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This person no longer works for the Wikimedia Foundation. Current staff and contractors » This is the user page of a user who was a member of the Wikimedia Foundation staff or served as a contractor to the Foundation. In order to maintain a historical record, this page has not been deleted. However, any contact information below may be incorrect, as this user is no longer employed at the Foundation.

Siko Bouterse

Director of Community Resources, Wikimedia Foundation

About me

I joined the Wikimedia Foundation in June 2011, first as Head of Community Fellowships, then moving into grantmaking focused on individuals, and today leading the Community Resources team. I like to build new projects and help others do the same. I've worked with global online communities for nearly 10 years now, and am particularly interesting in cross-cultural dialogue and collaboration. Before WMF, I worked with organizations like hi5.com, where I built a crowd-sourced community translation program to localize the site into not nearly as many languages as Wikimedia has, and Meedan.org, where I built online community focused on English-Arabic dialogue. I have a B.A. in Anthropology from the University of California at Berkeley and an M.A. in Middle East History from the American University in Cairo. These days, when I'm not online, I prefer to be at the beach.

My work

I work with a team of program officers to support the Wikimedia community with the resources (funding, mentorship, connections, etc) it needs to make great things happen. I also spend time thinking about ways to address Wikimedia's gender gap whenever I can, am a fan of new experiments in online community organizing, and generally take responsibility for dreaming up ways we can support more community members in partnership with the rest of the Community Engagement team. The best part of my job is learning from community members what we can do together to make this movement even more amazing.

Some projects I've co-created, in partnership with other staff and volunteers, include:

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

E-mail: sboutersewikimedia.org
Talk page: Meta wiki and English Wikipedia as Siko (WMF)
Seeeko is my volunteer account on English Wikipedia

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-| hover text = Siko Bouterse, Head of Community Fellowships
+| hover text = Siko Bouterse, Director of Community Resources
-| job title = Head of Community Fellowships
+| job title = Director of Community Resources
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-| short quote =  ''"Be bold, evaluate with data and feedback, rinse and repeat."''
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-| about me =  I joined the Wikimedia Foundation in June 2011 as Head of Community Fellowships, with the goal of building a world-class Fellowships program worthy of the Wikimedia movement.  I've worked with global online communities for many years, and am really passionate about online opportunities for cross-cultural dialogue and collaboration.  Before WMF, I worked with organizations like hi5.com, where I build a crowd-sourced community translation program to localize the site into nearly 100 languages, and Meedan.net, where I built online community focused on English-Arabic dialogue.  I have a B.A. in Anthropology from the University of California at Berkeley and an M.A. in Middle East History from the American University in Cairo.  Now, I live in the San Francisco Bay Area, and when I'm not online I like to be outside with my family as much as possible.
+| about me =  I joined the Wikimedia Foundation in June 2011, first as Head of [[m:Wikimedia Fellowships|Community Fellowships]], then moving into [[m:Grants:Start|grantmaking]] focused on individuals, and today leading the Community Resources team. I like to build new projects and help others do the same. I've worked with global online communities for nearly 10 years now, and am particularly interesting in cross-cultural dialogue and collaboration. Before WMF, I worked with organizations like hi5.com, where I built a crowd-sourced community translation program to localize the site into not nearly as many languages as Wikimedia has, and Meedan.org, where I built online community focused on English-Arabic dialogue. I have a B.A. in Anthropology from the University of California at Berkeley and an M.A. in Middle East History from the American University in Cairo. These days, when I'm not online, I prefer to be at the beach.
-| about my work =  As Head of Fellowships, I'm responsible for recruiting and supporting a global team of [[:m:Wikimedia Fellowships/Fellows|Community and Research Fellows]] to spearhead projects that, with Foundation support, can have positive impact on the Wikimedia community.  I also work on the Global Development Department's [[:m:Editor Growth and Contribution Program|Editor Growth and Contribution Program]], where we're experimenting with on-wiki strategies for growing the editing community in small-to-medium sized wikis.  The best part of my job is learning from community members about what we might do together to strengthen the Wikimedia movement and projects.
+| about my work =  I work with a team of program officers to support the Wikimedia community with the resources (funding, mentorship, connections, etc) it needs to make great things happen. I also spend time thinking about ways to address Wikimedia's gender gap whenever I can, am a fan of new experiments in online community organizing, and generally take responsibility for dreaming up ways we can support more community members in partnership with the rest of the [[wmf:Staff_and_contractors#Community Engagement|Community Engagement team]].  The best part of my job is learning from community members what we can do together to make this movement even more amazing.
-Some current projects I work on, in partnership with other staff, fellows, and volunteers:
+Some projects I've co-created, in partnership with other staff and volunteers, include:
+*[[m:Grants:IdeaLab|IdeaLab]]
+*[[m:Grants:Inspire|Inspire Campaign]]
+*[[m:Grants:IEG|Individual Engagement Grants]]
+*[[m:WikiWomen's Collaborative|WikiWomen's Collaborative]]
 *[[:en:Wikipedia:Teahouse|Wikipedia Teahouse]]
-*[[:m:Wikimedia Fellowships|Wikimedia Foundation Community Fellowships Program]]
-*[[:m:Editor Growth and Contribution Program/Concept|Global Development Editor Growth and Contribution Program]]
 | contact me =
 * E-mail: sbouterse{{@}}wikimedia.org
-* Talk page: Meta wiki and English Wikipedia as [[:m:User:Sbouterse (WMF)|Sbouterse (WMF)]]
+* Talk page: Meta wiki and English Wikipedia as [[m:User:Siko (WMF)|Siko (WMF)]]
 * [[:en:User:Seeeko|Seeeko]] is my volunteer account on English Wikipedia
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