Wiki-sneaks, wiki-peeks, wiki-leaks.

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I can't believe Wales thought it was a good idea to announce a breakup on Wikipedia.

I'm skeptical that's how it happened, at least in his mind. I don't have any inside information, but I suspect he at least believed that the chat leaks meant she had dumped him.

Seth, I don't know if you've seen Dave Winer's take on this but I think it's the best around:

(55th comment to Arrington's TechCrunch entry):

http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/02/when-will-we-have-our-first-valleywag-suicide/#comment-2014538

Delia

P.S. I do agree with what you are saying (that sounds pretty bad also) D.

Seth, another important matter that Danny Wool has commented about (but not formally blogged) is that Wales expected Wool to work on the Foundation's dollar -- to coordinate $25,000 speaking engagements for the Sole Flounder, which Jimbo pocketed 100% of the money!

Excuse me, but isn't that misuse of a non-profit foundation's resources? Suitable for the IRS to have a look-see? Your thoughts, please!

I agree with you in that the money issue is far more important. I was also taken back by his statement in his weblog post about this information being printed though he said not to. Incredibly arrogant.

However, Ms. Marsen just started up a celebrity/talent(?) agency and desperately needs publicity. I would say in this instance, Ms. Marsen played Wales (not to mention Valleywag and Arrrington) like a premier violinist.

Why is it, though, when there's any mention of women and Silicon Valley, it's always crap like this?

Delia: Ah, A-listers recognizing the harm that can be done by irresponsible attacks from high-attention sources ...

Gregory: As a general rule, there needs to be a million dollars of malfeasance before the Feds will care. Tawdry, small-time, stuff, isn't worth their bothering with.

Shelley: Look at who is the intended audience for the mentions.

Seth: well, it's a whole lot of stuff in that comment so I guess it wasn't easy to see what I meant. Here's something a lot more to the point (although it doesn't have the detail his other comment had):

Dave Winer: "They got a good story because Wikipedia, the publication that Wales runs, has rules that prevent people from editing stories they have an interest in. Wales was trading edits to Rachel Marsden's profile for sex. They got him, and had they left out the parts you don't like, it wouldn't have been clear that they did.

http://www.scripting.com/stories/2008/03/03/valleywagGotALegitStoryMik.html#p2

P.S. he is assuming those transcripts are real (as far as I can see nobody is debating that) D.

Really, I just followed the links to see if there was a 'd' in "Marsden" or not.

And, also funny, just last night I argued that the ethical norms of Wikipedia are far more developed than those of Wikileaks. (wiki-sneaks, wiki-cheeks... wiki-reeks!)

(Yes, I know-- I should have link-baited that in the *first* comment to the "sex and scandal" post!)