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   Christine Lemmer-Webber (cwebber@social.coop)'s status on Wednesday, 27-May-2026 09:16:12 JST Christine Lemmer-Webber

   You do not, in fact, fire your organization's Brooke Vibber

   You especially do not fire a Brooke Vibber because of bullshit union busting reasons

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     John Lusk (tarheel@mstdn.io)'s status on Wednesday, 27-May-2026 21:34:45 JST John Lusk

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     @cwebber @jalefkowit

     Context, for those confused (like me):

     «If that name doesn’t mean anything to you, here is what it should mean. Vibber took over as lead developer of MediaWiki, the platform that runs Wikipedia, in early 2003. She was the first full-time employee the Wikimedia Foundation ever hired, and its first Chief Technical Officer. For more than twenty years she was the engineer you called when something deep in the code was broken.»

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     Oops, meant to add: https://medium.com/@jakeorlowitz/wikipedia-is-doing-the-capitalist-thing-56a393232943

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     John Lusk (tarheel@mstdn.io)'s status on Wednesday, 27-May-2026 21:34:46 JST John Lusk

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     @cwebber @jalefkowit

     What, whut?

     No idea what's going on, but... uh... fired for union organizing? If so, not good.

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     fraggle (fraggle@social.coop)'s status on Wednesday, 27-May-2026 21:49:56 JST fraggle

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     @cwebber I'd add, also definitely don't do it the same week as Brooke Vibber Day?
     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Brooke_Vibber_Day