The online encyclopedia Wikipedia was born of a utopian vision: “Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge.”

But Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales has learned that the Internet is also great for airing dirty laundry. An angry ex-paramour of his is using it to exact payback by posting invective, sharing salacious chat and using eBay to auction off garments that she said he left behind.

The tawdry tale of Wales and former Fox News pundit Rachel Marsden might be summed up by text messagers as TMI – or “too much information.” It has been served up with relish on Valleywag and other Internet sites in recent days.

Fallout includes blog postings from ex-Wikimedia Foundation employee Danny Wool and others that raise allegations, which Wales disputes, that he has improperly used his expense account and influence within Wikipedia.

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