Dario,
It has been amazing to watch you develop research at the Foundation, and I mean it both as a researcher myself, and a Wikimedian!
DJ "pundit"
On Thu, Feb 14, 2019, 14:52 Amir Sarabadani <ladsgroup@gmail.commailto:ladsgroup@gmail.com> wrote: Dario, I will never forget all of your help when I started working on AI projects in Wikimedia. Thank you! Hope to see you soon in one of conferences and Good luck in your new job!
Best
On Thu, Feb 14, 2019 at 2:00 AM Daniel Mietchen via Wikimedia-l < wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.orgmailto:wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org> wrote:
Hi Dario and Leila, it's been a pleasure collaborating with you in the past, and I hope this will continue despite the changes in your roles. Best, Daniel
On Wed, Feb 13, 2019 at 11:13 PM Yaroslav Blanter <ymbalt@gmail.commailto:ymbalt@gmail.com> wrote:
Dario, thanks for your effort. It was a pleasure working with you, and I
am
also happy that you will stay around as a volunteer. My congratulations
to
Leila. Whereas at this point I am rather skeptical and sometimes vocal about WMF in general, I have a tremendous respect for both of you.
Cheers Yaroslav
On Wed, Feb 13, 2019 at 11:05 PM Samuel Klein <meta.sj@gmail.commailto:meta.sj@gmail.com> wrote:
Dario -- what news! And how close that seems to your recent pushing
of us
all. How lucky the projects have been to have you building a research constellation, for these many years.
Leila, congrats + warm wishes in your new role.
With wikilove and taxonometrics, SJ
On Wed, Feb 13, 2019 at 4:56 PM Dario Taraborelli < dtaraborelli@wikimedia.orgmailto:dtaraborelli@wikimedia.org> wrote:
Hey all,
I've got some personal news to share.
After 8 years with Wikimedia, I have decided to leave the Foundation
to
take up a new role focused on open science. This has been a difficult decision but an opportunity arose and I am excited to be moving on
to an
area that’s been so close to my heart for years.
Serving the movement as part of the Research team at WMF has been,
and
will definitely be, the most important gig in my life. I leave a
team of
ridiculously talented and fun people that I can’t possibly imagine
not
spending all of my days with, as well many collaborators and friends
in
the
community who have I worked alongside. I am proud and thankful to
have
been
part of this journey with you all. With my departure, Leila Zia is
taking
the lead of Research at WMF, and you all couldn't be in better hands.
In March, I’ll be joining CZI Science—a philanthropy based in the Bay Area—to help build their portfolio of open science programs and
technology.
I'll continue to be an ally on the same fights in my new role.
Other than that, I look forward to returning to full volunteer mode.
I
started editing English Wikipedia in 2004, working on bloody
chapters in
the history of London <
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smithfield,_London%3E;
hypothetical
astronomy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planet_Nine; unsung heroes among women in science https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Potter;
and
of course natural https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_South_Napa_earthquake,
technical
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_2016_Dyn_cyberattack and
political
disasters <
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_interference_in_the_2016_United_States...
. I’ve also developed an embarrassing addiction to Wikidata, and you’ll continue seeing me around hacking those instances of Q16521 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16521 for a little while.
I hope our paths cross once again in the future.
Best,
Dario
--
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Dario. DarTar. My Friend Dario Who Drives a Super Mega Car[1]. I'm really sad to see you go.
Let me take a moment to remember some of what you've done for Wiki Research. As far as I know, you're the first researcher hired to work at the Wikimedia Foundation doing "research" (which at the time, I think was really code for "bean counting"). You were the silent contributor to the Summer of Research[2] -- which was one of the first serious efforts to tackle a key research question by the Wikimedia Foundation. You were a (the?) founder of the Research Committee -- which seems like it was a great idea that was too early for it's time. After all, we still have people supporting subject recruitment (mostly me and J-Mo) and we have an Open Access Policy for all WMF supported research[3]. When you started at the Wikimedia Foundation, there was no research team. Now, when you're leaving, there are multiple research teams! The word "research" appears on our staff page[4] 14 times both in role and team names! I really think that the Wikimedia Foundation is one of the best places to work for a young ambitious researcher right now and that is largely due to your efforts and vision.
