This user is an instructor for the course Wikipedia:Wiki_Ed/Northeastern_University/Online_Communities_(2025-1-Spring).

This user is an instructor for the course Wikipedia:Wiki_Ed/Northeastern_University/Online_Communities_(2024-1-Spring).

This user has been on Wikipedia for 20 years, 6 months and 7 days.

This user lives in Boston.

This user is a teacher.

This user is an advocate of open research and open access.

This user believes that one should never stop feeding one's brain.

This user can program in Python.

G

~$ This user is a geek.

This user loves History.

This user loves dogs.

V

This user is vegan.

I've used this account as a WikiGnome since 2004—I edited anonymously before that. In 2010 I published Good Faith Collaboration: The Culture of Wikipedia, a book about Wikipedia's historical roots, collaborative culture, and much debated legacy. That same year I reconstructed Wikipedia from its first ten thousand edits. You can read more about my work at my home page.

In 2020, I helped co-edit a collection of essays anticipating Wikipedia's 20th year anniversary.

Years ago, I facilitated a Wikipedia-related reading group at the Berkman-Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard. I'm sad the article on "Failed Predictions" was deleted: it is interesting and instructive and I keep a copy here.

I mostly shepherd student contributions within an online communities course. Students post Questions, Insights, and Comments in response to readings, write or extend articles, and reflect on their experiences as nascent Wikipedians, as you can see in the course pages:

You can see the results of working with nearly 200 student contributors on User:Reagle/Teaching with Wikipedia.

Feel free to e-mail me.

Students

Document your proposed topics here.
See example links (for diffs) and paginated citations.
As a in-class exercise, improve this demo page.