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'''Carolyn Bothwell Doran''' was the former {{tag|Wikimedia Foundation staff| | '''Carolyn Bothwell Doran''' was the former {{tag|Wikimedia Foundation staff|chief operating officer}} (COO) of the {{tag|Florida}}-based {{tag|Wikimedia Foundation people|Wikimedia Foundation}} (WMF).<ref name=TheRegister/><ref>[[wmf:Resolution:COO - Carolyn Doran|Resolution:COO - Carolyn Doran]]; WikimediaFoundation.org; [[Wikimedia Foundation]]; 24 January 2007; retrieved 9 March 2018.</ref><ref>[https://lists.Wikimedia.org/pipermail/foundation-l/2007-January/027268.html Welcome to Carolyn Doran]; lists.Wikimedia.org; [Foundation-l] [Announcement]; 27 January 2007; retrieved 9 March 2018.</ref> Born '''Carolyn Sue Bothwell''', Doran was COO of the WMF from January 2007 to July of the same year.<ref name=Wikinews>[[Wikinews:Former Chief Operating Officer of Wikimedia Foundation is convicted felon|Former Chief Operating Officer of Wikimedia Foundation is convicted felon]]; en.Wikinews.org, ''[[English Wikinews]]''; 14 December 2007; retrieved 5 March 2018.</ref> Although never officially confirmed by the Foundation as to the specific reason(s) for her departure following a noticeably short tenure in post, a [[:Category:United Kingdom|British]] technology news and commentary website ''[[wp:The Register|The Register]]'' broke the news that Doran had a {{tag|criminal}} record in at least four states of {{tag|United States|America}}.<ref name=TheRegister/> | ||
At the time of her appointment in January 2007, Doron already had [[:Category:Crime|criminal records]] in three US states, those being [[:Category:Virginia|Virginia]], [[:Category:Maryland|Maryland]], and [[:Category:Texas|Texas]], and furthermore, was also on parole for a [[:Category:Automotive|motoring]] offence of a 'hit and run' whilst driving under the influence of {{tag|alcohol}} (DUI).<ref name=TheRegister/> ''The Register'' also revealed Doran's criminal record included convictions for theft, passing bad checks, petty {{w|larceny}}, additional DUIs, and causing {{tag|Law|unlawful}} wounding to her boyfriend by way of a gun shot to his chest.<ref name=TheRegister/> When Doran left the [[:Category:Wikimedia Foundation|Wikimedia Foundation]] in July 2007, it was discovered she had been recently arrested for a further DUI, and for a violation of her existing probation.<ref name=TheRegister/> | At the time of her appointment in January 2007, Doron already had [[:Category:Crime|criminal records]] in three US states, those being [[:Category:Virginia|Virginia]], [[:Category:Maryland|Maryland]], and [[:Category:Texas|Texas]], and furthermore, was also on parole for a [[:Category:Automotive|motoring]] offence of a 'hit and run' whilst driving under the influence of {{tag|alcohol}} (DUI).<ref name=TheRegister/> ''The Register'' also revealed Doran's criminal record included convictions for theft, passing bad checks, petty {{w|larceny}}, additional DUIs, and causing {{tag|Law|unlawful}} wounding to her boyfriend by way of a gun shot to his chest.<ref name=TheRegister/> When Doran left the [[:Category:Wikimedia Foundation|Wikimedia Foundation]] in July 2007, it was discovered she had been recently arrested for a further DUI, and for a violation of her existing probation.<ref name=TheRegister/> | ||