back to article We Googled the ex-Google guy and Google said he was clean, says Wikimedia

Hours after receiving the dreaded football manager’s vote of confidence from his board, Wikimedia’s newest trustee has quit. Tesla’s VP of Human Resources, Arnnon Geshuri, was appointed to the board of the Wikimedia Foundation over Christmas, but community members registered their disquiet with the decision.An open vote of no …

  1. frank ly

    Oh yes

    A quick Google and a look in Wikipedia will tell you everything you need to know. We live in interesting times.

  2. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    Love it..

    They went and looked for the exact ONE single single thing you will NOT find on Google: unwanted details about Google executives. Only the rest of the world has to give up its privacy so that Google can make its money, but not Google people, of course.

    Honestly, you couldn't make this shit up.

    1. Lysenko

      Bing!

      .... ok ....maybe not

    2. DropBear

      Re: Love it..

      Not all that surprising. You become a cop so you get to decide which laws you deign to obey (if any). You go to work at Google to get to keep your privacy...

  3. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    Good riddance

    I'm one of the engineers covered by the High-Tech Employee Antitrust Settlement. That little shit cost me quite a lot of money. Usually there are no consequences for CXX-level malfeasance. This is only a small payback, but at least it's something.

  4. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    Doesn't Wikipedia have an article on "due diligence" or "responsibilities of trustees"?

    1. Tom 13
      Joke

      Re: Doesn't Wikipedia have an article on "due diligence"

      Yes, but it's riddled with "Needs Citation" notes.

  5. x 7

    "Wales was yesterday appointed to the board of the Guardian Media Group, as a paid non-executive director"

    well, the Guardian was never reknowned for accuracy in its stories - or for checking the facts before publication

    1. MyffyW Silver badge

      Oi Jimbo, get off my lawn...

      @x_7 The Grauniad might not be perfect, but its a beacon of light compared to the damp cellars of Wikipedia.

  6. JN
    Facepalm

    Pathetic, if not sinister.

    It wasn't on the first page of Polish Google? Pathetic.

    What's bordering on sinister is that those board members -- like Wales -- who did have some inkling of the issue didn't alert their colleagues before they asked them to rubber-stamp the appointment of the man.

    Maybe they didn't really want anyone to dig too deeply. And one would have thought that an organisation like Wikimedia that goes on about transparency and openness had a more democratically constituted board.

  7. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    Off-topic, but...

    ... 19 people working in fund raising, and yet the actual "editors" or whatever they're called, do not get paid?

    Where does the money go? To the bunch of not-good-enough-to-get-a-proper-job "developers" who come up with shit stuff that nobody asked for, nobody wants, and nobody likes?

    No skin off my nose really, but sounds a bit dishonest, doesn't it?

    1. Tom 13

      Re: Off-topic, but...

      Actually, 19 fundraisers out of 300 isn't bad for a non-profit employing that many people. Most places that would be 250 out of 300.

      As a non-profit, they're required to file a return with the IRS and they are required to provide you with a copy of it if you request one. Whether or not it will tell you anything useful is yet another issue.

      Looks like you can find an electronic copy of their 2014 return at http://www.guidestar.org.

  8. msknight

    *sigh* anyone knows that if you want the dirt on a Googler... just ask Bing...

  9. Stevie

    Bah!

    Google said the ex-Google exc was squeaky clean?

    Well, you can't deny facts like that. Besides, everyone knows once it's in Wikipedia it's true. That obviously includes the staff.

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