Rachel Marsden sells Jimbo Wales’ dirty linen
p2pnet news | P2P:- Airing your dirty linen in public has now taken on a whole new meaning.
Would you like to become the proud owner of a genuine, guaranteed authentic, Jimmy Wales T-shirt?
Look no further.
“Hi, my name is Rachel [Marsden] and my (now ex) boyfriend, Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales, just broke up with me via an announcement on Wikipedia.”
That’s a post on eBay, and it goes on:
It was such a classy move that I was inspired to do something equally classy myself, so I’m selling a couple of items of clothing he left behind, here in my NYC apartment, on eBay.
Jimbo was supposed to come visit me in a couple of weeks and pick up some of his stuff, but obviously that won’t be happening now.
So who wants grubby gear, even if it did once belong to Jimbo Wales?
But no worries.
“Both of these items have been washed, twice,” promises Rachel, and, “with Tide extra-strength liquid detergent” yet!
“Otherwise, they would not be in salable condition,” she says, adding:
I took them out of GitMo style isolation from a plastic bag in my closet (where they were placed to prevent the ongoing terrorism of my olfactory senses) and washed them out for the purposes of this auction. Even so, this particular item – a medium sized, black “Starter” brand shirt– has two white stains (one on the sleeve, as shown in the photo, and one in the back) which I have been unable to remove.
PS: Sorry that my hair is such a mess — I’m in breakup mode right now and really couldn’t be bothered.
Here’s Wales’ side of things, as per his Wikipedia post, as per the Valleywag url mentioned by Marsden on eBay.
Over the last few days, a few gossip websites have decided that my personal life is somehow of interest to people and, against my wishes, are publicizing details about a brief relationship I had with Rachel Marsden. While, typically, this would not warrant a response, because my role with Wikipedia is being dragged into it, I felt the need to set the record straight on a couple of issues.
First, while I find it hard to imagine that anyone really cares about my sex life, the facts are: I am separated from my wife. I considered myself single at the time of my one meeting with Rachel Marsden on February 9th, 2008. I am no longer involved with Rachel Marsden. Gossipy stories suggesting that I have been in a relationship with her “since last fall” are completely false.
The second, and far more important, issue is this false notion which is being peddled that I intervened inappropriately to redraft her Wikipedia biography. The facts are that, in Wikipedia, I work closely with a team called “OTRS,” which handles email complaints and works hard to address concerns relating to the biographies of living persons. Rachel Marsden first approached me via email two years ago with complaints about her bio. We had never met. I subsequently reviewed her bio and I found it not to be up to our standards. My involvement in cases like this is completely routine, and I am proud of it.
I decided to meet Rachel Marsden in person for the first time in early February of this year. Accordingly, three days before that meeting, to avoid any appearance of a potential conflict of interest, I disclosed my plans to OTRS and further disclosed that it was a personal matter. I recused myself from any further official action with respect to her biography.
I care deeply about the integrity of Wikipedia, and take very seriously my responsibilities as a Member of the Board and as a member of the Wikipedia community. I would never knowingly do anything to compromise that trust.
Oh Yeh —- as of 5:12 am Pacific, bidding was at $202.50.
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March 3rd, 2008 at 6:31 pm
How is it that getting banged by Jimbo Wales makes Rachel Marsden his “girlfriend”? Rather presumptuous of her I’d say. He hasn’t called or visited since early Feb.? One meeting is a tryst, maybe, but hardly a relationship. Boy, Jimbo should have checked the girl’s history before “dumping” her…
April 27th, 2008 at 2:21 am
They’re both whores who deserve whatever the other can dish out!