user:Victuallers

Hello I'm a Wikipedian editor and admin who lives in Jedburgh in Scotland. I've worked as an engineer, an information technologist and lecturer. I worked for Rolls-Royce and co-wrote pantomimes.{{Cite web|title=bamkin site:www.doollee.com - Google Search|url=https://www.google.com/search?domains=www.doollee.com&q=bamkin&sitesearch=www.doollee.com&sa=Search&client=pub-0414017827473152&forid=1&ie=ISO-8859-1&oe=ISO-8859-1&cof=GALT:#008000;GL:1;DIV:#336699;VLC:663399;AH:center;BGC:FFFFFF;LBGC:336699;ALC:0000FF;LC:0000FF;T:000000;GFNT:0000FF;GIMP:0000FF;FORID:1&hl=en|access-date=2021-10-05|website=www.google.com}} I have spoken and trained about Wikipedia in several countries from Norway to Israel and in Monmouth, Gibraltar, most Universities in the East Midlands, Edinburgh Uni and UCI. I partnered in Joburgpedia and have written many articles about subjects in Nigeria, South Africa, Ecuador and Kenya. I took an interest in Malawi in 2025 and I joined the Scotland Malawi Partnership.

I wrote an article about a woman every day and I achieved 600 days on 11 Aug 2024. I was at the Monthly Women in Red meetings in Edinburgh. Previously in 2020 I completed writing an article a day for almost a year. My first run of one every day started on 22 March 2020 as the first? UK lockdown started {{age in days|22 March 2020}} days ago and lasted for ~360 days. In August 2021 [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1FcH4dCtifp_ALZARGEVRQq8LCSJttLyGkL8u8RMwRbw/edit#slide=id.ge945233a6a_0_84 I spoke at Wikimania 2021.] (My Fourth virtual appearance at a Wikimania).

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I was the 3rd Wikipedian in Residence (first British).{{Cite news|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/victuallers1/49023399866/in/dateposted/|title='When I look back at my life, I can say I had one of the UK's coolest jobs'|last=|first=|date=2012-01-28|work=|newspaper=Derby Telegraph|access-date=2016-12-07|via=}} I gave a TEDx talk in Bristol that launched a wikiproject or two. I co-founded QRpedia, Monmouthpedia and Women in Red. QRpedia was donated to Wikimedia UK.{{Cite web|title=Announcement – QRpedia donated to Wikimedia UK|url=https://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2013/04/announcement-qrpedia-donated-to-wikimedia-uk/|access-date=2021-08-22|website=the Wikimedia UK blog!|language=en-GB}} It is still used in Bremenpedia, Joburgpedia, Freopedia, Toodyaypedia and in education applications in Algeria.{{Cite journal|last=Soulimane|first=Ghizlene|last2=Kouninef|first2=Belkacem|last3=Senouci|first3=Mohamed|last4=Djelti|first4=Mohamed|date=2016-10-01|title=QR Codes and Mobile Technology Used in the Blended Learning Approach|url=http://www.igi-global.com/article/qr-codes-and-mobile-technology-used-in-the-blended-learning-approach/172518|journal=International Journal of Technology Diffusion (IJTD)|language=en|volume=7|issue=4|doi=10.4018/IJTD.2016100101}} I was chair of WikimediaUK when it became a charity and gained its first staff member{{Cite web |title=Reports/2011/August - Wikimedia UK |url=https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Reports/2011/August |access-date=2024-11-25 |website=wikimedia.org.uk}} and first office. I've spoken about Wikipedia related projects in Israel, Europe, America and Africa. I organised noted editathons at the Pankhurst centre.{{Cite web|title=Global Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon (#Wikieditathon) 2019 – London – Ada Lovelace Day|url=https://findingada.com/event/global-wikipedia-edit-a-thon-wikieditathon-2019-london/|access-date=2021-05-11|website=findingada.com}} In Nov 2024 I had written [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1mLKPPVtdRZ0osFEVdcxLJo_gfUSLJNPrJWgBQ40da6Y/edit?pli=1#gid=339261051 2750 articles] about women. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Victuallers/Round_the_World_challenge In Feb 2025 I completed a year-long challenge to complete an article about a woman from every country in the world].

I have worked on QRpedia projects in Derby, Monmouth, Johannesburg, Bremen, Toodyay, Fremantle, Odessa (etc) and in 2025 I'm still working on Women in Red.{{Cite web|last=Zitser|first=Joshua|title=Hundreds of dedicated Wikipedia volunteers are defying the sexists to write women back into history|url=https://www.insider.com/wikipedia-volunteers-write-women-back-into-history-fight-gender-gap-2021-4|access-date=2021-05-11|website=Insider|language=en-US}} For Ada Lovelace Day I was involved with a 24 hour editathon at AdaWiki24.org which was based in Aus, Kenya, NZ, Pakistan, UK, USA covered by several news outlets.{{Cite news|last=Boodhoo|first=Niala|date=October 11-12|title=Big Tech’s Big Tobacco moment|work=Axios Podcast|url=https://www.axios.com/axios-today-podcast-big-tech-tobacco-67387ff5-a919-4c1a-bb8c-0bd409ca87a6.html}}{{Cite web|date=2021-10-12|title=Wikipedia Has a Women Problem|url=https://fromatoshe.com/wikipedia-has-a-women-problem/|access-date=2021-10-14|website=FromAtoSHE®|language=en-US}}[https://thenorthernquota.org/news/feminists-fight-against-wikipedia-content-gender-gap-global-24-hour-edit-thon Feminists fight against Wikipedia content gender gap in global 24 hour edit-a-thon] Well researched piece covering Carol Ann, Mahwish, On This Day She and me.

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