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(a)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(a)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>;
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_State…
.
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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