Well, maybe not a total abdication, but Jimbo has relinquished a substantial portions of his powers. See his announcement and the context.
In an upcoming academic article I discuss why calling Wikipedia a monarchy/dictatorship, while not too off the mark in its very early stages, is no longer true. It's nice not to be contradicted by the current events :)
Wikipedia’s 25th Anniversary Celebration by Indonesian Wikipedians
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On January 15th, exactly one year after the second millennium, Wikipedia
was born. The online encyclopedia, created by Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger,
now 25...
7 hours ago
