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			\| title = Misplaced Pages Editors Very Mad About Jimmy Wales' NFT of a Misplaced Pages Edit
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			\| url = https://www.vice.com/en/article/qjbkvm/wikipedia-editors-very-mad-about-jimmy-waless-nft-of-a-wikipedia-edit
			\| date = 8 December 2021
			\| quote = The trouble began when Wales posted an announcement about the auction on his user talk page—a kind of message board where users communicate directly with each other.
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			== ] ==
	Please don't remove other people's messages from here, even if they are just being mean to me or complaining about something stupid. Yes, you're probably right that I don't need to see all that, but my concern is just that I might overlook something that ends up being important later. :-)

			Hey Mr. Wales, there's a discussion on ] about what image should be used on your Misplaced Pages entry. Figured you may want to chime in with personal opinion about the recent freely-licensed images of you that are presented, as there hasn't been much engagement there at the time of my post. <span style="background: cornsilk; padding: 3px;border:.5px solid salmon;">]]</span> 21:32, 14 January 2025 (UTC)
	==]==
	Hi Jimmy. I've quoted you at a proposed policy I've originated, ], an amendment/clarification of ]. I'd really appreciate any criticism or contribution. ] \|] 04:28, 28 Aug 2004 (UTC)

			== ''The Signpost'': 15 January 2025 ==
	==Actual article about you?==
	Can we not have a real article in the mainspace about you? Modesty is one thing, but as USA Today said, you're an "Internet luminary". -- ]

			<div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"><div style="column-count:2;"> {{Misplaced Pages:Misplaced Pages Signpost/2025-01-15}} </div><!--Volume 21, Issue 1--> <div class="hlist" style="margin-top:10px; font-size:90%; padding-left:5px; font-family:Georgia, Palatino, Palatino Linotype, Times, Times New Roman, serif;"> * ''']''' * ] * ] * ] (]) 07:54, 15 January 2025 (UTC) <!-- Sent via script (]) --></div></div>
	I have always asked that we not have one, and it has always been done as a courtesy to me. Part of the reason is
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	that Misplaced Pages is not a vanity project, and this is not about my ego. However, there are articles about me in other
	language Wikipedias and I agree that it is getting to be a little silly.

			== A brownie for you! ==
	I really really REALLY dread the edit wars with trolls, though.

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	Perhaps it could be edited but left generally protected. I leave it to the community to decide, though, and drop my
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	opposition to the idea.
			\|style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 3px;" \| brownie :D ] 19:05, 17 January 2025 (UTC)
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			== ] ==
	] 02:44, 9 Sep 2004 (UTC)

			You're the subject on a delist FPC. Please, give us your feedback. ] (]) 01:44, 19 January 2025 (UTC)
	:That's great news. I expect the trolls will come, and the page will probably have to be semipermenwntly protected eventually but in the meantime, I've listed it for collaboration of the week. ] ] 20:02, 9 Sep 2004 (UTC)

			== A cheeseburger for one of the greatest on Misplaced Pages! ==
	==Your Edit==

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	Regarding : Fearsome skills, there. Geez, Jimmy, can't you even wikify an article? :)
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			\|style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 3px;" \| A visionary with an enduring legacy! <span style="font-family: Georgia; background-color: coral; padding: 2px 3px 1px 3px;">] ]</span> 07:01, 22 January 2025 (UTC)
	Entirely in jest, -] ] 03:23, 9 Sep 2004 (UTC)
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	==Your visit to Geneva==
	Hi Jimmy, I read on the UNCTAD website that you will participate in an expert meeting on open source in Geneva on 24 september. I guess this meeting is not open to the public? I hope that you'll also have some time to meet some of the swiss (and french) wikipedians. Nando (]) told me that he had written you about that, so I'm just saying that we'd appreciate to hear from your plans... --] <small>(] 10:31, 9 Sep 2004 (UTC)

