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

[Steve Summit]

Andrew Gray wrote:
> ...Let's look at the story again, shall we?...

Excellent summary.  Thanks.

> ...it all happened on that one day; if she didn't tell anyone,
> how would the Foundation have known? I know this is all a matter of
> public record, but that doesn't equate to "people get told about it" -

Right.  Life is not a Hollywood movie with an omniscient
screenwriter who makes sure the hero always knows what's going on.
In real life, there are few to no mechanisms which automatically,
immediately notify you of everything you might care about.

> * "On July 4 ... the Wikimedia Foundation passed a private resolution
> concerning Carolyn Doran, and she was soon removed from the official
> Foundation staff list"

And for anybody who hasn't figured it out: it's likely that the
reason the resolution was passed was that the Foundation found
out, 'way back in July, that Doran had these issues and that
she couldn't therefore remain COO.  But there are evidently some
really crazy laws and legal precedents (I've encountered them
myself) which drastically restrict what you can say publicly
about employment termination decisions.