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I'm not sure there's any solid evidence that she's the girlfriend of the WMF chair - that mostly seems to be a salacious rumor. However, there does seem to be e
by makomk 7y ago
I'm not sure there's any solid evidence that she's the girlfriend of the WMF chair - that mostly seems to be a salacious rumor. However, there does seem to be evidence that the WMF chair and Laura Hale directly worked together over at Wikinews on the same topic area that Laura Hale and Fram ended up in conflict over on Wikipedia (sports in Spain). That seems like a better thing to focus on than juicy gossip.
- adolph 7y agoI have no idea either. Thinking about it though, maybe there is a corollary to Hanlon’s Razor “Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity”: Never attribute to stupidity what is adequately explained by conflict of interest.
- nsajko 7y agoI will not post links for obvious reasons, but it definitely seems like Laura Hale and Maria Sefidari are close, looking at some pictures of them together that are relatively easy to find on the Web.
- belorn 7y agoThe only solid evidence is that Fram used the word "fuck", as that was the diff provided to him. Everything else, including the incident with LauraHale or any potential relation between her and WMF is just speculation people are rushing into in order to find an explanation to WMF action. This is why the Open Letter is so elegant written. It does not speculate. It addresses the core issue which is the lack of solid evidence and community process.