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|image = [[File:Cd2.jpg|300px|Carolyn Doran, former COO of Wikimedia Foundation. Image English Wikipedia, January 2007, 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 (13 December 2007); | |name = Carolyn Bothwell Doran<ref name=TheRegister>Cade Metz (13 December 2007); [https://www.TheRegister.co.uk/2007/12/13/wikimedia_coo_convicted_felon Wikipedia COO was convicted felon]; www.TheRegister.co.uk; ''The Register''; retrieved 9 March 2018.</ref> | ||
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'''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/> | '''Carolyn Bothwell Doran''' was the former {{tag|Wikimedia Foundation staff|chief operating officer}} (COO) of the then {{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 name=Foundation-l>[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/> | ||
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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/> | 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/> | ||
;References | Doran started working for the Wikimedia Foundation as a part-time temporary bookkeeper, supplied from a 'temp' recruitment agency.<ref name=TheRegisterP2>Cade Metz (13 December 2007); [https://www.TheRegister.co.uk/2007/12/13/wikimedia_coo_convicted_felon?page=2 Wikipedia COO was convicted felon (page 2)]; www.TheRegister.co.uk; ''The Register''; retrieved 9 March 2018.</ref> Her meteoric rise to COO came after just "a few months"<ref name=TheRegisterP2/> in her lowly position, and this promotion was approved at the highest level of the WMF board.<ref name=Foundation-l/> A mere four months following her official hiring, Doran was arrested whilst driving under the influence of alcohol ''and'' driving with a revoked driving license.<ref name=TheRegisterP2/> This was at least her fourth DUI, and being as she was arrested in Florida, that made it a third degree felony.<ref name=TheRegisterP2/> Doran's web of criminality eventually unravelled, and was subsequently incarcerated in a Florida jail.<ref name=TheRegisterP2/> | ||
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*[https://florida.Arrests.org/search.php?fname=Carolyn&lname=Doran&fpartial=True Carolyn Doran – Florida bookings search] — at Arrests.org | *[https://florida.Arrests.org/search.php?fname=Carolyn&lname=Doran&fpartial=True Carolyn Doran – Florida bookings search] — at Arrests.org | ||
**[https://florida.Arrests.org/Arrests/Carolyn_Doran_11863498/ Carolyn Doran arrest information, 03/16/2013 – Pinellas County, Florida] — at Arrests.org | **[https://florida.Arrests.org/Arrests/Carolyn_Doran_11863498/ Carolyn Doran arrest information, 03/16/2013 – Pinellas County, Florida] — at Arrests.org | ||
*[[ed:Carolyn Bothwell Doran|Carolyn Bothwell Doran]] — at [[Encyclopedia Dramatica]] | *[[ed:Carolyn Bothwell Doran|Carolyn Bothwell Doran]] — at [[Encyclopedia Dramatica]] | ||