user:MartinPoulter

{{Commons category|Martin Poulter}}

From 13 February 2020 onwards, I am employed by the Khalili Collections/Khalili Foundation as a Wikimedian In Residence. The project page is at WP:GLAM/Khalili.

The Khalili Foundation job involves work relating to the UNESCO Memory of the World International Register. Most of these edits involve replacing broken links. I am not paid by UNESCO but by the Khalili Foundation. Another set of work improves the Wikimedia representation of the Cairo Geniza manuscripts in Cambridge University Library. Again, this is philanthropically funded by the Khalili Foundation and not the library itself.

From August 2021 onwards, I have been occasionally employed by the scholar [https://www.davinci-network.com/waqas-ahmed Waqas Ahmed] on a project improving articles relating to interdisciplinarity and cognitive flexibility.

In late 2023, I did occasional work for the [https://www.crsd.landecon.cam.ac.uk/ Centre for Resilience and Sustainable Development] at the University of Cambridge, some of which involves wiki editing.

During 2022, I was employed for two days as a Wikipedia consultant by the Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford which included writing an improved version of their Wikipedia article. I proposed the changes on the Talk page and got permission from a reviewer to implement them.

From 25 October 2016 to 31 October 2019, I was employed as the Wikimedian In Residence at the University of Oxford, based at the Bodleian Libraries. This was mainly a role that involves training staff within the university and sharing images and data from research projects. The latter part of the project was focused on Wikidata and has a separate project page.

On 4, 5, and 18 May 2016, I worked with the Voltaire Foundation at the University of Oxford on a paid project to improve Wikipedia articles about Voltaire's works. When the edits related to the Foundation directly, I proposed them on Talk pages rather than editing in mainspace.

From April 2015 to March 2016, I was the Wikimedian In Residence at the Bodleian Libraries, Oxford. The project page is at Wikipedia:GLAM/Bodleian.

From June 2013 to April 2014, I was the Jisc Wikimedia Ambassador. I used a separate account, User:MartinPoulter_Jisc for the bulk of that work.

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• BA in Philosophy & Psychology from University of Oxford, graduated 1994
• PhD in Philosophy from University of Bristol; thesis [http://www.theses.com/idx/scripts/it.asp?xml=Z:\index\idx\docs\all\53\it00464356.htm&subfolder=/search "Value and Belief"] applied decision theory and Bayesian probability to questions of science and belief, degree awarded 2003
• Have been a teaching assistant in courses on Introduction to Philosophy and Introduction to Symbolic Logic at Bristol
• Have previously worked as New Media Manager for the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children, a longitudinal health research project
• Occasionally give talks about logic, cognitive psychology or the Scientology cult.
• Currently work part-time at the University of Bristol as ICT Manager for The Economics Network, in a role which promotes open educational resources.

My main interest is in promoting critical and scientific thinking. I am a logician by background, but since my doctorate I have been expanding my expertise to include cognitive and social psychology.

I'm an Integrationist: one of the reasons WP has millions of articles is that there are sometimes five different articles on the same topic.

I am an accredited Lead Trainer for Wikimedia UK.

• See my profile on Wikimedia UK for the workshops and other events I've delivered.

