetCam.com". You owe me $6 million, Jimmy Wales.
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