	] is my schedule. I'm going to start keeping my pubic talk and[REDACTED] meeting schedule there so that people can co-ordinate meetings. Not much information about Geneva yet, but of course I say "yes" to a meeting. ] 11:21, 9 Sep 2004 (UTC)

	Pubic?--] 11:39, 9 Sep 2004 (UTC)

	== Hey there Jimbo... ==

	<h2><font color="red"><big>'''''YOU ARE A FUCKING IDIOT AND I COMMAND THAT YOU RELINQUISH YOUR AUTHORITY AND CONTROL OVER THIS WIKI. WE WILL NOT STAND FOR THIS!!!!'''''</BIG></font></h2>

	<h3><font color="green"><big>'''''YOU ARE A GENIUS AND I BEG THAT YOU TAKE CONTROL OF EVERYTHING, YOUR WISDOM AND INSIGHT AND HELPFULNESS CLEARLY QUALIFY YOU AS A LEADER! PLEASE?''''</big></font></h3> ;-) Seriously, uh, relax a notch or two, huh? Not so much coffeee... ] 15:28, 9 Sep 2004 (UTC)

	== My earlier reversion of this page ==
	My apologies for reverting the above earlier: I didn't read the small print at the top. Somebody's undone it now so that's alright. -- ] \| ] 12:48, 9 Sep 2004 (UTC)

	:No problem. Sometimes I guess there will be judgment calls. In this case yours was a good one, because simple vandalism isn't really someone trying to get in touch with me. Basically the point is if a banned user leaves a message here, even if it's sort of a rant, they deserve to be at least heard. But if someone leaves a giant FUCK YOU JIMBO, I guess the world of wiki governance can still proceed usefully if I happen to not see that. :-)

	:For now I left the message there just to poke fun at it. ;-)
	] 15:28, 9 Sep 2004 (UTC)

	Glad you cleared that up. Just thought I'd say hi by the way, I'm one of the sysops of this here project but I've never had the opportunity to speak to you before. Don't you ever get stressed out at all the personal attacks on you as a person? -- ] \| ] 17:15, 9 Sep 2004 (UTC)

	::Mostly I just find it amusing. I've reached a point in my life where I'm comfortable with myself and what I'm doing. The world can like it or not. Most people, good people, like it a lot. The rest, well, I hope they learn something from our work, but to attack me with curse words is just sad for them. It's not about me, it's about their own demons, about which I can do nothing. ] 19:28, 9 Sep 2004 (UTC)

	==Talking about you==
	Just wanted to admit that we've been ] with regards to some proposed changed to the arbitration policy which may exclude board members from arbitration. ] ] 14:46, 10 Sep 2004 (UTC)

	==Hello==

	Would you know any wikipedian Communists? I can't find any here--] 01:26, 10 Sep 2004 (UTC)

	==Goodbye==

	Jimbo, the B-Movie Bandit has sent me 'round to the dark side of the Psycho Moon for the very last time. No sooner does he get unblocked when boom! He's back for more, twice reverting an article and leaving messes for others to clean up.

	You have a truly marvelous site, but I'm tired of trying to help it along when the very people who use it just blindly pick up this troll's mess...and I'm the one who catches hell. I am taking a vacation from this site, perhaps this time for good. There are a lot of nice people here and brilliant contributors, but between the B-Movie Bandit and that goddamned vandal bot that hoses this site down on a 24/7 basis my Wiki-sanity is teetering on the brink. Six featured articles and no one seems to give a damn what I think or what I have to offer.

	Perhaps we'll talk again soon. Sincerely yours, ] 01:57, 10 Sep 2004 (UTC)

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Hey Mr. Wales, there's a discussion on Talk:Jimmy_Wales#Newer_2024_image? about what image should be used on your Misplaced Pages entry. Figured you may want to chime in with personal opinion about the recent freely-licensed images of you that are presented, as there hasn't been much engagement there at the time of my post. Barnt Toust 21:32, 14 January 2025 (UTC)