By bluerasberry on 2018-10-28
At WikiConference North America 2018 I chatted with Jackie Koerner / user:JackieKoerner about wiki professionalism in research and university collaborations. We both want for universities around the world to routinely and continuously collaborate with Wikipedia to do research to everyone’s mutual benefit. Wikipedia offers the benefits of a popular media channel, and universities have expertise […]
Posted in other, research, rights, Wikipedia | Tagged ethics, WikiConference
By bluerasberry on 2018-10-28
On Friday of WikiConference North America in Columbus we had “cultural crawl” day, which is a wiki conference tradition of going to any specialized knowledge center near the conference like a STEM organization, museum, university collection, or whatever is a source of information for developing Wikipedia. I went to the Thurber House, which is a […]
Posted in museum, other | Tagged tour, WikiConference
By bluerasberry on 2018-10-28
I was happy to help organize and present WikiConference North America 2018 in Columbus Ohio Thursday 18 – Sunday 21 October 2018. This was the fifth iteration of this annual conference. I had been a core organizer for 2014 in NYC, 2015 in DC, and 2016 in San Diego, and have been happy to have […]
Posted in presentation, research, Wikipedia | Tagged WikiConference
By bluerasberry on 2017-11-07
Fabian and I went to see the new Tom of Finland movie on Sunday 5 November 2017. The movie told how Tom of Finland fought against the Russians in World War II, faced discrimination for being gay, then found a popularity base and international distribution network by publishing gay erotic comics in Los Angeles. I […]
Posted in gay stuff, Wikipedia | Tagged movie, Richard Knipel, WikiConference, women's rights