[WikiEN-l] Former Wikimedia employee was a felon.

[Jimmy Wales]

John Lee wrote:
> As Thomas says, if the foundation did not hush things up so much, we
> would not be so inclined to attribute omniscience to them. I suppose
> some degree of privacy is necessary, but this is the cost we have to
> bear for that.

I just have to say that I think it is utter and complete nonsense for 
anyone to ever accuse the Wikimedia Foundation in any serious way of 
being the kind of organization that tries to hush things up.

My goodness.

I have been involved in a lot of different kinds of organizations in my 
career, on the board of nonprofits, for-profits, worked in corporations, 
univerities, etc.  And I have never seen any organization in the entire 
world, bar none, with a greater track record of absolute and nearly 
pathological transparency about everything.

--Jimbo