user:David Gerard

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Been around for years. I do stuff. Mostly volunteering with WMF and WMUK on press things. I've been an administrator on this wiki since 2004. A wikien-l and wikimediaau-l listmod. Have read about diplomacy and can usually spell the word accurately.

My Wikimedia blog: https://davidgerard.co.uk/notes/

Oh, I have the keys to User:Querulous, but took the name just so everyone can freely use it as an example username.

You will need to decide for yourself whether I am an [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Conflict_of_interest/Noticeboard&diff=710152485&oldid=710148932 NSA shill].

I also [http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/User:David_Gerard edit] [http://rationalwiki.org RationalWiki], a small skeptical wiki. I'm also one of the [http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/RationalWiki:Technical_support sysadmins], though basically everyone gets the admin bit there. RationalWiki is apparently notable now, which is slightly disconcerting.

I have written and self-published [https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/book/ a book on cryptocurrencies and blockchains], and [https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/libra/ a book on Facebook's Libra/Diem project]. I'm on telly and in the papers a bit on the subject. The first book has been used as a [http://www.people.vcu.edu/~dgolumbia/classes/1718.1.fall2017/engl391/index.html college text.] Unfortunately, this appears to have rendered me slightly notable.