User:Philippe

Please note: I am the Facilitator for the Wikimedia Foundation's strategic planning initiative, and I also occasionally edit articles here on the English Wikipedia. My Wikipedia editing is opportunistic and reactive: while using Wikipedia, if I see a mistake or problem, I sometimes try to fix it. When I edit, I am not acting as an official representative of the Wikimedia Foundation, and my edits should be treated like anyone else's. My meta userpage is at m:User:Philippe.

On en:Wikipedia, I am an administrator (and very much appreciate the support that the community showed in my RfA) and a member of the OTRS team. If you run across an OTRS edit of mine, I request that you contact me before reverting or changing it - there may be privacy concerns involved or other reasons that the edit needs to stay as it is, but I'm happy to talk to you about it (without divulging any confidential information) if you have a question. I was also a temporary sysop (election issues only) on Meta. I requested and received it with the clear understanding that I would voluntarily relinquish sysop on meta at the conclusion of the election, and I have done so.

In 2009, I was named a member of the election steering committee that is responsible for coordinating the elections for the Board of Trustees for the Wikimedia Foundation. In 2008, I was named an election inspector on March 15 [1]. The 2008 election committee can be found here. In 2007, I was also a member of the Election Steering Committee [2]. As an election steering committee member, I do not take a position in the board elections, and do not support any candidate in this election (nor will I vote).

On meta and commons, my username is Philippe. On IRC (usually in #wikipedia-en), my username is Philippe|Wiki. I have accounts on various other wikis as well. I am in control of the SUL login "Philippe" as well.

Unrelated to my on-wiki stuff, the important things to know, I suppose, are that I'm in Tulsa, Oklahoma, I have a strong interest in politics - I work as a political consultant and fundraiser, and previously consulted for Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Kim Holland and Governor Howard Dean. Also, let's just get this one out of the way right upfront.... Philippe = Boy.

I am a church musician. Previously, I've worked in several Roman Catholic Churches. I consider myself Episcopalian now, though, and recently joined the Episcopal Church.

You can find a photo of me at Image:Philippe.JPG. It's not actually here because... well, I suck at putting images into things. There's a more recent one of me with Jimmy Wales at the WMF Office in San Francisco on commons.

I have two favorite mottos, which I have stolen from others and have printed on various things: A domino factum est istud et mirabile in oculis nostris. (from Elizabeth I) and Plus est en vous (from various sources in Bourgundy).

Non nobis solum.

My own "links to remember": Great welcome template at: {{User:KNM/Welcome}} PPG's Admin toolbox is at: User:Persian Poet Gal/AdminToolbox. Fascinating peer reviews at: Wikipedia:External_peer_review.

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