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 :)
Queer Women in the Arts, an 8M celebration
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Presented by Art+Feminism in partnership with Wikimedia LGBT+ This Women’s
History Month we organized a very special panel followed by a workshop in
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