User:Witty lama

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In the real world I am Liam Wyatt (the username is an anagram). I am a Project Officer at AustLII, formerly the Multimedia Coordinator at the Dictionary of Sydney. I credit Wikipedia for giving me the expertise to be able to work as a professional encyclopedist. Thankyou.

I am also the Vice President of Wikimedia Australia and was the convener of the GLAM-WIKI conference. You may know me as the interviewer and panel member for the WikipediaWeekly Podcast. I have interviewed a range of people including:

Jimmy Wales Florence Devouard Sue Gardner Awadewit Jennifer Riggs

Ward Cunningham Danny Wool Angela Beesley Sebastian Moleski Eric Johnson of Diplopedia The Usability team

Brion Vibber Ed Chi Evan Prodromou Tim Vickers Rama's Arrow

Piotrus Fir0002 Cormac Lawler Tamsin Jane

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"!