David Gerard
David Gerard | |
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 David Gerard (left) in a meeting with Jimbo Wales (center) and James Forrester (right) | |
| Known for | Director of Wikimedia UK |
| Website | [1] |
David Gerard is a long-time Wikipedia editor and a director of Wikimedia UK.[1] He has been described as a "senior Wikipedia administrator/janitor."[2]
Activities on behalf of Wikimedia
On January 4, 2007, Gerard apologized for the blocking of Wikipedia editing by Qatar residents, which he stated took place inadvertently because all the nation's traffic is routed through a single IP address.[3]
On January 23, 2007, Gerard criticized a proposal by Rick Jelliffe to engage in paid Wikipedia editing on Microsoft's behalf, noting that it might fall afoul of the site's conflict-of-interest policies and that the changes would probably be reverted by other editors.[4]
On September 21, 2007, Gerard denied that Wikipedia would be transitioning to a more restrictive mode of editing.[1]
The Deseret News interviewed Gerard on December 18, 2007 regarding the blocking from Wikipedia editing of the Traverse Mountain community in Utah. The region's Internet Service Provider uses a shared proxy IP. When Judd Bagley, a director of Overstock.com, was blocked, all of his ISP's other customers were affected as well. Gerard accused Bagley of business promotion, using an open proxy, and block evasion.[5]
Gerard also commented on the Wikipedia biography of Norman Bettison on March 1, 2008.[6]
References
- ^ a b Thomas Claburn (21 September 2007). "Wikipedia Discredits Reports It's Abandoning Open Editing". InformationWeek. Retrieved 17 December 2008.
- ^ Andrew Orlowski (27 October 2005). "Why Wikipedia isn't like Linux". The Register. Retrieved 17 December 2008.
- ^ "Wikipedia bans posts from Qatar". The Age. 4 January 2007. Retrieved 17 December 2008.
- ^ Nancy Gohring (23 January 2007). "Should Microsoft Pay for Wikipedia Edits?". PC World. Retrieved 17 December 2008.
- ^ Catherine Smith (18 December 2007). "Wikipedia blocks users in Lehi neighborhood". Retrieved 17 December 2007.
- ^ "Wikipedia lock on 'greedy' police chief's page". The Daily Telegraph. 1 March 2008. Retrieved 17 December 2008.