[Foundation-l] Re: [Wikinews-l] TheWorldForum.org adds Wikinews logo

Sun Apr 17 18:03:26 UTC 2005

Anthere wrote:

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> Erik Moeller a écrit:
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>> I never authorized an "In Association With" heading and am happy to 
>> suggest alternatives, and Angela is correct that the "Visit our 
>> sponsors" link (which refers to the Google ads above it) was 
>> misleading; again, I gave no authorization for that. In any case, as 
>> you may recall, you appointed me as "Wikimedia Foundation Content 
>> Partnership Co-ordinator" on February 18, 2004, which I (it turns 
>> out, wrongly) believed at least gave me some additional leeway to do 
>> these things.
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> If I dare say something here... I do not think this position is 
> mentionned anywhere. At least, it is not cited on meta, nor on the 
> foundation website. As far as I am concerned, this position 
> unfortunately does not exist. But I see where the confusion stands of 
> course. Perhaps it should be discussed by the board as well as which 
> liberty of decision it provides ?

I recall this appointment as well---Jimbo explicitly appointed Erik to 
the position.  Doesn't the Foundation president have the authority to 
make appointments of that sort?  If so, it would seem that someone 
should update the foundation website.

-Mark