Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales has discovered the geekiest and cost-effective way to dump a girlfriend without leaving your armchair – announce it at Wikipedia so the whole world will know!
This is what exactly Wales did when he issued a statement at Wikipedia that he’s no longer seeing the Canadian TV personality Rachel Marsden (note: the said statement was already transferred to Wales personal blog).
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.
Unfortunately, Wales may not be familiar with the saying “hell hath no fury like a woman scorned”. I find it ironic since this saying is available at Wikipedia! To make things really complicated, Wales is also ignorant about the tenet in Art of War that you must know your enemy. In this case, the scorned Marsden is also notorious for criminally harassing her previous boyfriend, which earned her a conditional discharge and 1 year probation in 2004.
Now, she’s back with even more clever tactics to humiliate Wales to the online world. She’s now auctioning off his t-shirt and jumper at eBay. A news article mentioned that bidding for the shirt is already at $12,000 and $800 for the jumper. Marsden also teamed up with Valleywag blog by providing IM transcript of their conversations.
Originally posted on March 4, 2008 @ 11:52 am