• Podcast interview: [https://digitalworkspodcast.buzzsprout.com/841957/15544502-episode-056-dr-martin-poulter-khalili-foundation-on-building-bridges-between-cultural-heritage-and-wikipedia-and-the-transformative-potential-of-taking-a-more-open-approach-to-content-and-knowledge Digital Works podcast episode 056], 7 August 2024
• Guest article for Cultural Content Substack: [https://culturalcontent.substack.com/p/sharing-the-worlds-paintings-on-wikidata "Sharing the world’s paintings on Wikidata"], 25 July 2024
• Wikimedia UK blog: [https://wikimedia.org.uk/2024/06/lets-culturally-diversify-the-internet/ "Let's culturally diversify the Internet"], June 2024
• Primer for researchers: [https://osf.io/preprints/osf/au48t "Wikimedia and open research: a primer from UKRN"] (written with Nick Sheppard) UK Reproducibility Network, 17 May 2024
• Blog post publicising the above: [https://wikimedia.org.uk/2024/05/new-guidance-for-researchers-on-wikimedia-and-open-research/ "New guidance for researchers on Wikimedia and open research"] (written with Katie Crampton and Neil Jacobs), Wikimedia UK, 17 May 2024
• Guest article for Cultural Content Substack: [https://culturalcontent.substack.com/p/cultural-content-reaching-millions "Reaching millions of readers through Wikipedia"], 4 April 2024
• Blog post: [https://medium.com/@infobomb/three-ways-to-make-links-between-collections-ec7d133a5c4c "Three ways to make links between collections"], 4 May 2023
• Podcast interview: [https://research-culture.captivate.fm/episode/open-knowledge-activism-contributing-to-the-global-commons-with-wikimedian-dr-martin-poulter "The open knowledge revolution: contributing to the global commons"] for the Research Culture Uncovered podcast, University of Leeds, 29 March 2023
• Signpost guest article: Study examines cultural leanings of Wikimedia projects' visual art coverage, 4 February 2023 (with Waqas Ahmed)
• Wiki Playtime Blog: [https://medium.com/wiki-playtime/historical-people-and-modern-collections-a-wikidata-exploration-8f361b4ead78 "Historical people and modern collections: a Wikidata exploration"] February 2022
• Blog post: [https://medium.com/@infobomb/manuscripts-on-wikidata-the-state-of-the-art-7aeab63e0d56 "Manuscripts on Wikidata: the state of the art?"] October 2021
• [https://www.digitalstudies.org/article/id/8078/ "Representation of Non-Western Cultural Knowledge on Wikipedia: The Case of the Visual Arts."] Digital Studies 2023 (with Waqas Ahmed) Final version DOI: https://doi.org/10.16995/dscn.8078 (2021 Preprint DOI [https://www.preprints.org/manuscript/202104.0770/v1 10.20944/preprints202104.0770.v1])
• UKSG Insights [https://insights.uksg.org/articles/10.1629/uksg.509/ "Wikimedia and universities: contributing to the global commons in the Age of Disinformation"] (with Nick Sheppard) DOI 10.1629/uksg.509 , April 2020
• Bodleian Digital Library blog: [http://blogs.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/digital/2019/05/30/welcome-japan-search-to-the-web-of-linked-open-data/ Welcome Japan Search to the web of Linked Open Data], May 2019
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20210328223715/https://glam.web.ox.ac.uk/wikidata#collapse515351 "The hyper-engaged volunteers helping Oxford GLAM"] Published on the University of Oxford GLAM Digital Strategy site, May 2019
• Wikimedia UK blog: [https://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2019/03/a-call-to-action-wikidata-fy-your-commons-photos/ "A call to action: Wikidata-fy your Commons photos"], March 2019
• Bodleian Digital Library blog: [https://blogs.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/digital/2019/03/14/what-wikidata-offers-oxfords-glam-digital-strategy/ "What Wikidata offers Oxford’s GLAM Digital Strategy"], March 2019
• Bodleian Digital Library blog: [https://blogs.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/digital/2019/03/13/build-your-own-digital-bodleian-with-iiif-and-sparql/ "Build your own Digital Bodleian with IIIF and SPARQL"], March 2019
• Bodleian Digital Library blog: [https://blogs.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/digital/2019/01/23/making-wikidata-visible/ "Making Wikidata visible"], January 2019, republished by Wikimedia France as [https://www.wikimedia.fr/2019/02/05/rendre-wikidata-visible/ "Rendre Wikidata Visible"]
• Bodleian Digital Library blog: [https://blogs.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/digital/2018/12/06/detailed-depictions-with-iiif-wikidata-and-wikimedia-commons/ "Detailed depictions with IIIF, Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons"], December 2018
• Bodleian Digital Library blog: [https://blogs.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/digital/2018/10/31/wikidata-and-glam-catalogues-another-round-up/ "Wikidata and GLAM catalogues: another round-up"], October 2018
• Bodleian Digital Library blog: [https://blogs.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/digital/2018/08/08/global-collection-astrolabes-linked-open-data/ "A global collection of astrolabes in linked open data"], August 2018
• Bodleian Digital Library blog: [https://blogs.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/digital/2018/07/04/wikidata-and-glam-catalogues-a-round-up/ "Wikidata and GLAM catalogues: a round-up"], July 2018
• Bodleian Digital Library blog: [https://blogs.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/digital/2018/05/17/translating-a-blog-post-into-structured-data/ "Translating a blog post into structured data"], May 2018
