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| hover text = Asaf Bartov, Head of WMF Grants and Global South
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| short quote = ''It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.'' --[[w:Epictetus|Epictetus]]
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About me
I have been a practicing (volunteer) Wikipedian for many years; my home wiki is the Hebrew Wikipedia, but I make occasional contributions on the English Wikipedia as well. I have a strong background in software engineering, and an abiding interest in literature, education, open access, linked data, and library science.
As an unpaid volunteer, I am a founding editor of Project Ben-Yehuda and a teacher of classical Greek and Latin. I used to serve on the board of Wikimedia Israel.
My work
I am working on increasing reach (readers) and participation (editors) in the developing world (excluding India, Brazil, and the Arabic-speaking middle east, to which other staff are dedicated), through community support as well as partnerships with other NGOs and governments.
I am also in charge of the Wikimedia Grants program, and am the WMF representative in the Wikimedia Participation Grants program committee.
I'm a good first contact at the WMF if you're looking to start a Wikimedia group somewhere, or if you might need funding for your activity.
Contact me
- E-mail: abartovwikimedia.org