Felon Became COO of Wikipedia Foundation from PhysOrg.com
(AP) -- The foundation that runs and accepts donations for - the online encyclopedia Wikipedia neglected to do a basic background check before hiring a chief operating officer who had been convicted of theft, drunken driving and fleeing a car accident.
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My library is hosting a Ada Lovelace Day event tomorrow (ok, a little late...).
The discussion page for the Wikipedia article on the Discovery Institute has a couple of interesting flags up on it:
Publish in Wikipedia or perish:
Early on in its history, I wasn't particularly thrilled with Wikipedia as a project or reference source.