• Bodleian Digital Library blog: [https://blogs.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/digital/2018/02/14/some-ways-wikidata-can-improve-search-and-discovery/ "Some ways Wikidata can improve search and discovery"], February 2018
• Bodleian Digital Library blog: [https://blogs.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/digital/2018/02/12/a-reconciliation-recipe-for-wikidata/ "A Reconciliation Recipe for Wikidata"], February 2018
• Oxford IT Innovation Challenges blog: [https://blogs.it.ox.ac.uk/innovation-challenges/wikimedia-2/ "Embedding Innovative use of Wikimedia across the University"], January 2018
• Bodleian Digital Library blog: [https://blogs.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/digital/2018/01/17/deletion-is-not-the-end-making-an-academic-article-stick-on-wikipedia/ "Deletion is not the end: making an academic article stick on Wikipedia"], January 2018
• [http://diydigitization.org/contributed-papers/poulter/ "Bringing the Crowd into the Library"], chapter in DIY digitization: The Informal Uses of Digital Photography in Curating and Researching Special Collections edited by Madsen, Siefring and Wakelin
• Bodleian Digital Library blog: [https://blogs.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/digital/2017/11/13/semantic-data-and-the-stories-were-not-telling/ "Semantic Data and the Stories we're not Telling"], November 2017
• Women In German Studies blog: [https://womeningermanstudies.wordpress.com/2017/10/31/wikimedia-guide-how-to-curate-content-on-wikipedia/ "Wikimedia Guide: How to Curate Content on Wikimedia"], October 2017
• Bodleian Digital Library blog: [https://blogs.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/digital/2017/10/27/creating-wikipedia-articles-from-research-data/ "Creating Wikipedia articles from research data"], October 2017
• Oxford Open Access Blog: [http://openaccess.ox.ac.uk/2017/10/27/extending-the-reach-of-a-journal-with-journal-to-wiki-publishing/ "Extending the reach of a journal with Journal-to-Wiki publishing"], October 2017
• Bodleian Digital Library blog: [https://blogs.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/digital/2017/10/24/turning-historical-book-data-set/ "Turning a historical book into a data set"], October 2017
• Bodleian Digital Library blog: [https://blogs.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/digital/2017/10/12/reconciling-database-identifiers-with-wikidata/ "Reconciling database identifiers with Wikidata"], October 2017
• Bodleian Digital Library blog: [https://blogs.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/digital/2017/09/14/report-from-wikimania/ "Report from Wikimania"], September 2017
• Guest post for Wikimedia UK blog: [https://wikimedia.org.uk/2017/09/people-of-the-enlightenment-an-opportunity-for-wikipedians/ "People of the Enlightenment: an opportunity for Wikipedians"], September 2017
• Wiki Playtime blog: [https://medium.com/wiki-playtime/bridging-real-and-fictional-worlds-1af32ee65a26 "Bridging Real and Fictional Worlds"], September 2017
• (I'm quoted extensively in) George Cooban (2017) "Should archivists edit Wikipedia, and if so how?" Archives and Records [http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23257962.2017.1338561 DOI:10.1080/23257962.2017.1338561] Open Access version: [https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1092773 DOI:10.5281/zenodo.1092773]
• Bodleian Digital Library blog: [https://blogs.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/digital/2017/07/19/a-step-forward-in-the-sharing-of-open-data-about-theses/ "A step forward in the sharing of open data about theses"], July 2017
• Bodleian Digital Library blog: [https://blogs.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/digital/2017/06/21/resource-discovery-and-wikidata/ "Resource discovery and Wikidata"], June 2017
• Guest post for Wikimedia UK blog: [https://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2017/06/whacky-wiki-races/ "Wacky Wiki Races!"], June 2017
• Short interview in [https://slack.com/podcast/episode-26 Work in Progress (podcast), episode 26], May 2017
• Bodleian Digital Library blog: [https://blogs.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/digital/2017/05/03/publicising-a-historic-event-in-wikipedia/ "Publicising a historic event in Wikipedia"], May 2017
• Bodleian Digital Library blog: [https://blogs.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/digital/2017/03/23/wikimedia-for-public-engagement/ "Wikimedia for Public Engagement"], March 2017
• Wiki Playtime blog: [https://medium.com/wiki-playtime/wikidata-for-winners-in-economics-19ed93d72db4 "Wikidata for winners (in Economics)"], March 2017
• Guest post for Voltaire Foundation blog: [https://voltairefoundation.wordpress.com/2017/02/20/if-voltaire-had-used-wikipedia/ "If Voltaire had used Wikipedia…"], February 2017
• Wiki Playtime blog: [https://medium.com/wiki-playtime/historical-intellectual-connections-fa7dfa9edeb7 "Historical intellectual connections"], February 2017
• Wiki Playtime blog: [https://medium.com/wiki-playtime/probing-parliament-s-with-wikidata-8cdb54e5221b "Probing Parliament(s) with Wikidata"], February 2017
• Guest post for Oxford University Museums Partnership blog, "Wikidata: the new hub for cultural heritage", January 2017 [https://archive.ph/YNCoi (Archived)]
• Guest post for Academic IT Services Blog at University of Oxford: [http://web.archive.org/web/20171026081955/http://blogs.it.ox.ac.uk/acit-news/2016/12/08/student-work-on-wikipedia/ "Learners as creators: student work on Wikipedia"], December 2016
