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| full name = James Alexander |
| full name = James Alexander |
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| job title = Manager, <span class="plainlinks">[http://shop.wikimedia.org Merchandise]</span> |
| job title = Manager, <span class="plainlinks">[http://shop.wikimedia.org Merchandise]</span> |
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| organization = Wikimedia Foundation |
| organization = Wikimedia Foundation |
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| short quote = '' "Working here isn't for the faint of heart. That said, you realize the genuine thankfulness of the 500 million people from our community around the world who use the projects every day... and it's all worth it." '' |
| short quote = '' "Working here isn't for the faint of heart. That said, you realize the genuine thankfulness of the 500 million people from our community around the world who use the projects every day... and it's all worth it." '' |
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| about me = I've had an account starting on the English Wikipedia since late 2007 as [[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 [[ |
| about me = I've had an account starting on the English Wikipedia since late 2007 as [[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 [[Global sysops]] proposal and referendum and still serve as on 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). |
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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. |
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I'm now working as the Wikimedia Merchandise Manager to build up a [http://shop.wikimedia.org store] of good quality merchandise that can be sold cheaply to the public and the community. All of our (slim) margins are intended to go straight back into the merchandise to keep global shipping and prices cheap and to give out free merchandise to community members who have worked so hard to make the WM projects amazing. If you have any thoughts for the store and what we should offer or do please let me know! |
I'm now working as the Wikimedia Merchandise Manager to build up a [http://shop.wikimedia.org store] of good quality merchandise that can be sold cheaply to the public and the community. All of our (slim) margins are intended to go straight back into the merchandise to keep global shipping and prices cheap and to give out free merchandise to community members who have worked so hard to make the WM projects amazing. If you have any thoughts for the store and what we should offer or do please let me know! |
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I also spend some time working with [[User:Mdennis|Maggie]] and [[User:Philippe (WMF)|Philippe]] on community support or emergency issues |
I also spend some time working in a couple side areas: |
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* I work with [[User:Mdennis (WMF)|Maggie]] and [[User:Philippe (WMF)|Philippe]] on community support or emergency issues as needed. In that role you may see me doing some 'office' actions and I'd request that you shoot me an email or drop me a line on my talk page if you have any questions about what I did. |
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* On [[m:Main Page|Meta-wiki]] I update the [[m:Meta:ID|Identification Noticeboard]] for people who need to identify to the foundation. |
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* I am responsible for monitoring the usage of the [[m:Central Notice|Central Notice]] system for the Foundation. |
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| contact me = |
| contact me = |
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* Email: Jalexander{{@}}wikimedia.org |
* Email: Jalexander{{@}}wikimedia.org |
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* [http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=16826938 LinkedIn profile] |
* [http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=16826938 LinkedIn profile] |
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