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user page. This is not an encyclopedia article or the talk page for an encyclopedia article. If you find this page on any site other than Wikipedia, you are viewing a mirror site. Be aware that the page may be outdated and that the user whom this page is about may have no personal affiliation with any site other than Wikipedia. The original page is located at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Duncan.Hull. |
Dr. Duncan Hull | |
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Nationality |
United Kingdom Manchester đ |
Other names | @wikiscientists |
Citizenship | Global đ |
Scientific career | |
Fields |
Biology Wikipedia Pedagogy Bioinformatics Computer science education [1] |
Website |
womeninred wiki-loves-scientists |
Hello, my
name is Duncan, I live and work in
Manchester, UK
[1] and contribute to
English Wikipedia,
Wikidata,
Wikimedia Commons and Greek
ÎÎčÎșÎčÏαίΎΔÎčα. đŹđ· Why? Because it is fun and important, or as
Freeman Dyson once put it:
â | Among my friends and acquaintances, everybody distrusts Wikipedia and everybody uses it ... The information that it contains is totally unreliable and surprisingly accurate. It is often unreliable because many of the authors are ignorant or careless. It is often accurate because the articles are edited and corrected by readers who are better informed than the authors. [2] | â |
Most of my contributions to Wikipedia are quick biographies ( Wikibiographies) of living women in engineering, women in science and women in STEM fields. These biographies would otherwise be either woefully incomplete or non-existent. As part of an ongoing collaboration [4] between WomenInRed.org, the Royal Society in London and Wikimedia UK, [5] [3] [6] [7] I have created and improved Wikibiographies of some Fellows of the Royal Society, particularly the Female Fellows of the Royal Society. I've tried to follow the fundamental wiki-principles [8] [9] [10] especially:
As of January 2020 [update], most fellows elected from after 2014, have reasonable Wikibiographies that usually include a good portrait. [12] If you'd like to help address the gender bias in Wikipedia which reflects everyday sexism in society at large. See the redlist index of notable women without biographies, for articles waiting to be written such as female computer scientists, female engineers and female mathematicians.
This user is a participant in WikiProject Women in Red (redlinksâblue) |
Even if you are considered notable by editors, you may not necessarily have a Wikibiography as coverage of scientists is often poor. [4] [18] For example, around 30% of Fellows elected before 2012, have no wiki-biography at all. [4] Lots of notable scientists in the wider scientific community who aren't fellows have no biography either, especially women. [19] [20] [13] [14] [15] If you want a Wikibiography, there are several steps you can take to improve your chances of having one:
â | Ask not what Wikipedia can do for you; ask what you can do for Wikipedia. | â |
If you do have a biography in Wikipedia it might be incomplete, inaccurate, badly written and have plenty of other âissuesâ. Although tempting, it is a bad idea to edit your autobiography on Wikipedia and any edits you make are likely to be speedily reverted due to your obvious conflicts of interest (COI). Getting your friends, colleagues or students to write or edit your Wikibiography is also not recommended, because it is difficult for them to have a Neutral Point of View. Leaving a comment on the the talk page of the article in question is usually the best way to make corrections and the Help Pages of the Biographies of Living Persons explain this in more detail. The notable person survival kit is also useful.
Remember that anyone can edit Wikipedia including vandals, bots, practical jokers, your students, collaborators, abusers and other enemies (assuming you have enemies). So it is a good idea to track changes of your Wikibiography by subscribing to the syndicated feed of the article using your favourite news aggregator. Point your aggregator at the atom feed which can be found on the "view history > tools > Atom" link to receive automatic notifications of edits to that page. Data from new Wikibiographies appears in the Google Knowledge Graph within a week or two of their publication, with both Wikipedia articles and the KG appearing prominently in search results, should you ever indulge in a spot of egosurfing. [4] [31]
If you're not feeling the Wikilove and want your Wikibiography deleted, read the how to delete a page guide and the Wikipedia:Deletion policy. You may have the right to be forgotten or may want to protect your data using the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Before you request deletion from wikipedia, bear in mind that:
If you're wondering about my conflict of interests, I am not funded, paid or employed by the Royal Society and never have been. I started WikiProject Royal Society in 2012 with help from Paul Nurse [44] and John Byrne. [4] The aim of the project is to improve the coverage of scientists (and their science) in Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons using the resources of the Royal Society. Like I've already said above, I avoid writing biographies of people I know personally or professionally.
I have been an active member of the amazing Wikipedia community since my first edit to this article on Botany in 2004, twenty years ago. Since 2007, I have used my real name (the one my parents gave me) rather than my interwebs pen name, dullhunk which I used for edits prior to 2007.
Disclaimer My contributions are made in an individual, personal capacity and so do not represent the official views of my employer or any other organisation to which I am affiliated. |
The best way to contact me about wikistuff is via the talk pages of an article or on
my personal talk page. If you add the text {{ping|Duncan.Hull}}
to your comment, I'll get
automagically notified. If you want to contact me off-wiki in less than 140 characters, you can tweet me
[6] or email me mytwitterhandle@gmail.com (where mytwitterhandle = wikiscientists). For more urgent or serious problems, you should
email Wikimedia volunteers using the ticketing system (OTRS) so that your issue gets properly logged and dealt with.