• Interviewed by Wikimedia Blog: [https://blog.wikimedia.org/2016/10/30/histropedia/ 'Histropedia: “The power of data visualisation combined with free knowledge”'], October 2016
• Essay for Free Speech Debate: [https://freespeechdebate.com/discuss/wikipedia-at-15-the-sum-of-human-knowledge/ "Wikipedia at 15: The sum of human knowledge?"], October 2016
• Guest post for Bodleian Libraries' 23 Things for Research blog: [http://blogs.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/23things/do-try-this-at-home/ "Do try this at home: explorations in Open Knowledge"], February 2016
• Article for Economics Network Newsletter, [http://www.economicsnetwork.ac.uk/news/wikipedia "Economics on Wikipedia"], January 2016
• Guest post for Open Access at Oxford blog: [http://openaccess.ox.ac.uk/wikipedia-and-open-access-making-research-as-useful-as-it-can-be/ Wikipedia and Open Access: making research as useful as it can be], January 2016
• Double-page article for CILIP Update "Shiver-inducing contacts with the past", November 2015, pp. 42-43 Librarians start here
• Abridged version posted on Wikimedia UK blog as [https://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2016/04/the-shiver-communion-with-the-past-in-a-digital-age/ "The Shiver: communion with the past in a digital age"]
• Interviewed by Ars Technica: [http://arstechnica.co.uk/science/2015/09/wikigate-raises-questions-about-wikipedias-commitment-to-open-access/ “WikiGate” raises questions about Wikipedia’s commitment to open access], September 2015
• Interviewed by Nature News & Comment: [http://www.nature.com/news/wikipedians-reach-out-to-academics-1.18313 "Wikipedians reach out to academics"], September 2015
• Republished in Scientific American: [http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/wikipedia-editors-woo-scientists-to-improve-content-quality/ Wikipedia Editors Woo Scientists to Improve Content Quality]
• Translated into French for LeDevoir: [https://www.ledevoir.com/opinion/blogues/les-mutations-tranquilles/449636/wikipedia-courtise-les-scientifiques "Wikipedia courtise les scientifiques"], September 2015
• Adapted into Italian by Rossella Grasso for la Repubblica: [https://www.repubblica.it/tecnologia/2015/09/10/news/l_appello_wikipediani_scienziati-122595219/ "Il popolo di Wikipedia agli scienziati: 'Aiutateci, saremo più autorevoli'"], September 2015
• Adapted into Chinese by Kayue for The News Lens: [https://www.thenewslens.com/article/24309 維基百科編輯與科學家合作 提升條目質素 ("Wikipedia editors collaborate with scientists to improve article quality")], September 2015
• Summarised in Greek for News.gr: [https://www.news.gr/tech/internet/article/235698/h-wikipedia-zhtaei-apo-episthmones-na-mhn-th.html "Η Wikipedia ζητάει από επιστήμονες να μην τη σνομπάρουν"], September 2015
• Summarised in Italian by Matteo Acitelli for fanpage.it: [https://tech.fanpage.it/wikipedia-gli-utenti-chiedono-supporto-agli-scienziati/ "Wikipedia, gli utenti chiedono supporto agli scienziati"], September 2015
• Quoted in Library Journal Info-docket: [https://www.infodocket.com/2015/09/08/wikipedians-reach-out-to-academics-at-london-meeting/ "Wikipedians Reach Out to Academics at London Meeting"], September 2015
• Adapted by Andrea Ford for Stanford Medicine SCOPE: [https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/2015/09/09/wikipedia-calls-for-more-scientists-to-participate/ "Wikipedia calls for more scientists to participate"], September 2015
• Adapted by Yasmin Tayag for Inverse: [https://www.inverse.com/article/5982-wikipedia-editors-ask-scientists-to-factcheck-academic-content "Wikipedia Editors ask Scientists to Factcheck Academic Content"], September 2015
• Guest post for Wikimedia UK blog: [https://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2015/08/science-and-wikipedia-a-round-up/ Wikipedia and Science: a round-up], August 2015
• Guest post for Open Education Working Group blog: [http://education.okfn.org/wikibooks-version-of-open-education-handbook/ "Wikibooks version of Open Education Handbook"], December 2014
• Guest post for Wikimedia UK blog: [https://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2014/10/using-wikipedia-to-open-up-science/ Using Wikipedia to open up Science], October 2014
• Jisc Wikimedia Ambassador blog: [http://wikiambassador.jiscinvolve.org/wp/2014/09/05/lessons-learned-jisc-wikimedia/ Lessons learned from the Jisc/ Wikimedia UK partnership], September 2014
• Jisc Wikimedia Ambassador blog: [http://wikiambassador.jiscinvolve.org/wp/2014/08/28/wikimedia-ambassador-facts-figures/ The Jisc/Wikimedia UK partnership in facts and figures], August 2014
• Guest post for Wikimedia UK blog: [http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2014/07/wikimedia-at-the-heart-of-open-education/ Wikimedia at the heart of open education] (report from OER '14 Conference), July 2014
• Guest post for Jisc blog and Wikimedia UK blog: [http://www.jisc.ac.uk/blog/lets-get-serious-about-wikipedia-03-jul-2014 Lets's get serious about Wikipedia], July 2014
• Jisc Wikimedia Ambassador blog: [http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2014/04/17/publishing-scholarly-papers-with-and-on-wikipedia/ Publishing scholarly papers with, and on, Wikipedia], March 2014, republished by the LSE Impact Blog
• Guest post for CILIP blog: [http://www.cilip.org.uk/cilip/news/3-ways-use-wikipedia-education-tool 3 ways to use Wikipedia as an education tool], March 2014
