Peteforsyth

Leading GLAMcamp DC in 2012 with Lori Byrd Phillips and Sarah Stierch. Photo by Benoit Rochon.

I'm Pete Forsyth. I've been active with Wikipedia since 2006, and have done various kinds of outreach for most of that time.

I helped launch this wiki as the Public Outreach Officer for the Wikimedia Foundation. Current work here is done either in a volunteer capacity, or in support of consulting work relating to Wikimedia projects (through my business, Wiki Strategies). I strive for appropriate transparency when paid work is involved.

For more about my work and my background, see English Wikipedia user profile or my professional profile.

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Projects

Also see my profile page on the Meta Wiki.

Ongoing

• Bookshelf: I worked on several of the initial documents for this project, and still try to contribute. I'd like to contribute to making the main page more useful/easier to navigate. It's also accessible at http://bookshelf.wikimedia.org
  • Introduction to free licenses (Bookshelf): I think this is one of the most important pieces. I've done a lot of work on it, but have feedback to incorporate.
  • Wikipedia for Journalists (Bookshelf): I've worked on this, and have worked with a number of journalists to help them understand Wikipedia; but this guide still needs work.
• Life of an Article: I'd like to get more Wikipedians to tell interesting stories about article development here -- in a variety of formats!
  • Evolution of an article (Celilo Falls): My main contribution, could still use some improvement. Some day I'd like to make it into a screencast.

• meta:User:Peteforsyth/Customer service/Proposed new Commons deletion wizard Improving the process for requesting that a file be deleted from Commons.

Complete

Or, more or less complete, anyway…

• Wikipedia in Higher Education Summit: I presented at this conference in summer 2011. I've tried to make the page a good reflection on the event, and resource for people exploring its outputs.
  • Editing Sport Biographies on Wikipedia: This was originally produced by Laura Hale; I've adapted it for Bookshelf.

Interesting pages

Lennart's report on the Account Creation Improvement Project

wiki version: Education/Case Studies

• Editing workshops: Worth keeping an eye on!
• GLAM/Case studies: Some great stuff in here.
• Wikipedia Ambassador Program
• LiveHelp: I'd love to see this go somewhere. See also meta:User:Peteforsyth/Customer service
• wikiversity:Wikiversity:School and university projects
• MoodBar links: raw responses, visualization
• Wikipedia visual identity guidelines
• Wikimedia UK's trainer guide