Ting Chen
| Ting Chen 陈霆 |
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| Chair of the Wikimedia Foundation | |
| In office July 10, 2010 – July 12, 2012 |
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| Preceded by | Michael Snow |
| Succeeded by | Kat Walsh |
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| Born | January 29, 1968 Shanghai, China |
| Residence | Mainz, Germany |
| Occupation | Wikimedia Foundation board member |
Ting Chen (Chinese: 陈霆; pinyin: Chén Tíng) was the fourth chair of the Wikimedia Foundation. He was born in 1968, Shanghai, China.
Education [edit]
He grew up in Harbin and completed his primary and secondary education there. In 1989, he studied electrical engineering at Braunschweig University of Technology in Germany, and graduated in 1993; at this time, he was interested in semiconductors and their physical principles.
Wikipedia [edit]
In Chen's university life, he first made contact with the virtual community, through the management a forum long time which introduction of scientific knowledge. In 2003, he first heard of Wikipedia and Wikimedia from an article in a newspaper about German Wikipedia. Since then editing Wikipedia has been his hobby. He originally started editing the German Wikipedia, but soon changed his focus to the Chinese Wikipedia.
Chen took part in the first Wikimania, which took place in Frankfurt in 2005; and he instructed the Chinese Wikipedia Community. He also made an appearance at the Taipei Wikimania. He has been the chair of the Wikimedia Foundation since July 2010.[1][2][3]
References [edit]
- ^ "华裔出任维基媒体基金会理事主席" (in Chinese). 维基媒体香港. 2010-07-10. Retrieved 2010-08-09.
- ^ The Wikimedia Foundation Seeks Links with Confucius Institute at KU
- ^ Wikipedia celebrated 10th anniversary at SU
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| Preceded by Michael Snow |
Chair of the Wikimedia Foundation July 10, 2010 – July 12, 2012 |
Succeeded by Kat Walsh |
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