What is it about Jimmy Wales? The founder of Wikipedia has a thing for brainy women, and a penchant for mixing business and pleasure. But the latest rumor I've heard is mind-blowing: That Wales had a brief affair with Sue Gardner, the executive director of the nonprofit which runs Wikipedia. Gardner has always been swift to rush to Jimmy Wales's defense — oddly so, since he's just one of many board members she reports to. In a recent newspaper article on Wales, there was this line: "Ms. Gardner said there will always be a need for what Mr. Wales provides." Ah yes, what Mr. Wales provides. To Rachel Marsden, Elisabeth Bauer, and Barbara Cohen, among others, you mean?
For once, a Valleywag commenter has held back. Writes mediawhoremeow, "I hear this chick had an interesting job interview with Jimbo in Amsterdam." That's one way of putting it. More precisely, Wikimedia Foundation employees say they witnessed Gardner and Wales making out last June in Amsterdam, shortly before she was hired as a consultant to the Wikipedia nonprofit. At least one had a cameraphone. We haven't gotten any pictures yet. Surely they must be circulating. Anyone care to send them in?












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Hopefully Wikipedia will die and we the world will not care about this moron and all the morons who spread dubious information on Wikipedia.
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they're missing 'cranky pants blog commenter'
Foundation executive hot.
Wikipedia is great. It has its rough spots and its stupidities but there's a lot of good stuff in there that you can't find anywhere else, certainly not a printed encyclopedia. For example, read the entries about Gibson Les Paul, Stratocaster, and Skip Lists.
As to Jimmy Wales's indiscretions, I don't give a crap unless you include pictures of the babes and they're reasonably hot.
Valleywag commenter famous :p
Anyone see Marsden's most recent column?
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"As a Republican female, I've had my own fair share of public "himbo eruptions", having dated men who later turn out to be absolute sluts. I don't get a pass, either -- even though I've never claimed, or preached from, the moral high ground."
"When I first moved to NYC over a year ago and read in the New York Post that Governor Eliot Spitzer had said to Minority Leader James Tedisco, "Listen, I'm a fucking steamroller and I'll roll over you or anybody else," my first reaction was, "Wow, that's hot." Yet another example of my apparently horrendous taste in men."
@mediawhoremeow what kind of commenter name is that? Why don't you just use your real name?
Anyone want to take a guess?
I must defend Jimmy Wales here because I'm almost certain that isn't true. This blog post isn't worth reading.
@sarahm: Right, it must be false because Jimbo has shown such restraint in the past.
@sarahm: In the real world, where people have "jobs," we do not have little web-based tech shows with incredibly advanced production values and unfortunately, as a result of our disenfranchised state, we are forced to resort to something known as "whistle blowing," for fear of something generally known as "repercussions."
@DonV come on. Jimmy Wales is humble, could be a billionaire and has done more for humanity than anyone I can think of, besides Woz of course.
@sarahm: Ah yes, Woz. The man who brought Segway Polo to the masses.
Sarahm ... have you even MET Jimbo? I have a couple of times and I believe the story.
I can see her wedding ring in the photo. Where is her husband? Still in Canada? Didn't move with her? What does that say?
She looks like the Asian angel of death
jimmy should hook up with that chinh girl from nvidia's vp.. those 2 will make a unique pair.
the thought of them having sex is gross. I can see him in his kimono and her licking his boots. Sick.
@Ltic, yes I know Jimbo and I think everyone should stop spreading rumors about him.
How old are you Sarah? 14? Run along and play in fantasy land, dear. As for my real name, why don't you tell me? Be careful now, wouldn't want to get sued if you're wrong.
I believe she is insinuating that I am either Danny Wool, Rachel Marsden, Jeff Merkey, or perhaps even JimbHO's ex-wife. Too obvious, dear. Now run along and play TV with your webcam.
@matto: She's Asian? I thought she was just a white woman who had too many botox injections. Are you sure?
[..] and then he blogged about it.. lol
@Dweezil
does her race really matter?
@MyEasyTV: Well, if she's Asian, then she's an Asian angel of death. If she's white, she's just an angel of death.
Well, if mediawhorenowmeow says it, it must be true.
I understand you guys hate Jimmy Wales for some reason, but did we really need to descended to high school-level gossip?
What's next? Larry Page has cooties?
BTW, I am not even sure why that matters, but Sue Gardner is not Asian by any strech of the imagination.
Sue Gardner is no more Asian than Suri Cruise. So maybe she's only Scientology-Asian.
Sue Gardner denies that there is anything to this story on NotTheWikipediaWeekly.
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