Hi everyone,
Many of you already know Brian Wolff, who has been a steady contributor to MediaWiki in the the past several years (User:Bawolff), having gotten a start during Google Summer of Code 2010[1].
Brian is back for another summer working with us, working generally to improve our multimedia contribution and review pipeline. In addition to his normal GMail address, he's also available at bawolff@wikimedia.org, and is on Freenode as bawolff.
Welcome Brian! (again! \o/)
Rob
[1] Signpost article on Brian's contribution for GSoC 2010 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2010-08-23/Technol...
On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 12:50 PM, Rob Lanphier robla@wikimedia.org wrote:
Hi everyone,
Many of you already know Brian Wolff, who has been a steady contributor to MediaWiki in the the past several years (User:Bawolff), having gotten a start during Google Summer of Code 2010[1].
Brian is back for another summer working with us, working generally to improve our multimedia contribution and review pipeline. In addition to his normal GMail address, he's also available at bawolff@wikimedia.org, and is on Freenode as bawolff.
Welcome Brian! (again! \o/)
Awesome! Welcome, Brian!
Roan
Rob Lanphier wrote:
Hi everyone,
Many of you already know Brian Wolff, who has been a steady contributor to MediaWiki in the the past several years (User:Bawolff), having gotten a start during Google Summer of Code 2010[1].
Brian is back for another summer working with us, working generally to improve our multimedia contribution and review pipeline. In addition to his normal GMail address, he's also available at bawolff@wikimedia.org, and is on Freenode as bawolff.
Welcome Brian! (again! \o/)
Rob
I guess this simply means that WMF has contracted Bawolff. If it wasn't for the email bit, I would had thought in a GSoC-like program.
Someone else can very much correct me if I'm wrong but my understanding is that the difference is that this is as a normal contractor in that he's doing what is directed/needed rather then an accepted project on his own under a mentor like GSoC.
James Alexander Legal and Community Advocacy Wikimedia Foundation (415) 839-6885 x6716 @jamesofur
On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 1:58 PM, Platonides Platonides@gmail.com wrote:
Rob Lanphier wrote:
Hi everyone,
Many of you already know Brian Wolff, who has been a steady contributor to MediaWiki in the the past several years (User:Bawolff), having gotten a start during Google Summer of Code 2010[1].
Brian is back for another summer working with us, working generally to improve our multimedia contribution and review pipeline. In addition to his normal GMail address, he's also available at bawolff@wikimedia.org, and is on Freenode as bawolff.
Welcome Brian! (again! \o/)
Rob
I guess this simply means that WMF has contracted Bawolff. If it wasn't for the email bit, I would had thought in a GSoC-like program.
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On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 2:29 PM, James Alexander jalexander@wikimedia.org wrote:
Someone else can very much correct me if I'm wrong but my understanding is that the difference is that this is as a normal contractor in that he's doing what is directed/needed rather then an accepted project on his own under a mentor like GSoC.
James is indeed correct. Brian is working as any other member of the professional staff would, just with a known end date when he heads back to school.
Rob
On 06/03/2013 03:50 PM, Rob Lanphier wrote:
Brian is back for another summer working with us, working generally to improve our multimedia contribution and review pipeline. In addition to his normal GMail address, he's also available at bawolff@wikimedia.org, and is on Freenode as bawolff.
That's great to hear.
Matt Flaschen
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