[Foundation-l] Recent firing?

[Anthony]

On Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 6:03 PM, Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton at gmail.com> wrote:
> 2009/11/1 Anthony <wikimail at inbox.org>:
>> On Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 5:46 PM, Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Yes, you can delete the archives on the WMF site. That does make much
>>> difference. It will still be in everyone's inboxes and on various
>>> other archive sites.
>>
>> So, what, don't do the right thing and delete it because some archive
>> sites might not do the same thing?  Whatever.  Not my fight.  And at
>> least the guy has a relatively common name.
>
> Obvious censorship (which hiding information which is readily
> available elsewhere will be seen as) is rarely beneficial.

Right.  Removal of possibly libelous information is what would be seen
as the wrong thing to do.  "For a short time he was thought to have
been fired from the Wikimedia Foundation.  Nothing was ever proven."