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| full name = James Alexander
| full name = James Alexander
| image name = James Alexander 005 - Wikimedia Foundation Oct11.jpg
| image name = James Alexander 005 - Wikimedia Foundation Oct11.jpg
| job title = Project Manager, Legal and Community Advocacy
| job title = Manager, Community Advocacy
| organization = Wikimedia Foundation
| organization = Wikimedia Foundation
| short quote = '' "Not all those who wander are lost" ''
| short quote = '' "Not all those who wander are lost" '' <br /> '' "Ensure user trust, protect user rights and mitigate legal risk through policy, advocacy and TOU enforcement" ''
| about me = I've had an account starting on the English Wikipedia since late 2006 as [[m:User:Jamesofur|Jamesofur]] where I made small edits correcting or updating information as I read through articles (both logged in and anonymous). In 2009 I picked up my interest again mostly because of a fascination with the community model and a desire to see the projects succeed. I worked first on enWiki again and then quickly started getting involved in global governance and anti vandalism and abuse issues. I helped to set up the [[m:Global sysops|Global sysops]] proposal and referendum and still serve as one on my volunteer account, became a Sysop, Bureaucrat and Checkuser on SimpleWikipedia as well as a sysop here on Meta and on EnWikipedia. I've also been a long time agent on [[m:OTRS|OTRS]] especially with BLP concerns and Intellectual property (Copyright, trademarks and trade secrets mostly).
| about me = I've had an account starting on the English Wikipedia since late 2006 as [[m:User:Jamesofur|Jamesofur]] where I made small edits correcting or updating information as I read through articles (both logged in and anonymous). In 2009 I picked up my interest again mostly because of a fascination with the community model and a desire to see the projects succeed. I worked first on enWiki again and then quickly started getting involved in global governance and anti vandalism and abuse issues. I helped to set up the [[m:Global sysops|Global sysops]] proposal and referendum and still serve as one on my volunteer account, became a Sysop, Bureaucrat and Checkuser on SimpleWikipedia as well as a sysop here on Meta and on EnWikipedia. I've also been a long time agent on [[m:OTRS|OTRS]] especially with BLP concerns and Intellectual property (Copyright, trademarks and trade secrets mostly).


Personally I have a degree in Economics and a huge love of the law both in the United States and internationally (especially Contract and Copyright law and the international and economic side effects). After school I was looking for work in the legal field planning to go to law school in a year or two. I'm a self professed geek and anglophile who loves most of science fiction and British television, computers and technology (I've taught myself a fair bit of coding but have no formal teaching) and surfing. I enjoy taking on a challenge especially something where much of it hasn't been done before.
Personally I have a degree in Economics and a huge love of the law both in the United States and internationally (especially Contract and Copyright law and the international and economic side effects). After school I was looking for work in the legal field planning to go to law school in a year or two. I'm a self professed geek and anglophile who loves most of science fiction and British television, computers and technology (I've taught myself a fair bit of coding but have no formal teaching) and surfing. I enjoy taking on a challenge especially something where much of it hasn't been done before.


| about my work =
I began at the Foundation for the 2010 Fundraiser for outreach but ended up spending most of my time making all of the lovely banners and landing pages that everyone has come to love ;). In 2011 I got a Community Fellowship to work on new editor retention work focusing on data gathering and research (in prep for the [[m:Research:Wikimedia Summer of Research 2011|Summer of Research]]) as well as [[w:en:WP:WikiGuides|WikiGuides]] a project trying to proactively reach out to new users which I presented on at Wikimania in Haifa ([[w:en:WP:Teahouse|The Teahouse]] is taking up from where we left off!). In July 2011 I was swallowed up by the Fundraiser again to be its 'Business Analyst' working to help manage the priorities of the technical and production teams for the Fundraiser. In the late spring 2012 I became the Wikimedia Merchandise Manager, opening an online store, expanding our products to include a wide array of good quality offerings available at a reasonable price, and developing a community-driven giveaway program that recognized the contributions of individual Wikimedians.
I began at the Foundation for the 2010 Fundraiser for outreach but ended up spending most of my time making all of the lovely banners and landing pages that everyone has come to love ;). In 2011 I got a Community Fellowship to work on new editor retention work focusing on data gathering and research (in prep for the [[m:Research:Wikimedia Summer of Research 2011|Summer of Research]]) as well as [[w:en:WP:WikiGuides|WikiGuides]] a project trying to proactively reach out to new users which I presented on at Wikimania in Haifa ([[w:en:WP:Teahouse|The Teahouse]] is taking up from where we left off!). In July 2011 I was swallowed up by the Fundraiser again to be its 'Business Analyst' working to help manage the priorities of the technical and production teams for the Fundraiser. In the late spring 2012 I became the Wikimedia Merchandise Manager, opening an online store, expanding our products to include a wide array of good quality offerings available at a reasonable price, and developing a community-driven giveaway program that recognized the contributions of individual Wikimedians.


