Gary Kirk

We now have a month - until September 23rd - to get a London bid to host Wikimania finalised, and seven days to get it into some reasonable shape until August 30th when the list of running cities is announced. Please, UK Wikimedians, take a look at the requirements and 24 ringtones theme | polyphonic ringtones | download free ringtones tracfoneкомпютри | free ringtones for cricket phone | download free polyphonic ringtones | mp3 ringtones converter | cheap mobile ringtones virgin | ringtones for nextel phone | hotlink maxis caller ringtones | blackberry free ringtones | free phone ringtones verizon wireless | blackberry free mp3 ringtones | virgin mobile usa ringtones | мебелиdownload free new ringtones | info nokia remember ringtones | ringtones composer | info polyphonic remember ringtones | 24 ringtones free | free gospel ringtones | free composer ringtones | help out if you can at the bid page. Bringing Wikimania to London, site of the world’s first meeting between Jimmy Wales and other Wikipedians, would be a fantastic thing, as well as giving the new chapter something concrete to work towards. Let’s do it!

A Wikimedian, Essjay, has been the subject of much controversy over the last day or two. In the summer he gave an interview to Stacey Schiff, a journalist with US paper The New Yorker. In it he said he was a “tenured professor of theology”. Recently, after taking up a paid position with Wikia, it was revealed he is in fact a 24-year-old kid named Ryan Jordan, as his userpage currently says. He is no professor, and he has no degrees. Of course, there is no obligation to be “real” on Wikipedia - rightly so. The debate has erupted after The New Yorker published an editor’s note on the article’s page on their website. Essjay is a long-standing and respected Wikimedian - he (was - as of today) an arbitrator, bureaucrat, checkuser, oversight - in positions of trust, for those unfamiliar with WP) and the issue is whether he used his fake credentials in content issues. I am simply reporting how I see it here; for detailed information you can read the wikiEN-l mailing list archives - particularly this thread started by Jimmy Wales.