• Article for Jisc Involve: [https://www.jisc.ac.uk/blog/ten-ways-educators-can-use-wikipedia-06-mar-2014 Ten ways educators can use Wikipedia], March 2014 Educators start here
• Jisc infoKit: [https://web.archive.org/web/20221017080523/https://www.jisc.ac.uk/guides/crowdsourcing Crowdsourcing: the wiki way of working], February 2014
• Jisc Wikimedia Ambassador blog: [https://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2014/02/one-sentence-on-wikipedia-a-microcosm-of-information-literacy/ One sentence on Wikipedia: a microcosm of information literacy], February 2014, republished by Wikimedia UK
• Jisc Wikimedia Ambassador blog: [https://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2014/01/telling-the-stories-of-rural-england-with-wikipedia/ Telling the stories of rural England with Wikipedia], January 2014, republished by Wikimedia UK
• Guest post for Jisc Digitisation and Content Programme blog: [http://digitisation.jiscinvolve.org/wp/2013/12/05/what-wikimedia-can-do-for-digitised-content/ What Wikimedia can do for digitised content], December 2013
• Guest post for Oxford University's "23 Things for Research" blog: [http://blogs.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/23things/wikipedia-learning-by-sharing-knowledge/ Wikipedia: learning by sharing knowledge], October 2013
• Interview, along with Wikiproject Psychology colleagues, published in The Signpost's Wikiproject Report as "Writing on the Frontier"
• Interview for Times Higher Education web site (not paper publication) published as [http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/news/wikipedia-contributors-should-be-proud/2005265.article "Wikipedia contributors 'should be proud'"], June 2013
• Guest post for Wikimedia UK blog: [http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2013/04/open-educational-resources-some-reflections-on-oer-13/ Open Educational Resources – Some reflections on OER ’13], April 2013
• Interview for The Psychologist, published as [http://www.thepsychologist.org.uk/archive/archive_home.cfm?volumeID=26&editionID=224&ArticleID=2255 "Improving Wikipedia articles"], April 2013 (scroll about 3/4 of the way down that page)
• Guest post for Wikimedia UK blog: [http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2013/03/researchers-are-you-wikipedia-compatible/ Researchers: are you Wikipedia-compatible?], March 2013
• Guest post for Wikimedia UK blog: [http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2013/03/learning-and-teaching-in-the-age-of-wikipedia/ Learning and Teaching in the age of Wikipedia], March 2013
• Guest post for LSE Impact of Social Sciences blog: [http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2012/10/04/poulter-writing-wikipeda-scholarly-habits/ Writing for Wikipedia has forced me into good scholarly habits and accessible writing], October 2012 Researchers start here
• Guest post for Wikimedia UK blog: [http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2012/10/bringing-evidence-based-medicine-to-the-world/ Bringing Evidence-Based Medicine to the World], October 2012 Health professionals start here
• Interview in Times Higher Education, published as [http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/421155.article "Delete the Wiki worries and get close to the edit"], 20 September 2012
• Guest post for Wikimedia UK blog: [http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2012/06/eduwiki-2012-wikipedia-as-an-educational-resource-now-and-in-the-future/ EduWiki 2012: Wikipedia as an educational resource, now and in the future], June 2012
• Guest post for Wikimedia UK blog: [http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2012/04/doctors-use-but-dont-rely-totally-on-wikipedia/ Doctors use, but don't totally rely on, Wikipedia], April 2012
• Guest post for Wikimedia UK blog: [http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2011/11/sausages-and-scholarship-wikipedia-and-digital-literacy/ Sausages and Scholarship: Wikipedia and Digital Literacy], November 2011
• (with Mike Peel) Feature article in Physics World, [http://www.mikepeel.net/articles/2011-09_PhysicsWorld.pdf Physics on Wikipedia], September 2011 Now on Wikisource!
• Guest post for Wikimedia UK blog: [http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2011/06/six-unorthodox-ways-to-use-wikipedia/ Six unorthodox ways to use Wikipedia], June 2011 Look! A listicle!
• Interview with TheNextWeb.com, published as [https://thenextweb.com/uk/2011/04/20/wikimedia-uk-hires-full-time-staff-aims-to-increase-content-quality-on-wikipedia/ "Wikimedia UK to Hire Full-Time Staff, Aims to Increase Content Quality on Wikipedia"], 19 April 2011
• Interviewed by The Times for [https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/cancer-research-uk-to-edit-information-on-wikipedia-dn7n7jv5p27 "Cancer Research UK to edit information on Wikipedia"], [https://archive.is/i3B1S (archive link)] published as part of [https://archive.is/wsEZS a feature article about the public’s use of Wikipedia and other online sources to learn about cancer], 4 April 2011
• A guest post on the Intute blog from when I was just starting to "get" Wikipedia: [http://web.archive.org/web/20100117235915/http://www.intute.ac.uk/blog/2009/12/02/advent-calendar-wikipedia-and-academia/ Voluntary work for an obscure educational charity], December 2009. Intute (RIP) was a publicly-funded web portal for academic research, teaching and learning.

