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==Wiring a project to past employer==

==Wiring a project to past employer==

In October 2010, Beaudette was caught in a "[http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=wired%20deal wired deal]", where a research project was awarded to his former employer, without a competitive request for proposal (RFP) being issued.  This may have been a violation of the Wikimedia Foundation's own policy on purchasing and disbursements.  The news media wrote about [http://www.examiner.com/wiki-edits-in-national/wikimedia-foundation-wires-biased-study-of-donors this scandal].

In October 2010, Beaudette was caught in a "[http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=wired%20deal wired deal]", where a research project was awarded to his former employer, without a competitive request for proposal (RFP) being issued.  This may have been a violation of the Wikimedia Foundation's own [http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Purchasing_%26_Disbursements_Procedures policy on purchasing and disbursements].  The news media wrote about [http://www.examiner.com/wiki-edits-in-national/wikimedia-foundation-wires-biased-study-of-donors this scandal].

Soon after, several Wikimedia volunteers [http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/foundation-l/2010-October/061529.html asked] to know [http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/foundation-l/2010-October/061534.html more] about the [http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/foundation-l/2010-October/061536.html award] of the research contract to '''Q2 Consulting, LLC'''.

Soon after, several Wikimedia volunteers [http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/foundation-l/2010-October/061529.html asked] to know [http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/foundation-l/2010-October/061534.html more] about the [http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/foundation-l/2010-October/061536.html award] of the research contract to '''Q2 Consulting, LLC'''.

<sgardner> (Which means it was not a very, very large amount of money.)<br></blockquote>

<sgardner> (Which means it was not a very, very large amount of money.)<br></blockquote>

All of the above, just to protect young Philippe Beaudette's mistake of awarding a contract to his former employer, without an iota of competitive bidding.

All of the above, just to protect young Philippe Beaudette's trying to award a contract to his former employer, without an iota of competitive bidding, without anybody noticing. Sorry, '''''we noticed'''''!

==Beaudette's past mistakes==

==Beaudette's past mistakes==

Philippe Beaudette's two-step cowardly response:

Philippe Beaudette's two-step cowardly response:

::*[http://strategy.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Thekohser2 17:40, 20 January 2010] Philippe (WMF) (Talk | contribs) {{Blink|text='''<font color="red">blocked</font color="red">'''}} Thekohser2 (Talk | contribs) with an expiry time of infinite (account creation disabled, e-mail blocked)  

::*[http://strategy.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Thekohser2 17:40, 20 January 2010] Philippe (WMF) (Talk | contribs) '''<font color="red">blocked</font color="red">''' Thekohser2 (Talk | contribs) with an expiry time of infinite (account creation disabled, e-mail blocked)  

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::*[http://strategy.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Wikimedia_Foundation/Feb_2010_Letter_to_the_Board&lqt_method=talkpage_history#Background_report_2970 18:03, 20 January 2010]    Critics? Which one(s)?    Philippe (WMF) (Talk | contribs)    {{Blink|text='''<font color="red">Deleted</font color="red">'''}}     (content was: 'The letter says that "critics" were engaged or interviewed by the Foundation strategy project. I'd like to know which one(s) in particular. Considering ho...' (and the only contributor was 'Thekohser2'))

::*[http://strategy.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Wikimedia_Foundation/Feb_2010_Letter_to_the_Board&lqt_method=talkpage_history#Background_report_2970 18:03, 20 January 2010]    Critics? Which one(s)?    Philippe (WMF) (Talk | contribs)    '''<font color="red">Deleted</font color="red">'''    (content was: 'The letter says that "critics" were engaged or interviewed by the Foundation strategy project. I'd like to know which one(s) in particular. Considering ho...' (and the only contributor was 'Thekohser2'))

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Has it really come to the point that simply asking which critic(s) were engaged or interviewed by the Foundation's ''Strategic Planning'' group is an offense that draws censorship and blocking as the only form of response?

Has it really come to the point that simply asking which critic(s) were engaged or interviewed by the Foundation's ''Strategic Planning'' group is an offense that draws censorship and blocking as the only form of response?