<p>Hi all,</p><p>Our <a href="http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Fellowships">fellowships program</a> is growing, and I'm pleased to announce <a href="http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Jon_Harald_S%C3%B8by">Jon Harald Søby</a>
as our newest Community Fellow. Jon brings 6 years of experience in
the Wikimedia community to his fellowship: he is an active editor,
translator and vandal fighter for several Wikimedia projects, an admin
and bureaucrat for Norwegian Wikipedia, and in the past has also been a
steward, board member for Wikimedia Norge, member of the election
committee for Wikimedia Norge and Wikimedia Sverige, and OTRS volunteer.</p><p>Language
and localization are a major area of interest for Jon. Not only does he
help translate the MediaWiki interface and extensions, he's also a
founding member of the Language Committee and is finishing up a BA
degree in Linguistics from Norwegian University of Science and
Technology. He has traveled widely is always thinking from a global
perspective. All of this makes Jon a great fit for his fellowship
project, which is focused on piloting a new model for volunteer
translations in the 2011 Fundraiser. (Full disclosure: Jon started
working with WMF earlier this summer as a Fundraiser Production
Coordinator, but we just had to make him a Community Fellow when we saw
how much potential there was for this project!).</p><p>Jon's fellowship
will run until February 2012. His project priorities include recruiting
and coordinating more translators for more languages, building pages and
processes that make it easier for new volunteers to get started, and
improving systems for producing high-quality translations. To learn more
about the project or volunteer to help, please visit the <a href="http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fundraising_2011/Translation">2011 Fundraiser Translations page</a> and <a href="https://sugar.corp.wikimedia.org/translators/translators.php?referrer=JonAnnounce">sign up</a> to be a translator.</p>
Welcome, Jon!<br><br>-- <br>Siko Bouterse<br>Head of Community Fellowships<br>Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.<br><br><a href="mailto:sbouterse@wikimedia.org" target="_blank">sbouterse@wikimedia.org</a><br><br><br>