I only rarely create new articles, usually in an attempt to counter systemic bias:

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• Frances Hardcastle
• Nobel Women's Initiative
• Scottish Economic Society
• Enquiry into the Cost of the National Health Service
• Véronique Gouverneur
• The Leisure Hour
• Thomas Causton
• The Predator State
• Three Physicists Prize
• UNESCO 2012 Paris OER Declaration
• Respect (charity)
• Christian Cole (barrister)
• Cameroon Press Photo Archive (by adapting an open access paper)
• Plácido Zuloaga
• Asha Ismail
• Ahmed Cherkaoui

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• Confirmation bias: This article was actually misleading in August 2009, when I began a total rewrite. I took it to Featured Article status (and the Wikipedia front page) in July 2010.
• Heuristics in judgment and decision making: A high-importance new article, on a topic that's central to behavioral economics and to a lot of psychology, that I'm going to take as far up the quality scale as I can.
• Illusion of control: I've done some rewording here but there is a lot more that could be done.
• Articles created: Introspection illusion, Adaptive unconscious, Mistakes were made (but not by me) (non-fiction book), Attribute substitution, Illusory superiority (since rewritten by a student project), The Halo Effect (business book), Set (psychology)
• Biographies of living persons: Elliot Aronson, Carol Tavris, Daniel Wegner: added multiple reliable third-party refs to fix sourcing problems
• Perception: major overhaul of this centrally important article, which was in a dire state.

