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|image = [[File:Cd2.jpg|300px|Carolyn Doran, former COO of Wikimedia Foundation. Image English Wikipedia, public domain.]] | |image = [[File:Cd2.jpg|300px|Carolyn Doran, former COO of Wikimedia Foundation. Image English Wikipedia, January 2007, public domain.]] | ||
|name = Carolyn Bothwell Doran<ref name=TheRegister>Cade Metz; | |name = Carolyn Bothwell Doran<ref name=TheRegister>Cade Metz; | ||
[https://www.TheRegister.co.uk/2007/12/13/wikimedia_coo_convicted_felon Wikipedia COO was convicted felon]; www.TheRegister.co.uk; ''The Register''; 13 December 2007; retrieved 5 March 2018.</ref> | [https://www.TheRegister.co.uk/2007/12/13/wikimedia_coo_convicted_felon Wikipedia COO was convicted felon]; www.TheRegister.co.uk; ''The Register''; 13 December 2007; retrieved 5 March 2018.</ref> | ||
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'''Carolyn 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/> 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 noticably 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 criminal record in at least four states of {{tag|United States|America}}.<ref name=TheRegister/> | '''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/> 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 noticably 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 criminal records in three US states, those being Virginia, Maryland, and Texas, and furthermore, was also on parole for a motoring offence of a 'hit and run' whilst driving under the influence of alcohol (DUI).<ref name=TheRegister/> ''The Register'' also revealed Doran's criminal record included convictions for theft, passing bad checks, petty larceny, additional DUIs, and causing unlawful wounding to her boyfriend by way of a gun shot to his chest.<ref name=TheRegister/> When Doran left the 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 criminal records in three US states, those being Virginia, Maryland, and Texas, and furthermore, was also on parole for a motoring offence of a 'hit and run' whilst driving under the influence of alcohol (DUI).<ref name=TheRegister/> ''The Register'' also revealed Doran's criminal record included convictions for theft, passing bad checks, petty larceny, additional DUIs, and causing unlawful wounding to her boyfriend by way of a gun shot to his chest.<ref name=TheRegister/> When Doran left the 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/> | ||
Doran has never personally commented on her departure from the WMF, and her lawyer also declined to comment when requested by ''The Register''.<ref name=TheRegister/> Due to the lack of information from the WMF, the then chairman of the board [[Florence Devouard]] was questioned publicly why Doran had left her position, Devouard suggested that Doran herself decided to leave.<ref name=TheRegister/> In an interview by ''The Register'' with Mike Godwin, the Foundation's lawyer, Godwin was adamant that Doran resigned her post.<ref name=TheRegister/> Worryingly, Godwin admitted that both he and the Wikimedia Foundation were still unaware of Doran's criminal record, stating "We've never had any documentation of any criminal record on Carolyn Doran's part at all".<ref name=TheRegister/> | |||
It was noticed that there was a delay in publishing the audit of finances of the Wikimedia Foundation. Originally due for release in September, the Foundation website stated it was still pending. Speculation was raised that the delay was due to the discovery of criminal convictions of Doran, though WMF's lawyer Godwin stated "We've gone through a whole lot of growth over the last year, including staffing up, so our audit is in progress", and "It's very hard for us to give an exact ETA on it, but we expect it in a few weeks". As to further distance itself, Godwin additionally justified the delay to the Foundation's planned move to [[:Category:San Francisco|San Francisco]].<ref name=TheRegister/> | |||
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