On Dec 13, 2007 9:43 PM, <wikien-l-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org> wrote:
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From: "Thomas Dalton" <thomas.dalton(a)gmail.com>
To: "English Wikipedia" <wikien-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2007 02:43:54 +0000
Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] Former Wikimedia employee was a felon.
On 14/12/2007, joshua.zelinsky(a)yale.edu <joshua.zelinsky(a)yale.edu> wrote:
According to the Register, the Foundation's
former COO was convicted
felon.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/12/13/wikimedia_coo_convicted_felon/
This is just great. And now all the Register's previous material looks
correct
because they broke this nonsense. This is likely
going to be all over
the
newspapers tomorrow. I'm so shocked and
appalled that I don't even know
what to
say about this. Why were basic background checks not done and why
didn't we know
about this sooner. Are we trying to implode?
Why would you do a background check for a pretty standard office job?
I don't know about the US, but in the UK such background checks are
usually only done for jobs where the person will be working with
children, or
similar.<http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l>
It depends on the company. For the companies I have worked for, a background
check including criminal record check is pretty much standard. Some even
require drug tests, and I work in the financial services industry where
there pretty much is no exposure to child care.
--Avi
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