Relevant WikiProject: WP:PSYCHOLOGY (Talk)

• Essay for other editors: Wikipedia:WikiProject Psychology/How to write a psychology article

I run a site/ media archive about Scientology, from a critical perspective, which I won't link here because it contains potential WP:COPYVIO material. My opinions about the topic, I keep to my own site. Here on WP, I'm interested in raising the quality of certain articles:

• Purification Rundown and New York Rescue Workers Detoxification Project: two interlinked articles that I've taken from quite a dire status to being hopefully quite complete. On 4 March 2011, the latter was promoted to Good Article.
• Xenu: I was very active in making improvements to this article when it was put up for Featured Article Review, which it passed on 5 December 2008.
• Disconnection: A large proportion of the content of this page is due to me. At the moment it's a large unstructured stream of instances, which could benefit from better structure.
• Scientology in the United Kingdom: total rewrite, expanding it from 6K to 66K. Not yet a comprehensive article, but more to come
• I helped the L. Ron Hubbard article through the candidacy process to get to Featured Article status, which it passed on 5 March 2011.
• Non-fiction book: Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health: I've expanded this article and added in a variety of sources.
• Non-fiction book: Bare-faced Messiah: I was a major contributor to this article which, after further major improvements by User:Prioryman, passed Good Article review.

Relevant WikiProject: Scientology (Talk)

I've been GA Reviewer or Peer Reviewer for: Nobel Prize, A Journey, Homosexuals Anonymous, Body schema, Peter Hitchens, Requiem for a Species, Social loafing, Stereotype threat

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Refs about calligrapher Amanat Khan Shirazi / ʿAbd al-Ḥaqq Amānat Khān:

• wikidata:Q5938268 :de:ʿAbd al-Ḥaqq Amānat Khān
• https://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/amanat-khan-sirazi-abd-al-haqq
• Rogers page 223
• https://www.jstor.org/stable/20752477
• https://referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/encyclopaedia-islamica/abd-al-haqq-amanat-khan-COM_0016?lang=fr
• https://www.luminosoa.org/site/books/10.1525/luminos.3/read/?loc=001.html PDF downloaded
• https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Mjr0X-8jrLAC&pg=PA97&lpg=PA97&dq=Am%C4%81nat+Khan+and+the+Calligraphy+on+the+Taj+Mahal&source=bl&ots=cd3lkPt5hJ&sig=ACfU3U1HpnsL1VTmXp8WNIx_dLXVBmdfXg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwixo4nF1szyAhWX_6QKHVVJBBkQ6AF6BAgbEAM#v=onepage&q=Am%C4%81nat%20Khan%20and%20the%20Calligraphy%20on%20the%20Taj%20Mahal&f=false
• https://www.livehistoryindia.com/story/history-daily/sarai-amanat-khan-legacy-of-the-taj-calligrapher/
• https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/punjab/serai-amanat-khan-s-connection-with-taj-827838
• https://www.pbs.org/treasuresoftheworld/taj_mahal/tlevel_2/t4visit_3calligraphy.html
• His brother: Afzal Khan Shirazi

Refs about "Heaven on Earth: Art from Islamic Lands" exhibition 2004

• https://artdaily.cc/news/8985/Art-from-Islamic-Lands-at-The-State-Hermitage#.YxdMZXbMKUk

Refs about "Power and Protection: Islamic Art And The Supernatural" exhibition 2016

• https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2016/oct/28/five-of-the-best-art-exhibitions
• https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/arts-and-books/islams-lucky-charms
• https://www.greatbritishlife.co.uk/homes-and-gardens/places-to-live/22583346.power-protection-islamic-art-supernatural-ashmolean/
• https://www.ashmolean.org/powerandprotection
• https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/art-heaven-follow-the-stars-nz6v2dzzf
• https://brill.com/view/book/9789004426979/BP000001.xml
• https://www.glam.ox.ac.uk/power-and-protection
• https://www.ashmolean.org/divination-and-art-islamic-world
• [https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Power_and_Protection/x0mjjwEACAAJ?hl=en Catalogue published by the Ashmolean Museum]
• https://hali.com/news/power-and-protection-islamic-art-and-the-supernatural-oxford/
• https://www.iwamag.org/2016/10/21/islamic-art-and-the-supernatural-ashmolean-museums/
• https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/14813426.power-islamic-art-clear-see-new-ashmolean-exhibition/
• https://www.britishmuslim-magazine.com/2016/10/power-protection-islamic-art-supernatural-2/
• https://coinsweekly.com/oxford-exhibition-illuminates-islamic-art-and-the-supernatural/
• https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2016/10/26/the-sublime-and-the-divine-ashmolean-exhibition-explores-islamic-divinatory-art
• https://asianartnewspaper.com/imagining-the-divine/
• https://cherwell.org/2016/10/28/ashmolean-opens-new-islamic-art-exhibition/

