User:Phoebe

Hello! My name is Phoebe Ayers. See en.wp for bio, etc.

Talk to me: leave a message | on meta | phoebe dot ayers at gmail dot com | wikimatrix of my accounts

occasionally on IRC as brassratgirl

Things I do around here:

Trustee

I am a current member of the Board of Trustees of the Wikimedia Foundation. I served one term from 2010-2012 as selected by the chapters, and then was re-elected by the community to a second term from 2013-2015.

The Board is responsible for governing the Wikimedia Foundation, which in turn is responsible for providing the infrastructure to keep Commons and other Wikimedia wikis running.

Unless explicitly stated otherwise, I make edits on this wiki and on Wikipedia as a regular community member, rather than as a trustee.

Community member

Editor on en.wp (and sometimes es.wp) since August 2003
Occasional editor on Commons, as well as Wikidata and Wikivoyage, and sometimes other projects
sometimes I add photos, but more often I categorize them :) I am not a terribly visual person, but I do like to be organized.

Researcher and educator

I am interested in Wikipedia research, and I often give talks about the Wikimedia projects. See en.wp for more.

Conferences

I have been very involved in Wikimania, and other events, for a long time. See en.wp for more.

Author

With Charles Matthews and Ben Yates, I am the author of the book How Wikipedia Works, published by No Starch Press in September 2008. Find out more at the publisher's website or find the (GFDL/CC) text of the book at http://howwikipediaworks.net or on Wikisource: How Wikipedia Works

And the rest of the time...

In my day job, I am a physical sciences and engineering librarian at UC Davis. I am excited for the possibilities of collaborations between GLAMs, especially libraries and archives, and Commons.

Some things I care about:

Community governance
Meetups
free content
good references

Things that are always welcome: coffee, good ideas, enthusiasm