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I am not that familiar with the process of disputing deletions, maybe someone can help? I think the term "benevolent dictator" is common enough in open source that it warrants a place on
Knowledge (XXG). For reference, below is the relevant section that has been removed. -- Peter Thoeny - 03:35, 28
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Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the muslim leader in the Ottomon empire that seperated curch and state in that country. Also, he played a role in the Young Turk Revolution which seized power from Sultan Abdülhamid II and restored the
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used a number of times, (and google says I'm not alone). Presumably it's synonymous with "benevolent dictator". Is it just people mis-quoting "benevolent dictator", or is it a valid phrase? Maybe it should be mentioned in the article, as searching wikipedia for
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as examples of open source projects led by a "benevolent dictator," this dictator is usually the owner or maintainer of the project, and his dictatorship is mainly used to solve the 'who decides' problem in the open source project.
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It should be noted that this is an honorary title, meaning in an open source software community, if a "dictator" began to act irresponsibly, the project would most likely be
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