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John Vandenberg currently works in an administrative capacity in the Research Services Directorate at the [[w:University of New England (Australia)|University of New England]]. He has a Graduate Diploma from the Queensland University of Technology, and has worked as a network and software engineer as well as lecturing in IT at TAFE and private colleges. | John Vandenberg currently works in an administrative capacity in the Research Services Directorate at the [[w:University of New England (Australia)|University of New England]]. He has a Graduate Diploma from the Queensland University of Technology, and has worked as a network and software engineer as well as lecturing in IT at TAFE and private colleges. | ||
Prior to becoming involved in Wikimedia, John was an open source developer, providing improvements to projects such as [[w:Mozilla|Mozilla]], [[w:Open Office|Open Office]], [[w:Bugzilla|Bugzilla]] and [[w:Apache Portable Runtime|Apache Portable Runtime]]. In 2006 John shifted focus from open source to open content, becoming an administrator on the English Wikipedia and [[w:Wikisource|Wikisource]] projects in 2007. In 2008 and 2009 he served on the interim and inaugural Wikimedia Australia committee, and in 2009 he also served as [[w: | Prior to becoming involved in Wikimedia, John was an open source developer, providing improvements to projects such as [[w:Mozilla|Mozilla]], [[w:Open Office|Open Office]], [[w:Bugzilla|Bugzilla]] and [[w:Apache Portable Runtime|Apache Portable Runtime]]. In 2006 John shifted focus from open source to open content, becoming an administrator on the English Wikipedia and [[w:Wikisource|Wikisource]] projects in 2007. In 2008 and 2009 he served on the interim and inaugural Wikimedia Australia committee, and in 2009 he also served as [[w:Wikipedia:Arbitration_Committee/History|Arbitrator]] on the English Wikipedia. | ||
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My main projects are: | My main projects are: | ||
* [[wikipedia:User:Jayvdb|Wikipedia]] (ex-arbitrator) | * [[wikipedia:User:Jayvdb|English Wikipedia]] (ex-arbitrator) | ||
* [[wikisource:User:Jayvdb|English]], [[wikisource:la:User:Jayvdb|Latin]] and [[oldwikisource:User:Jayvdb|Multilingual Wikisource]] (admin) | * [[wikisource:User:Jayvdb|English]], [[wikisource:la:User:Jayvdb|Latin]] and [[oldwikisource:User:Jayvdb|Multilingual Wikisource]] (admin) | ||
* [[commons:User:Jayvdb|Commons]] (admin) | * [[commons:User:Jayvdb|Wikimedia Commons]] (admin) | ||
I've also written four [[wikinews:User:Jayvdb| | I've also written four [[wikinews:User:Jayvdb|English Wikinews bulletins]], two relating to Australian topics: | ||
* [[wikinews:Victoria power grid collapses due to spot fires|Victoria power grid collapses due to spot fires]] (January 16, 2007) | * [[wikinews:Victoria power grid collapses due to spot fires|Victoria power grid collapses due to spot fires]] (January 16, 2007) | ||
* [[wikinews:eBay Australia to only permit payment via PayPal|eBay Australia to only permit payment via PayPal]] (April 12, 2008) | * [[wikinews:eBay Australia to only permit payment via PayPal|eBay Australia to only permit payment via PayPal]] (April 12, 2008) | ||
Revision as of 08:36, 15 December 2010
John Vandenberg, president of Wikimedia Australia in the 2010-2011 committee.
John Vandenberg currently works in an administrative capacity in the Research Services Directorate at the University of New England. He has a Graduate Diploma from the Queensland University of Technology, and has worked as a network and software engineer as well as lecturing in IT at TAFE and private colleges.
Prior to becoming involved in Wikimedia, John was an open source developer, providing improvements to projects such as Mozilla, Open Office, Bugzilla and Apache Portable Runtime. In 2006 John shifted focus from open source to open content, becoming an administrator on the English Wikipedia and Wikisource projects in 2007. In 2008 and 2009 he served on the interim and inaugural Wikimedia Australia committee, and in 2009 he also served as Arbitrator on the English Wikipedia.
My main projects are:
- English Wikipedia (ex-arbitrator)
- English, Latin and Multilingual Wikisource (admin)
- Wikimedia Commons (admin)
I've also written four English Wikinews bulletins, two relating to Australian topics:
- Victoria power grid collapses due to spot fires (January 16, 2007)
- eBay Australia to only permit payment via PayPal (April 12, 2008)
- Contact
- president
wikimedia.org.au - jvandenbergwikimedia.org.au
- jayvdbgmail.com