Re: Nerd Nite title/description/bio due today.

[Thomas Shafee]

Nothing specifically for me, but you're always welcome to tag @wikijsci which I help to run, or @wm_au which I'm a part of.

On Sun, 19 Jan 2020 at 18:19, Doris Toh <dori...@gmail.com> wrote:

Thanks so much for this, Thomas. Do you have a Twitter handle that you'd like us to use?

On Fri, Jan 17, 2020 at 4:53 PM Thomas Shafee <T.Sh...@latrobe.edu.au> wrote:

Hello Wade,

Here's my brief description and bio:

Title: A guided tour of the secret world behind Wikipedia

Alt. Title: The secret laneways winding through Wikipedia.

Alt. Title: Why you should never always sometimes trust Wikipedia

Description: Everyone knows Wikipedia right? Encyclopedia’s used to be luxury items, yet now everyone has free access to the largest one that’s ever existed. For something so ubiquitous in our lives, most of how it actually works isn’t commonly known. If the Wikipedia pages you read are the main streets, then behind them are a vast and varied maze of laneways where the people who build it hang out. How is it all organised and how does that affect what’s in the articles? Who’s there and why? Where is the action at? Where is good for newcomers to drop by, and where’s it best to steer clear of? We’ll go on a tour of some of the interesting parts of this world behind Wikipedia. Knowing a few of the back alleys can help you appreciate why the articles are the way they are, and how far you can trust them.

Bio: Thomas’s day job is as a researcher and data specialist, but by night he spends a lot of his time writing and illustrating for Wikipedia. It started with adding information from his PhD thesis and he’s slowly got to know the world behind the encyclopedia. He now helps new people get involved in improving the communal resource that we all rely on.

Feel free to edit anything if it's too long or any wording is clunky!

All the best,
Thomas

AgriBio & La Trobe Institute for Molecular Science | Postdoctoral research fellow

Profiles at ResearchGate | LinkedIn | GScholar | AltMetric | Wikipedia

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From: Wade Kelly <W.K...@latrobe.edu.au>
Sent: 17 January 2020 13:42
To: Thomas Shafee <T.Sh...@latrobe.edu.au>
Cc: dori...@gmail.com <dori...@gmail.com>; Allison Irvin <allison...@gmail.com>
Subject: Nerd Nite title/description/bio due today.

 

Hello Thomas,

 

I sent the following to your gmail address but I haven’t heard back and today is the big due date. I don’t want to put additional pressure on you, I just want to ensure that you received my message.

 

If you want to discuss this, give me a call at 0437 913 236.

 

I hope this finds you well and you had a wonderfully restorative and restful holiday break.

 

I’m contacting you to remind you that the Nerd Nite title, description, and bio are due this Friday. That’ll allow us to get tickets on sale by early next week. If you have any questions or what to discuss it, I’m around and more than happy to chat. 

 

Wishing you all the best,

Wade

 

 

 

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Dr. Wade Kelly
Senior Coordinator, Research Impact

Research Office | La Trobe University | Victoria 3086 Australia | www.latrobe.edu.au

w.k...@latrobe.edu.au

03 9479 3919

he/him