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| full name = James Alexander |
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| image name = James Alexander 005 - Wikimedia Foundation Oct11.jpg |
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| job title = Manager, Community Advocacy |
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| organization = Wikimedia Foundation |
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| 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" '' |
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| 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). |
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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. |
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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. |
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| about my work = |
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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). |
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Some specific projects I'm working on now include: |
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* 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. |
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* 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]]. |
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* I am a member of the WMF [[:w:en:WP:Emergency|Emergency Team]] to handle threats of harm made on wiki. |
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* ''Other tasks as assigned'' including "firefighting" unexpected emergencies or priorities and helping to ensure they are troubleshooted and handled appropriately. |
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| contact me = |
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* Email: Jalexander[[File:At_sign.svg|17px| at |link=]]wikimedia.org |
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* On my Meta-Wiki or English Wikipedia talk page as [[m:User:Jalexander-WMF|Jalexander-WMF]] in a staff role. |
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* On my Meta-Wiki or English Wikipedia talk page as [[m:User:Jamesofur|Jamesofur]] in my volunteer role. |
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* Gtalk: Jalexander[[File:At_sign.svg|17px| at |link=]]wikimedia.org |
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* Twitter: [//twitter.com/Jamesofur [[File:At_sign.svg|17px| at |link=]]Jamesofur] |
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* [//www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=16826938 LinkedIn profile] |
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