Angela Beesley
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 Angela Beesley (November 2005) |
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| Born: | 1977 Norwich, England |
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| Occupation: | Vice-president of Wikia, Inc.[1] |
| Website: | wikiangela.com |
Angela Beesley is a British Internet entrepreneur. She is a co-founder of and vice president for community relations of Wikia.
Involved in Wikipedia since 2003, Beesley was elected onto the Board of Trustees of the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation in 2004, and re-elected in 2005. During this time, she was active in editing content and setting policy, such as privacy policy, within the Foundation.[2] After serving for two years, in July 2006 Beesley resigned from the Wikimedia Foundation board of directors.[3]
Since February 21, 2006 she is member of the Communications Committee (ComCom) of the Wikimedia Foundation.[4] The creation of this committee was authorized by the Board of Trustees, where she was one of five members at that time.[5]. She chairs the Foundation's Advisory Board as well.
In October 2004, she founded a for-profit Wiki hosting service with Jimmy Wales called Wikia. She sits on the advisory board of the media archive Ourmedia. She is a co-author of the book Wikis: Tools for information Work and Collaboration.[6] She has also worked as a consultant for the BBC.[7]
[edit] References
- ^ Adam Turner (2005-11-22). Quest for the universal Wiki. The Age.
- ^ http://www.riehle.org/computer-science/research/2006/wikisym-2006-interview.html
- ^ Wikimedia Foundation press release regarding Beesley resignation
- ^ Resolution creation communications committee
- ^ Members of the Board of Trustees in February 2006
- ^ http://www.booki.info/display/website/About+the+Book
- ^ http://www.decadeofwebdesign.org/speakers.html
[edit] External links
- Website of Angela Beesley
- 2005 Board candidacy presentation
- The Book Stops Here - See p. 4 for Beesley profile
- Co-founder Angela Beesley on Wikia brief video interview during SB Forum on Digital Transitions (18 MB) 2006-04-10
- Six questions for Angela Beesley, Principled Innovation, 2006-07-18
