User:Deskana

Dan Garry Trainer, Wikimedia UK

Biography I started editing the English Wikipedia in June 2005. I became an administrator in 2006, and gained bureaucrat, checkuser, and oversight rights in 2007. I served as a member of the Arbitration Committee in 2008. From February to September 2013, I served as a member of the Wikimedia Foundation's Ombudsman Commission. My current activities on the English Wikipedia are primarily checkuser related. I am frequently found on the Sockpuppet Investigations pages there. However, I am also active in other areas, such as the Articles for creation and Requests for Adminship processes. In my day job, I am the Associate Product Manager for Platform at the Wikimedia Foundation. My task is to help maintain and improve MediaWiki, the software that runs Wikipedia. As Wikimedia UK is a separate entity from the Wikimedia Foundation, my employment with the Wikimedia Foundation does not affect my status as a volunteer for Wikmedia UK.

My work I am an Accredited Wikimedia UK trainer. My accreditations are: Technical (Full). Institutions (Full). Members (Supporting). If you would like me to run or attend a training event, please feel free to contact me using the information on this page. I have attended the following events as a trainer: Oldham Wikipedia training, 27 April 2013. Ada Lovelace Day 2013 Ediathon, 15 October 2013.

Contact me Wikipedia: Leave me a message Email: djgwikigmail.com Twitter: @danjgarry LinkedIn: Profile Website: www.deskana.com