In the real world I am Liam Wyatt (the username is an anagram).
In June 2010 I had the role of "Volunteer Wikipedian in Residence" at the British Museum. You can read about this exciting project at WP:GLAM/BM. Following that, in 2011 I was made "Wikimedia Foundation Cultural Parnerships Fellow" for a year to work on ways of improving the Wikimedia Community's capacity to undertake effective GLAM projects. The homepage for this work is:
http://GLAMWIKI.org
Before this I was a Project Officer at AustLII, formerly the Multimedia Coordinator at the Dictionary of Sydney. I was also the Vice President of Wikimedia Australia, was the convener of the GLAM-WIKI conferences in Australia, in England, the Wikimedia @ Museums and the Web 2010 workshop and GLAMcamp NYC and GLAMcamp Amsterdam. I've also given presentations about Wikimedia in many places around the world.
You may know me as the interviewer and panel member for the WikipediaWeekly Podcast. I have interviewed a range of people including:
In 2008 I wrote my thesis entitled "The Academic Lineage of Wikipedia: Connections and Disconnections in the Theory and Practice of History" at UNSW. This draws parallels between academic debates on such topics as Truth, Authorship and Freedom and our own similar debates. I believe that we can learn a great deal from these longstanding debates in professional historiography and, correspondingly, both academia should recognise our pedigree - there is much each can appreciate from the other.
I have since received my marks and was awarded the Degree - First Class and the "UNSW 2008 University Medal for history"!
For an awesome interview podcast --
Tawker
Though short, this is a chronological list of content I've created from scratch:
Optimum currency area • Bure, Switzerland • Aurora Place • HSC distinction courses • List of Lund University nations • Inspektor • Xenophon (disambiguation), SproutCore • Greg Urwin
• Pat's Uninteresting Tours • Edith Clampton • ArtBabble • Asia cup (disambiguation) • Base Mérimée • Dinocochlea • Australia Forum • The Pit (memorial). • Museums and galleries in Oxfordshire (template) • Qatar Museums Authority
...and I can't forget the fabulous Hoxne Hoard
around which I coordinated the Hoxne Challenge (see also the centrefold of the 2010 WMF Annual Report).
Articles in I've imported significant portions of CC-By-SA Dictionary of Sydney content:
Glebe Island (New South Wales) • John Mather (artist) • Sydney artists' camps • Hugo Alpen • Florence Violet McKenzie
• AWA Tower
Articles I originally created as redirects but others made them into standalone articles!
Windburn • Yellow Shirts • Hyperwords • Royal in the Afternoon • Admonitions Scroll
Articles to create one day: Dinky Dome[1] • Australian Royal Commission into Noxious and Offensive Trades (1882)[2] • Amboy (ship)[3] • translate de:Lörracher Skulpturenweg • Sow and pigs reef[4]
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This user has been on Wikipedia for 6 years, 3 months and 15 days. |
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The WikiProject Public art Barnstar |
| Thank you for your constant support of WSPA, encouraging our efforts and championing the cause. We appreciate all of your help! HstryQT (talk) 12:11, 2 June 2010 (UTC) |
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The British Museum barnstar |
| For all the work you have done helping everyone at the British Museum appreciate and understand the Encyclopaedia and the Community! User:matthewcock 09:43, 2 June 2010 (UTC) |
shortcut to my sandbox
• Pat's Uninteresting Tours • Edith Clampton • ArtBabble • Asia cup (disambiguation) • Base Mérimée • Dinocochlea
around which I coordinated the Hoxne Challenge (see also the centrefold of the 2010 WMF Annual Report).
• AWA Tower