Refs about "Kimono: Kyoto to Catwalk" exhibition at V&A museum

• https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2020/feb/24/fluid-and-fashionable-va-shakes-up-image-of-traditional-kimono
• https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2021/mar/25/we-thought-wed-be-back-in-weeks-behind-the-scenes-at-the-locked-down-va
• https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/art-review-kimono-kyoto-to-the-catwalk-pv5ml38rc
• https://www.frieze.com/article/va-kimono-review-sartorial-abundance-and-sketchy-history
• https://www.timeout.com/london/news/the-v-a-puts-its-anticipated-kimono-exhibition-online-052120
• https://londonist.com/london/museums-and-galleries/kimono
• https://www.vogue.fr/fashion-culture/article/new-exhibition-kimono-kyoto-to-catwalk-victoria-and-albert-museum-v-and-a-v-and-a-london-2020
• https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/kimono-kyoto-to-catwalk-v-and-a-freddie-mercury-david-bowie-a4360931.html
• https://www.prestigeonline.com/sg/style/fashion/kimono-fashion-london-exhibition-vam/
• https://www.marieclaire.co.uk/fashion/secrets-of-kimono-687585
• https://uk.news.yahoo.com/freddie-mercury-kimono-worn-home-111325827.html
• https://inews.co.uk/culture/kimono-japanese-history-culture-fashion-art-costume-street-style-422586
• https://www.you.co.uk/kimonos-the-hot-new-trend-thats-400-years-old/
• https://www.irishnews.com/magazine/entertainment/2019/10/09/news/madonna-bjork-and-star-wars-feature-in-kimono-exhibition-1734499/
• https://www.harpersbazaar.com/uk/fashion/a29410892/vanda-kimono-exhibition/
• https://www.ft.com/content/230d310c-4872-11ea-aeb3-955839e06441
• https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2020/02/4f9fefbdaae7-london-museum-shows-evolution-and-global-impact-of-kimono.html
• https://japan-forward.com/kimono-timeless-treasures-on-display-at-londons-victoria-and-albert-museum-until-june-21/
• https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2019/oct/09/va-hosts-europes-first-major-exhibition-on-kimono
• https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/m7qw3a/exploring-the-complex-history-of-the-kimono
• https://wwd.com/fashion-news/fashion-features/cultural-appropriation-japan-kimono-kyoto-to-catwalk-1234580823/

Refs about Katrine Marçal book "Who Cooked Adam Smith's Dinner?"

• https://doi.org/10.1177/0973703019874885
• https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/12/books/review/who-cooked-adam-smiths-dinner-by-katrine-marcal.html
• https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/magazine/books-in-brief-who-cooked-adam-smiths-dinner-by-katrine-marcal
• https://www.thebookseller.com/news/william-collins-wins-five-way-fight-mar-als-feminist-economic-expose-1226382
• https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/who-cooked-adam-smith-s-dinner-by-katrine-marcal-book-review-behind-every-great-man-is-his-mother-a103961.html
• https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/blink/read/the-woman-who-cooked-adam-smiths-dinner/article23389850.ece
• https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-68177-142-7
• https://www.libraryjournal.com/?reviewDetail=who-cooked-adam-smiths-dinner-a-story-of-women-and-economics

Refs about Morton book The Importance of being understood

• DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0378.2007.00244_1.x
• http://ndpr.nd.edu/news/the-importance-of-being-understood-folk-psychology-as-ethics/
• DOI: 10.1080/713659822
• http://www.jstor.org/stable/3488962
• http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=1769&cn=135

Refs for social perception

• [http://books.google.com/books?id=m1O9PHDwfxAC&lpg=PP1&dq=encyclopedia%20of%20psychology&pg=PA73#v=snippet&q=sel-fserving%20bias&f=false]
• [http://books.google.com/books?id=rd77N0KsLVkC&lpg=PA556&dq=attribution%20errors&pg=PA556#v=onepage&q=attribution%20errors&f=false]
• [http://books.google.com/books?id=Ab02eJm-FTUC&lpg=PA158&dq=attribution%20errors&pg=PA156#v=onepage&q=attribution%20errors&f=false]
• [http://books.google.com/books?id=vw20LEaJe10C&lpg=PA535&dq=attribution%20errors&pg=PA533#v=onepage&q=attribution%20errors&f=false]
• [http://books.google.com/books?id=uMUikDG78NQC&pg=PA221&dq=attribution+errors&hl=en&ei=sUikTaIHw7nyA4iQrbkP&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CC4Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=attribution%20errors&f=false]
• [http://books.google.com/books?id=e1mLpivtC3IC&lpg=PA128&dq=%22attribution%20errors%22&pg=PA117#v=onepage&q=%22attribution%20errors%22&f=false]

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