| about my work =
I currently work in the legal and community advocacy department with a focus on the trust and safety of our users (collectively known as 'Trust and Safety issues') and building or designing scalable tools to help our team process high repetitive issues.

I currently work in the community advocacy team focusing on our work with the Legal Department and managing our ''Trust & Safety'' functions (protecting user rights and the safety and security of users on the sites).


Some specific projects I'm working on now include:
Some specific projects I'm working on now include:


* Supporting the legal department in the execution of legal process, including [[:w:en:DMCA|DMCA takedowns]], warrants, subpoenas and threats of harm on wiki. In that role you may see me doing some 'office' actions and I'd request that you send me an email or drop a message on my talk page if you have any questions about what I did.
* Supporting the legal department in the execution of legal process, including [[:w:en:DMCA|DMCA takedowns]], warrants, subpoenas and threats of harm on wiki. In that role you may see me doing [[:m:Office_actions|'office' actions]] and I'd request that you send me an email or drop a message on my talk page if you have any questions about what I did.
* Responsibility for the management of WMF staff access to advanced permissions and am the traditional in house expert on those permissions and the main liaison to community groups (such as [[m:Stewards|Stewards]], [[m:Checkuser|Checkusers]] and [[m:Oversight|Oversighters]]) who hold the positions.
* I am also responsible for the management of WMF staff access to advanced permissions and serve as the liaison between the Wikimedia Foundation and most users with sensitive rights such as [[m:Checkuser|Checkusers]], [[m:Oversight|Oversighters]] and [[m:Steward|Stewards]].
* I am a member of the WMF [[:w:en:WP:Emergency|Emergency Team]] to handle threats of harm made on wiki.
* Acting as primary investigator on threats or concerns received via official or unofficial means to ensure communications team, legal team and upper level management is fully informed about the facts of particular cases especially as they affect legal or user safety issues.
* ''Other tasks as assigned'' including "firefighting" unexpected emergencies or priorities and helping to ensure they are troubleshooted and handled appropriately.
* Serving as the designated techie on our generally non-technical team, designing internal tools to help us work more effectively and acting as the only individual with server access in LCA.
* Like others in the Community Advocacy team I try to help others within the staff understand the community view point and vice versa and a lot of work falls under ''other tasks as assigned'' especially helping to troubleshoot and firefight emergent issues before they can be passed off to someone else for longer term care if necessary.
| contact me =
| contact me =
* Email: Jalexander[[File:At_sign.svg|17px|&nbsp;at&nbsp;|link=]]wikimedia.org
* Email: Jalexander[[File:At_sign.svg|17px|&nbsp;at&nbsp;|link=]]wikimedia.org
* On my Meta-Wiki or English Wikipedia talk page as [[m:User:Jalexander|Jalexander]] in a staff role.
* On my Meta-Wiki or English Wikipedia talk page as [[m:User:Jalexander-WMF|Jalexander-WMF]] in a staff role.
* On my Meta-Wiki or English Wikipedia talk page as [[m:User:Jamesofur|Jamesofur]] in my volunteer role.
* On my Meta-Wiki or English Wikipedia talk page as [[m:User:Jamesofur|Jamesofur]] in my volunteer role.
* Gtalk: Jalexander[[File:At_sign.svg|17px|&nbsp;at&nbsp;|link=]]wikimedia.org
* Gtalk: Jalexander[[File:At_sign.svg|17px|&nbsp;at&nbsp;|link=]]wikimedia.org
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* [//www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=16826938 LinkedIn profile]
* [//www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=16826938 LinkedIn profile]
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| disclaimer = {{Legal staff disclaimer|lawyer=no}}
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James Alexander
James Alexander, Manager, Community Advocacy
James Alexander
Manager, Community Advocacy, Wikimedia Foundation
"Not all those who wander are lost"
"Ensure user trust, protect user rights and mitigate legal risk through policy, advocacy and TOU enforcement"

