+ Felon became COO of Wikipedia foundation (via AP)
Note: All sorts of comments possible but we’re going to hold off.

The foundation that runs — and accepts donations for — the online encyclopedia Wikipedia neglected to do a basic background check before hiring a chief operating officer who had been convicted of theft, drunken driving and fleeing a car accident. Before she left in July, Carolyn Bothwell Doran, 45, had moved up from a part-time bookkeeper for the Wikimedia Foundation and spent six months as chief operating officer, responsible for personnel and financial management. In March, she signed the small nonprofit’s tax return, which listed more than $1.3 million in donations…The revelation comes as the Wikimedia Foundation, which runs the volunteer-written Wikipedia and its sister Web encyclopedias in other languages, is staging a fundraising drive and trying to expand beyond a ragtag startup.

See Also: More in The Register
See Also: Bothwell Doran’s Hiring Page From Wikimedia
See Also: Bothwell Doran’s Job Description
The board approved her hiring by a vote of 6 to 1.

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