Talk:Tom Preston-Werner

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Scott Chacon a co-founder?

This article doesn't mention Scott as a co-founder, and specifically says the co-founders of GitHub are PJ Hyett, Chris Wanstrath and Tom Preston-Werner: http://www.inc.com/30under30/christine-lagorio/github-pj-hyett-chris-wanstrath-2013.html/1

This article calls Scott Chacon a co-founder: http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2012/02/github/all/

The Tom Preston-Werner wikipedia article currently says, at the top, that the founders of GitHub are PJ, Chris & Tom, but under Tom_Preston-Werner#Career, it says "In 2008, the three of them, along with Scott Chacon, founded GitHub."

Is Scott Chacon a co-founder of GitHub or not? 50.74.152.2 (talk) 14:17, 17 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

His LinkedIn profile says CIO since October 2008 and GitHub was launched in April 2008. So I'd say very early hire. - Simeon (talk) 22:07, 28 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

hi clippou: wikilies? 186.51.234.62 (talk) 14:51, 28 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Regarding Horvath's claims

It says like this:

In April 2014, GitHub released a statement denying Horvath's allegations.[21][22] However, following an investigation, GitHub confirmed the claims *

Are there any sources to support this? I just read on Tom's blog that "That said, I want to be very clear about one thing: neither my wife, Theresa, nor I have ever engaged in gender-based harassment or discrimination. The results of GitHub's independent investigation unequivocally confirm this..." (http://tom.preston-werner.com/2014/04/21/farewell-github-hello-immersive-computing.html)

This seems rather contradictive to the statement on this WP article. Any sources that support the version on WP? /PerLundberg (talk) 20:59, 13 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

See changes to this article and quote from company CEO. Chisme (talk) 22:47, 13 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi, I am a random user from Norway, who came across this article via old tech news, and I was curious what had happened in this case, so I looked into the sources given in the Wikipedia article. The article didn't seem to reflect the source material, so I made an edit so that it would (Wikipedia is supposed to be accurate, right?). But the edit was removed by Chisme, citing "wiki contra white washing": https://wiki.riteme.site/w/index.php?title=Tom_Preston-Werner&diff=962940735&oldid=962934264

The original version, which was restored by Chisme said:

> He resigned from GitHub in 2014 when an internal investigation concluded that he and his wife harassed an employee.^[1]

> GitHub initially denied Horvath's allegations, then following an internal investigation, confirmed some of the claims.

Having read the source material in the given reference, this struck me as inaccurate, and the "confirmed some of the claims" claim was not backed by any source/reference. So I decided to make an edit, since I believe in accuracy.

My edit that was removed was:

> He resigned from GitHub in 2014 when an internal investigation concluded that he acted inappropriately.^[1]

> GitHub initially denied Horvath's allegations. The following internal investigation disconfirmed her claims of sexual and gender-based harassment, but it was found that the CEO had acted inappropriately^[1].

My reason for the edit:

My motivation was not to white wash anyone, as I have no relation to any of the stakeholders. My intent was solely accuracy (which I care a great deal about), since the cited source actually didn't support the claim that "he and his wife harassed an employee". This doesn't preclude that they might have done that, since I don't know the details (so if others find sources to back that claim, feel free to edit the article). But I think that Wikipedia, as a source which aspires for neutrality, should only write what can be backed up by sources, and aspire to the highest level of accuracy in representing those sources. The edit I made was so that what is claimed in this Wikipedia article is in concord with the material in the cited source.

If someone more experienced at this then me, like Chisme or any other regular contributor, would like to restore my edit, I would be grateful. If it is restored, then I am happy with this talk page entry being removed.

Arnleif (talk) 18:11, 17 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Follow up to the investigation results". April 28, 2014.

[Follow_up_to_the_investigation_results-1] "Follow up to the investigation results". April 28, 2014.

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