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<div style="line-height:.7em; font-size: 270%; font-family:'Helvetica Neue', 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif;">James Alexander</div> |
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<div style="font-size: 180%; padding-top: 16px; font-family:'Helvetica Neue', 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif; line-height:30px;">Manager, Legal and Community Advocacy, Wikimedia Foundation</div> |
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<div style="padding-top: 16px; font-family:'Helvetica Neue', 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif;">'' "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." ''</div> |
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| style="padding:15px; vertical-align:top; width:37%;" | <h2 style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue', 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif; border-bottom:0;">About me</h2> |
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I've had an account starting on the English Wikipedia since late 2006 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 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 [[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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| style="padding:15px; vertical-align:top; width:37%;" | <h2 style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue', 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif; border-bottom:0;">My work</h2> |
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'''Note: Over the course of June (and likely the very start of July) I am transitioning away from my former job managing the Wikimedia Shop and towards the Legal and Community Advocacy department. I will be updating the information below but for the interim time am doing much of both jobs (Selling stuff and taking down your DMCA'd page oh joy!).''' |
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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. |
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I'm now working as the Wikimedia Merchandise Manager to build up a [//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 in a couple side areas: |
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* I work with [[m: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.<div style="color: #555; font-size: smaller; margin: 1em 0;">'''Disclaimer:''' Although I work for the Wikimedia Foundation, contributions under this account do not necessarily represent the actions or views of the Foundation unless expressly stated otherwise. For example, edits to articles or uploads of other media are done in my individual, personal capacity unless otherwise stated. Although I am a member of the Legal and Community Advocacy team, I am not a lawyer. The legal team can only represent the Wikimedia Foundation on legal matters, so we are unable to give legal advice to others, including community members, editors, or contributors. Communications with members of the legal team are not consultations and do not create any confidential relationship.</div> |
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| style="padding:15px; vertical-align:top; width:25%; background:#F4F4F4;" | <h2 style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue', 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif; border-bottom:0;">Contact me</h2> |
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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 [[User:Jalexander|Jalexander]] in a staff role. |
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* On my Meta-Wiki or English Wikipedia talk page as [[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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[[Category:Wikimedia Foundation staff]] |
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