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[[File:Erik Moeller May 2008.JPG|thumb|200px|Erik Möller, Deputy Executive Director]]
My name is Erik Möller, and I'm a former Board member and the current Deputy Director of the Wikimedia Foundation. More about me on [[m:User:Eloquence|Meta]].
'''Erik Möller''', is the current Deputy Executive Director of the Wikimedia Foundation. Erik is also a former member of the [[Board of Trustees]].

Erik Möller has been an active editor of Wikipedia since 2001 and has also contributed to the underlying software, MediaWiki. Möller developed the proposal for Wikinews, a Wikimedia project, and organized the vote that implemented it. Before joining Wikimedia as an employee, Erik was a freelance journalist and author (Die heimliche Medienrevolution: Wie Weblogs, Wikis und freie Software die Welt verändern), as well as a manager of wiki-related software development projects. He holds a degree in computer science.

Beyond Wikimedia, he seeks to promote Free Content, Free Software, and balanced intellectual monopoly rights legislation. Until taking the position at the Wikimedia Foundation, Möller lived in Berlin.

*[[m:User:Eloquence|Erik Möller's userpage at Meta]]

Revision as of 01:07, 18 March 2010

Erik Möller, Deputy Executive Director

Erik Möller, is the current Deputy Executive Director of the Wikimedia Foundation. Erik is also a former member of the Board of Trustees.

Erik Möller has been an active editor of Wikipedia since 2001 and has also contributed to the underlying software, MediaWiki. Möller developed the proposal for Wikinews, a Wikimedia project, and organized the vote that implemented it. Before joining Wikimedia as an employee, Erik was a freelance journalist and author (Die heimliche Medienrevolution: Wie Weblogs, Wikis und freie Software die Welt verändern), as well as a manager of wiki-related software development projects. He holds a degree in computer science.

Beyond Wikimedia, he seeks to promote Free Content, Free Software, and balanced intellectual monopoly rights legislation. Until taking the position at the Wikimedia Foundation, Möller lived in Berlin.