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* In August 2010, an [http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-58002-Wiki-Edits-Examiner~y2010m8d3-Wikijunior-took-the-money-but-no-books-printed investigative news report] revealed that years ago the Wikimedia Foundation accepted $25,000 in grant money from the John and Frances Beck Foundation.  The money was supposed to have been used to print short booklets about different subjects appropriate for 7- to 12-year-old children.  However, not a single dollar from this grant was actually spent on printing books for this special project.  And the Wikimedia Foundation ''refuses to talk'' about what did happen to the money.  All we know is that the Beck Foundation says, "we no longer  support Wikipedia, Wikimedia, or Wikijunior...".  Where do you think the $25,000 [http://www.mywikibiz.com/File:Captain_Jimbo.jpg went]?

* In August 2010, an [http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-58002-Wiki-Edits-Examiner~y2010m8d3-Wikijunior-took-the-money-but-no-books-printed investigative news report] revealed that years ago the Wikimedia Foundation accepted $25,000 in grant money from the John and Frances Beck Foundation.  The money was supposed to have been used to print short booklets about different subjects appropriate for 7- to 12-year-old children.  However, not a single dollar from this grant was actually spent on printing books for this special project.  And the Wikimedia Foundation ''refuses to talk'' about what did happen to the money.  All we know is that the Beck Foundation says, "we no longer  support Wikipedia, Wikimedia, or Wikijunior...".  Where do you think the $25,000 [http://www.mywikibiz.com/File:Captain_Jimbo.jpg went]?

* We are still waiting for Flagged Revisions implementation (now renamed "Pending Changes") on English Wikipedia (a [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Flagged_revisions/Sighted_versions&diff=prev&oldid=154463978 dream] since August 2007, a [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Jimbo_Wales&diff=prev&oldid=261790016 suggestion] since January 2009, a Foundation-level [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Jimbo_Wales&diff=prev&oldid=265584048 proposal] since January 2009, and a call to [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Advisory_Council_on_Project_Development/Forum&diff=prev&oldid=302095508 raise hell] if not implemented by September 25, 2009).

* We are still waiting for Flagged Revisions implementation (now renamed "Pending Changes") on English Wikipedia (a [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Flagged_revisions/Sighted_versions&diff=prev&oldid=154463978 dream] since August 2007, a [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Jimbo_Wales&diff=prev&oldid=261790016 suggestion] since January 2009, a Foundation-level [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Jimbo_Wales&diff=prev&oldid=265584048 proposal] since January 2009, and a call to [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Advisory_Council_on_Project_Development/Forum&diff=prev&oldid=302095508 raise hell] if not implemented by September 25, 2009).

* [http://knol.google.com/k/will-johnson/wikivoices-episode-45/4hmquk6fx4gu/378# Release of Episode 45] on Wikivoices is permanently suppressed.  (So volatile an issue, we are [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk:Wikivoices&diff=next&oldid=316384628 forbidden] to even discuss it on Wikipedia.)

* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Not_The_Wikipedia_Weekly/Episode_45 Release of Episode 45] on Wikivoices is permanently suppressed.  (So volatile an issue, we are [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk:Wikivoices&diff=next&oldid=316384628 forbidden] to even discuss it on Wikipedia.)

* WMF staff member Rand Montoya's 2009 Fundraising Survey never launched in 2009.  Repeated requests for status updates went ignored for several months.  Even a Foundation-level inquiry has been [http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/foundation-l/2009-December/056376.html met with silence].  Montoya left the Foundation in mid-2010, the Fundraising Survey still unlaunched.

* WMF staff member Rand Montoya's 2009 Fundraising Survey never launched in 2009.  Repeated requests for status updates went ignored for several months.  Even a Foundation-level inquiry has been [http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/foundation-l/2009-December/056376.html met with silence].  Montoya left the Foundation in mid-2010, the Fundraising Survey still unlaunched.

* A [http://wikipediareview.com/index.php?showtopic=2902 quality, not quantity] drive in 2006, as well as the post-Essjay "[http://wikipediareview.com/index.php?showtopic=7090 Credentials Verification]" boondoggle of 2007 were announced to great fanfare in the tech media, but once Jimbo Wales and his crew got the public relations boost they wanted, the initiatives themselves just vanished.

* A [http://wikipediareview.com/index.php?showtopic=2902 quality, not quantity] drive in 2006, as well as the post-Essjay "[http://wikipediareview.com/index.php?showtopic=7090 Credentials Verification]" boondoggle of 2007 were announced to great fanfare in the tech media, but once Jimbo Wales and his crew got the public relations boost they wanted, the initiatives themselves just vanished.