About me

I've had an account starting on the English Wikipedia since late 2006 as Jamesofur where I made small edits correcting or updating information as I read through articles (both logged in and anonymous). In 2009 I picked up my interest again mostly because of a fascination with the community model and a desire to see the projects succeed. I worked first on enWiki again and then quickly started getting involved in global governance and anti vandalism and abuse issues. I helped to set up the Global sysops proposal and referendum and still serve as one on my volunteer account, became a Sysop, Bureaucrat and Checkuser on SimpleWikipedia as well as a sysop here on Meta and on EnWikipedia. I've also been a long time agent on OTRS especially with BLP concerns and Intellectual property (Copyright, trademarks and trade secrets mostly).

Personally I have a degree in Economics and a huge love of the law both in the United States and internationally (especially Contract and Copyright law and the international and economic side effects). After school I was looking for work in the legal field planning to go to law school in a year or two. I'm a self professed geek and anglophile who loves most of science fiction and British television, computers and technology (I've taught myself a fair bit of coding but have no formal teaching) and surfing. I enjoy taking on a challenge especially something where much of it hasn't been done before.

I began at the Foundation for the 2010 Fundraiser for outreach but ended up spending most of my time making all of the lovely banners and landing pages that everyone has come to love ;). In 2011 I got a Community Fellowship to work on new editor retention work focusing on data gathering and research (in prep for the Summer of Research) as well as WikiGuides a project trying to proactively reach out to new users which I presented on at Wikimania in Haifa (The Teahouse is taking up from where we left off!). In July 2011 I was swallowed up by the Fundraiser again to be its 'Business Analyst' working to help manage the priorities of the technical and production teams for the Fundraiser. In the late spring 2012 I became the Wikimedia Merchandise Manager, opening an online store, expanding our products to include a wide array of good quality offerings available at a reasonable price, and developing a community-driven giveaway program that recognized the contributions of individual Wikimedians.

My work

I currently work in the community advocacy team focusing on our work with the Legal Department and managing our Trust & Safety functions (protecting user rights and the safety and security of users on the sites).

Some specific projects I'm working on now include:

  • Supporting the legal department in the execution of legal process, including DMCA takedowns, warrants, subpoenas and threats of harm on wiki. In that role you may see me doing 'office' actions and I'd request that you send me an email or drop a message on my talk page if you have any questions about what I did.
  • I am also responsible for the management of WMF staff access to advanced permissions and serve as the liaison between the Wikimedia Foundation and most users with sensitive rights such as Checkusers, Oversighters and Stewards.
  • I am a member of the WMF Emergency Team to handle threats of harm made on wiki.
  • Other tasks as assigned including "firefighting" unexpected emergencies or priorities and helping to ensure they are troubleshooted and handled appropriately.
Disclaimer: I work for the Wikimedia Foundation, and this is the account I intend to use for edits or statements I make in that role. However, the Foundation does not vet all my activity, so edits, statements, or other contributions made by this account may not reflect the views of the Foundation.

Contact me

  • Email: Jalexander at wikimedia.org
  • On my Meta-Wiki or English Wikipedia talk page as Jalexander-WMF in a staff role.
  • On my Meta-Wiki or English Wikipedia talk page as Jamesofur in my volunteer role.
  • Gtalk: Jalexander at wikimedia.org
  • Twitter:  at Jamesofur
  • LinkedIn profile
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en-N This user has a native understanding of English.
fr-1 Cet utilisateur dispose de connaissances de base en français.
la-1 Hic usor simplici lingua Latina conferre potest.