Wikipedia editors force trustee to resign

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"2">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>A trustee of Wikipedia’s governing body has resigned after coming under pressure from the site’s editors&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Arnnon Geshuri has stepped down after nearly 300 Wikipedia editorial volunteers backed a vote of no confidence over allegations Mr Geshuri fired an employee during his time at Google over a &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;no poaching” deal on staff that was regarded as &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;anti-competitive”&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In his time as a human resources boss at the technology giant&comma; he is alleged to have fired a staff member who violated the deal by approaching an Apple employee&period; According to court documents filed in the US&comma; part of Mr Geshuri’s role saw him enforcing an agreement made between Google and Apple not to poach each other’s staff&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In a 2007 email&comma; Mr Geshuri told then Google boss Eric Schmidt that the employee would be &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;terminated within the hour” for contacting an Apple staff member&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Wikimedia&comma; the parent company of the online encyclopaedia&comma; confirmed Mr Geshuri’s departure in a statement to editors&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Patricio Lorente&comma; the board’s chairman – along with vice-chair Alice Wiegand&comma; said&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Throughout the discussion about the appointment of Arnnon Geshuri to the board of trustees&comma; the board has carefully listened to you and discussed internally&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Earlier today&comma; Arnnon decided to step down from the board&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;To paraphrase his words&comma; he doesn’t want to be a distraction for the important discussions that the community and the foundation need to face in the times to come&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We want to thank Arnnon for his ongoing commitment and for helping us to move forward&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Just a day before announcing his departure&comma; Ms Wiegand had written to Wikipedia editors insisting Mr Geshuri still had the board’s support having been approved &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;unanimously” to join&period; He is yet to comment on his departure from the site&comma; which celebrated its 15th anniversary last week&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The board governance committee is working to improve and update our selection processes before we fill the vacancy left by Arnnon’s departure&comma;” continued the board’s statement&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We are sorry for the distress and confusion this has caused to some in our community&comma; 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