Jimmy Wales wrote:
G MZ wrote:
While I would be the first to argue that one can't have a page on every petty criminal in the world, it is going to be very odd if a page on this woman is forbidden. When the page happens, and it will happen, it might be best if it is actually written by Jimbo. No-one can accuse anyone of cover ups then.
I don't think it is very odd at all if we follow our normal editorial policies. Writing an article... or failing to write an article... for PR reasons is not the Wikipedia way. NPOV is non-negotiable.
And following our normal policies, particular WP:BLP1E, there is just no way in hell we would have an article about her if it weren't for naval gazing, trolling, or some kind of attempt to manage PR.
Normal Wikipedia policy would firmly forbid it.
--Jimbo
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Whilst we rightly avoid a bio, can I strongly suggest that a sentence or two be inserted into [[Wikimedia Foundation]]. That it simply states:"That same month, Carolyn Doran left as COO [1]" - and is locked from further edits /does/ look like censorship (I know it's not) and may attract negative PR.
I'd suggest something simple like: "..some months after her departure, it emerged that Doran had convictions for DUI prior to her hiring [refs]. The Foundation was criticised in the media for failing to perform adequate background checks.[refs]" (not sure accurate that is)
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