Oh wow, this is so... well, random. Cheers,
Delphine On Thu, Jan 9, 2014 at 1:07 AM, Frank Schulenburg <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear all, > > I'm writing to let you know that Sarah Stierch is no longer an employee of > the Wikimedia Foundation. > > The Wikimedia Foundation has recently learned that Sarah has been editing > Wikipedia on behalf of paying clients, as recently as a few weeks ago. She > did that even though it is widely known that paid editing is frowned upon by > many in the editing community and by the Wikimedia Foundation. > > The Wikimedia Foundation values Sarah a great deal. She has been an active > Wikipedian since 2006. She is committed to increasing dialogue between > cultural institutions and our projects. She has worked hard to increase the > presence and voices of women and other minorities in our projects, and she is > a warm welcomer of new Wikipedians. Her work in Program Evaluation has been > important and necessary. She is a good friend of many of us. > > Everybody makes mistakes, and I would like to believe that the Wikimedia > movement is a place of forgiveness and compassion. And so I ask you to > respect Sarah's privacy at what is surely a difficult time for her, and to > join me in wishing her every future success. > > I sincerely hope that Sarah will continue her important work as a Wikipedian > and member of the GLAM community, and I thank her for the commitment and > energy and thoughtfulness she has brought to her work at the Foundation. > > Frank Schulenburg > > > -- > > > Frank Schulenburg > Senior Director of Programs > Wikimedia Foundation > > Cell: +1 (415) 517-0453 > Email: [email protected] > > Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum > of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality! > > http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> -- @notafish NB. This gmail address is used for mailing lists. Personal emails will get lost. Intercultural musings: Ceci n'est pas une endive - http://blog.notanendive.org Photos with simple eyes: notaphoto - http://photo.notafish.org _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe>
