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==Rachel Marsden affair==
 
==Rachel Marsden affair==
His alleged attempts to "clean up" a Wikipedia entry for a woman with whom he had a relationship has also [http://news.google.com/archivesearch?q=%22Rachel+Marsden%22+Wales&btnG=Search&hl=en&um=1&ie=UTF-8 generated headlines]. Wales was accused of intervening to sanitize the Wikipedia article of a news commentator with whom he was having a romantic online relationship, which was about to culminate in a sexual romp in a [[Directory:Hilton_Hotels/Doubletree/Washington_DC|Doubletree Hotel in the nation's capital]].  
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His alleged attempts to "clean up" a Wikipedia entry for a woman with whom he had a relationship has also [http://news.google.com/archivesearch?q=%22Rachel+Marsden%22+Wales&btnG=Search&hl=en&um=1&ie=UTF-8 generated headlines]. Wales was accused of intervening to sanitize the Wikipedia article of a news commentator with whom he was having a romantic online relationship, which was about to culminate in a sexual romp in a [[Directory:Hilton_Hotels/Doubletree/Washington_DC|Doubletree Hotel in the nation's capital]].  Were this romp to be likened to a race, the race turned out to be his last.  
    
The Wikipedia article regarding controversial [[Directory:Canada|Canadian]] radio commentator [[Directory:Rachel Marsden|Rachel Marsden]] had been the subject of controversy on Wikipedia for some years.  According to Marsden, she had asked [[Directory:Wikipedia|Wikipedia]] to delete her [[biography]]. Her concerns led her to contact Wikipedia co-founder [[Directory:Jimmy Wales|Jimmy Wales]], claiming that it was incorrect and libelous. Wales reviewed her biography and, deeming that it was not up to standard, helped to clean up the entry by quietly requesting that a closely allied administrator [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rachel_Marsden&diff=189784135&oldid=185926385 do the work], literally hours before Wales would meet Marsden in person at the hotel.
 
The Wikipedia article regarding controversial [[Directory:Canada|Canadian]] radio commentator [[Directory:Rachel Marsden|Rachel Marsden]] had been the subject of controversy on Wikipedia for some years.  According to Marsden, she had asked [[Directory:Wikipedia|Wikipedia]] to delete her [[biography]]. Her concerns led her to contact Wikipedia co-founder [[Directory:Jimmy Wales|Jimmy Wales]], claiming that it was incorrect and libelous. Wales reviewed her biography and, deeming that it was not up to standard, helped to clean up the entry by quietly requesting that a closely allied administrator [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rachel_Marsden&diff=189784135&oldid=185926385 do the work], literally hours before Wales would meet Marsden in person at the hotel.
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There is curiously only a brief mention of this episode in the anonymous-edit-protected Wikipedia [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Wales article about Jimmy Wales], even though it was the [http://www.google.com/search?pz=1&cf=all&ned=us&hl=en&tbm=nws&gl=us&as_epq=Rachel%20Marsden&as_oq=Wales&as_occt=any&as_drrb=a&tbs=ar%3A1&authuser=0 talk of mainstream media] for the better part of March 2008.  Compare, there is [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel_Gibson_DUI_incident an entire article] about Mel Gibson's DUI incident; an article which any anonymous IP address can edit and malign.  Not so, Jimmy Wales' article.  He merits special protective editorial favors, it would appear.
 
There is curiously only a brief mention of this episode in the anonymous-edit-protected Wikipedia [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Wales article about Jimmy Wales], even though it was the [http://www.google.com/search?pz=1&cf=all&ned=us&hl=en&tbm=nws&gl=us&as_epq=Rachel%20Marsden&as_oq=Wales&as_occt=any&as_drrb=a&tbs=ar%3A1&authuser=0 talk of mainstream media] for the better part of March 2008.  Compare, there is [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel_Gibson_DUI_incident an entire article] about Mel Gibson's DUI incident; an article which any anonymous IP address can edit and malign.  Not so, Jimmy Wales' article.  He merits special protective editorial favors, it would appear.
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In filing for [http://mywikibiz.com/File:Wales_divorce_compressed.pdf divorce] from Jimmy, his second wife Christine A. Wales was represented by attorney [http://zacurgrahm.com/Firm%20Info/Lawyers/2444756.aspx Sean A. Costis].  Mr. Wales was represented by [http://thackerlawgroup.com/profiles.htm#john John Thacker].  The case brought before the court in Pinellas County, Florida in October 2010 was ruled on by Circuit Judge Jack Helinger in April 2011.
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In filing for [http://mywikibiz.com/File:Wales_divorce_compressed.pdf divorce] from Jimmy, his second wife Christine A. Wales was represented by attorney [http://www.zacurgraham.com/sean-a-costis/ Sean A. Costis].  Mr. Wales was represented by [http://www.thackerlawgroup.com/profiles.html John Thacker].  The case brought before the court in Pinellas County, Florida in October 2010 was ruled on by Circuit Judge Jack Helinger in April 2011.
    
==Misspending Foundation funds==
 
==Misspending Foundation funds==

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