User:Jdforrester

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[edit] Playing with EasyTimelines

There's little to say about myself with regards to Wikimedia; some personal information is on my personal website, though, for the curious, and the beginnings of a list of cultural things I've seen. If you want to contact me off-wiki at james@jdforrester.org, or via the built-in emailing page; I also hang around on IRC a great deal (or, rather, my computer does - I'm often away). You can also leave a message on my talk page

Please, feel free to edit my page. This is a wiki, after all. And anyway, I can always revert you ;-).

[edit] Stuff I do

On Wikipedia, the reward for a job well done is another three jobs. — David Gerard
It may not be what your job or wife need, but you should have thought of that before you demonstrated sanity — Snowspinner

English Wikipedia: Arbitration (and attendant/related) duties are the primary focus of my work here.

Commons: Sysop/policy development stuff. Rarely, as I have too little time. :-(

Meta: Sysop/RC patrol stuff. Not that often, sadly.

IRC: I'm the Chair of the Wikimedia Group Contacts, which basically means that I'm in charge :-) IRC policy, channel maintenance, etc. take much of my time here. Theoretically I should be the ranking chanop in every IRC channel, but it rarely works out that way until I find that I need it now. :-); My computer is generally permanently connected to about two dozen channels, but I'm not actually at my machine permanently. Honest.

Foundation: I'm the Chief Research Officer of the Foundation. I take part in advice and development, press, OTRS, legal fire-fighting, and all the usual stuff. "Gopher", perhaps. :-)

Wikimania: Gopher-in-chief. Or something. I dunno, ask Delphine, she bosses me about very effectively. :-)

Chapter (m:Wikimedia UK): I'm the Secretary, one of the Board, and (rather obviously) Foundation/Chapter liaison,

Mailing lists: Reading all the usual, admining on a few other things.

Listening to Jimbo at the first ever Wikimeet, with Morwen, left, and Ed in the background (photo by John Foley)

[edit] Extra-project Wikipedian acquaintances

[edit] Licences

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