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Angela Beesley

Angela Beesley (November 2005)
Born: 1977
Norwich, England
Occupation: Vice-president of Wikia, Inc.[1]
Website: wikiangela.com

Angela Beesley (born 1977 in Norwich, England)[2] is a British Internet entrepreneur. She is a co-founder and vice president for community relations of Wikia. Image File history File links Angela_Beesley. ... Wikia, Inc. ... For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ... This article is about the English city. ... For the computer game previously called Entrepreneur, see The Corporate Machine. ... A vice president is an officer in government or business who is next in rank below a president. ... Wikia is a selective wiki hosting service (or wiki farm) founded in 2004 by Jimmy Wales and Angela Beesley under the name Wikicities. ...


Involved in Wikipedia since 2003, Beesley was elected onto the Board of Trustees of the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation in 2004, and re-elected in 2005. During this time, she was active in editing content and setting policy, such as privacy policy, within the Foundation.[3] After serving for two years, in July 2006 Beesley resigned from the Wikimedia Foundation board of directors.[4] The word trustee is a legal term that refers to a holder of property on behalf of some other beneficiary. ... The Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. ... The Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. ...


Since February 21, 2006 she is member of the Communications committee (ComCom) of the Wikimedia Foundation [5]. The creation of this committee was authorized by the Board of Trustees, where she was one of five members at that time [6]. February 21 is the 52nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... The Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. ...


In October 2004, she founded a for-profit Wiki hosting service with Jimmy Wales called Wikia. She sits on the advisory board of the media archive Ourmedia. She is a co-author of the book Wikis: Tools for information Work and Collaboration.[7] She has also worked as a consultant for the BBC.[8] Jimmy Donal Wales, also known as Jimbo Wales, (b. ... Wikia is a selective wiki hosting service (or wiki farm) founded in 2004 by Jimmy Wales and Angela Beesley under the name Wikicities. ... Ourmedia logo Ourmedia is a media archive, supported by the Internet Archive, which freely hosts any images, text, and video or audio files which do not violate copyright laws and do not include pornography. ... The British Broadcasting Corporation, usually known as the BBC (and also informally known as the Beeb or Auntie) is one of the largest broadcasting corporations in the world in terms of audience numbers, employing 26,000 staff in the UK alone and with a budget of more than £4 billion. ...


References

  1. ^ Adam Turner (2005-11-22). Quest for the universal Wiki. The Age.
  2. ^ According to England & Wales, Birth Index: 1837-1983 [database on-line]. Original data: General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes. London, England: General Register Office.[1]
  3. ^ http://www.riehle.org/computer-science/research/2006/wikisym-2006-interview.html
  4. ^ Wikimedia Foundation press release regarding Beesley resignation
  5. ^ Resolution creation communications committee
  6. ^ Members of the Board of Trustees in February 2006
  7. ^ http://www.booki.info/display/website/About+the+Book
  8. ^ http://www.decadeofwebdesign.org/speakers.html

2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... November 22 is the 326th day (327th on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...

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WikiAngela » Angela Beesley (1978 words)
Posted by Angela Beesley on June 20, 2007 (Wikia, Wikimedia, Wiki)
Like all Wikia sites, the Code of Conduct is open to editing and to creation of alternative versions, so please get involved and help us to reach a consensus on what should be included in these guidelines and how we might define “civil behavior” in the blogosphere.
WikiAngela is written by Angela Beesley, co-founder of Wikia and Chair of the Advisory Board of the Wikimedia Foundation.
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