Most importantly, I think you've changed the narrative. Doing good research, with strategic importance, and publishing openly are now seen as Wikimedian activities. They are real contributions that are supported and rewarded as such because you were patient and tireless in your communication.
Everything I do is easier because of what you have done. So thank you. Now go do some amazing stuff with open science for everyone -- to build on top of the amazing stuff you'd already been doing for open science @ Wikimedia.
1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOtmWxqN1fY 2. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Wikimedia_Summer_of_Research_2011 3. https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Open_access_policy 4. https://wikimediafoundation.org/role/staff-contractors/
-Aaron
On Thu, Feb 14, 2019 at 8:11 AM Dariusz Jemielniak darekj@alk.edu.pl wrote:
Dario,
It has been amazing to watch you develop research at the Foundation, and I mean it both as a researcher myself, and a Wikimedian!
DJ "pundit"
On Thu, Feb 14, 2019, 14:52 Amir Sarabadani <ladsgroup@gmail.commailto: ladsgroup@gmail.com> wrote: Dario, I will never forget all of your help when I started working on AI projects in Wikimedia. Thank you! Hope to see you soon in one of conferences and Good luck in your new job!
Best
On Thu, Feb 14, 2019 at 2:00 AM Daniel Mietchen via Wikimedia-l < wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.orgmailto:wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org> wrote:
Hi Dario and Leila, it's been a pleasure collaborating with you in the past, and I hope this will continue despite the changes in your roles. Best, Daniel
On Wed, Feb 13, 2019 at 11:13 PM Yaroslav Blanter <ymbalt@gmail.com
wrote:
Dario, thanks for your effort. It was a pleasure working with you, and
I
am
also happy that you will stay around as a volunteer. My congratulations
to
Leila. Whereas at this point I am rather skeptical and sometimes vocal about WMF in general, I have a tremendous respect for both of you.
Cheers Yaroslav
On Wed, Feb 13, 2019 at 11:05 PM Samuel Klein <meta.sj@gmail.com
mailto:meta.sj@gmail.com> wrote:
Dario -- what news! And how close that seems to your recent pushing
of us
all. How lucky the projects have been to have you building a research constellation, for these many years.
Leila, congrats + warm wishes in your new role.
With wikilove and taxonometrics, SJ
On Wed, Feb 13, 2019 at 4:56 PM Dario Taraborelli < dtaraborelli@wikimedia.orgmailto:dtaraborelli@wikimedia.org>
wrote:
Hey all,
I've got some personal news to share.
After 8 years with Wikimedia, I have decided to leave the
Foundation
to
take up a new role focused on open science. This has been a
difficult
decision but an opportunity arose and I am excited to be moving on
to an
area that’s been so close to my heart for years.
Serving the movement as part of the Research team at WMF has been,
and
will definitely be, the most important gig in my life. I leave a
team of
ridiculously talented and fun people that I can’t possibly imagine
not
spending all of my days with, as well many collaborators and
friends
in
the
community who have I worked alongside. I am proud and thankful to
have
been
part of this journey with you all. With my departure, Leila Zia is
taking
the lead of Research at WMF, and you all couldn't be in better
hands.
In March, I’ll be joining CZI Science—a philanthropy based in the
Bay
Area—to help build their portfolio of open science programs and
technology.
I'll continue to be an ally on the same fights in my new role.
Other than that, I look forward to returning to full volunteer
mode.
I
started editing English Wikipedia in 2004, working on bloody
chapters in
the history of London <
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smithfield,_London%3E;
hypothetical
astronomy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planet_Nine; unsung
heroes
among women in science <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Potter
; and
of course natural https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_South_Napa_earthquake,
technical
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_2016_Dyn_cyberattack and
political
disasters <
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_interference_in_the_2016_United_States...
. I’ve also developed an embarrassing addiction to Wikidata, and
you’ll
continue seeing me around hacking those instances of Q16521 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16521 for a little while.
I hope our paths cross once again in the future.
Best,
Dario
--
*Dario Taraborelli *Director, Head of Research, Wikimedia
Foundation
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