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Comment author: ChristianKl 09 April 2014 10:14:59AM -1 points [-]

Augustus also billed himself as first among equals.

But Jimmy claims more power for himself. He's the monarch of Wikipedia as of last year.

Comment author: fezziwig 09 April 2014 01:49:31PM 2 points [-]

I found your summary a little misleading. When I followed your link, I found this:

"Finally, there's a little bit of monarchy – which is my role in the community," he said. "Like the monarch in the UK, most of the role is waving and giving speeches, but I do have certain powers in the community that I almost never use, and if I did would probably lead to me losing the role."

Comment author: ChristianKl 09 April 2014 03:41:59PM -2 points [-]

It's not intended to be a summary.

I spoke more about symbols than actual power. Whether or not Jimmy is "allowed" a corporate credit card from the Wikimedia Foundation is symbolic. It doesn't tell us how much power he has to shape Wikipedia policy in the direction of his own interests.

Furthermore I think that Jimmy is not the only person on the paycheck of Wikia who has an influence on Wikipedia policy. Jimmy probably recruited some of the 200 employees of Wikia out of high level Wikipedians.

Without being an Insider it's hard to estimate the extend of his political power inside Wikileaks, but I wouldn't estimate it to be low.

Comment author: David_Gerard 10 April 2014 12:58:13PM 0 points [-]

You mean, he might have this power there's no evidence for him wielding, therefore he does have the power?

This is not a good standard of evidence.

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