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Wacky Wiki: Violent Felon & Convicted Thief Managed Donations
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by PEP | December 21, 2007 at 09:59 pm
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As the Wikimedia Foundation continues its donations drive, revelations
about its recent chief operating officer show that, well---research is, indeed,
important. Carolyn Bothwell Doran's background included kiting checks, shooting a boyfriend, and serving time for a hit-and-run.
As web powerhouse Google launches its own encyclopedia, "knol," the Wikimedia Foundation is batting clean-up after revelations about its recent chief operating officer, Carolyn Bothwell Doran. Doran, now in jail in Virginia for prior offenses, managed more than $1 million in donations to the parent organization of Wikipedia.From a hit-and-run auto accident to shooting a boyfriend to kiting checks, Doran had a long history of trouble with the law. How she wound up as COO for Wikimedia is a cautionary tale. It's also an embarrassment for an internet resource founded to provide reference and information.
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at 09:46 on December 22nd, 2007
On the other hand, wiki-spammers may be given pause to learn that Wikimedia's COO's personal life seems to resemble a Grand Theft Auto mission.
at 14:45 on May 18th, 2009
Is there something wrong with some one being knowledgable. Is the information being provide inaccurate. That should be the only concern. I am not saying that people should not know the backgrounds of people in business, however, a persons background should not take away from the factual nature of the information being provided. This society is going to have to learn give people a second chance. Just take a look at the number of people that are and have been incarcerated in this country. We are a christian society for the most part and we need to learn to forgive, especially once we punish those for their crimes, send them to prison, then release them back into society. Some of us just want a second chance at life. If no believes or is willing to give us that chance we are all doomed.