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I'm a member of
Wikimedia UK We are a group of local Wikimedians helping to create "a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge". Love Wikimedia? Live in the UK? Donate, Volunteer, and Get Involved! |
This is a Wikipedia
user page. This is not an encyclopedia article or the talk page for an encyclopedia article. If you find this page on any site other than Wikipedia, you are viewing a mirror site. Be aware that the page may be outdated and that the user whom this page is about may have no personal affiliation with any site other than Wikipedia. The original page is located at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Duncan.Hull. |
Dr. Duncan Hull | |
---|---|
Nationality |
United Kingdom Manchester đ |
Other names | @wikiscientists |
Citizenship | Global đ |
Scientific career | |
Fields |
Biology Wikipedia Pedagogy Bioinformatics Computer science education [1] |
Website |
womeninred wiki-loves-scientists |
Hello, my
name is Duncan, I live and work in
Manchester, UK
[1] and contribute to
English Wikipedia,
Wikidata,
Wikimedia Commons and Greek
ÎÎčÎșÎčÏαίΎΔÎčα. đŹđ· Why? Because it is fun and important, or as
Freeman Dyson once put it:
â | Among my friends and acquaintances, everybody distrusts Wikipedia and everybody uses it ... The information that it contains is totally unreliable and surprisingly accurate. It is often unreliable because many of the authors are ignorant or careless. It is often accurate because the articles are edited and corrected by readers who are better informed than the authors. [2] | â |
Most of my contributions to Wikipedia are quick biographies ( Wikibiographies) of living women in engineering, women in science and women in STEM fields. These biographies would otherwise be either woefully incomplete or non-existent. As part of an ongoing collaboration [4] between WomenInRed.org, the Royal Society in London and Wikimedia UK, [5] [3] [6] [7] I have created and improved Wikibiographies of some Fellows of the Royal Society, particularly the Female Fellows of the Royal Society. I've tried to follow the fundamental wiki-principles [8] [9] [10] especially:
As of January 2020 [update], most fellows elected from after 2014, have reasonable Wikibiographies that usually include a good portrait. [12] If you'd like to help address the gender bias in Wikipedia which reflects everyday sexism in society at large. See the redlist index of notable women without biographies, for articles waiting to be written such as female computer scientists, female engineers and female mathematicians.
This user is a participant in WikiProject Women in Red (redlinksâblue) |
Even if you are considered notable by editors, you may not necessarily have a Wikibiography as coverage of scientists is often poor. [4] [18] For example, around 30% of Fellows elected before 2012, have no wiki-biography at all. [4] Lots of notable scientists in the wider scientific community who aren't fellows have no biography either, especially women. [19] [20] [13] [14] [15] If you want a Wikibiography, there are several steps you can take to improve your chances of having one:
â | Ask not what Wikipedia can do for you; ask what you can do for Wikipedia. | â |
If you do have a biography in Wikipedia it might be incomplete, inaccurate, badly written and have plenty of other âissuesâ. Although tempting, it is a bad idea to edit your autobiography on Wikipedia and any edits you make are likely to be speedily reverted due to your obvious conflicts of interest (COI). Getting your friends, colleagues or students to write or edit your Wikibiography is also not recommended, because it is difficult for them to have a Neutral Point of View. Leaving a comment on the the talk page of the article in question is usually the best way to make corrections and the Help Pages of the Biographies of Living Persons explain this in more detail. The notable person survival kit is also useful.
Remember that anyone can edit Wikipedia including vandals, bots, practical jokers, your students, collaborators, abusers and other enemies (assuming you have enemies). So it is a good idea to track changes of your Wikibiography by subscribing to the syndicated feed of the article using your favourite news aggregator. Point your aggregator at the atom feed which can be found on the "view history > tools > Atom" link to receive automatic notifications of edits to that page. Data from new Wikibiographies appears in the Google Knowledge Graph within a week or two of their publication, with both Wikipedia articles and the KG appearing prominently in search results, should you ever indulge in a spot of egosurfing. [4] [31]
If you're not feeling the Wikilove and want your Wikibiography deleted, read the how to delete a page guide and the Wikipedia:Deletion policy. You may have the right to be forgotten or may want to protect your data using the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Before you request deletion from wikipedia, bear in mind that:
If you're wondering about my conflict of interests, I am not funded, paid or employed by the Royal Society and never have been. I started WikiProject Royal Society in 2012 with help from Paul Nurse [44] and John Byrne. [4] The aim of the project is to improve the coverage of scientists (and their science) in Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons using the resources of the Royal Society. Like I've already said above, I avoid writing biographies of people I know personally or professionally.
I have been an active member of the amazing Wikipedia community since my first edit to this article on Botany in 2004, twenty years ago. Since 2007, I have used my real name (the one my parents gave me) rather than my interwebs pen name, dullhunk which I used for edits prior to 2007.
Disclaimer My contributions are made in an individual, personal capacity and so do not represent the official views of my employer or any other organisation to which I am affiliated. |
The best way to contact me about wikistuff is via the talk pages of an article or on
my personal talk page. If you add the text {{ping|Duncan.Hull}}
to your comment, I'll get
automagically notified. If you want to contact me off-wiki in less than 140 characters, you can tweet me
[6] or email me mytwitterhandle@gmail.com (where mytwitterhandle = wikiscientists). For more urgent or serious problems, you should
email Wikimedia volunteers using the ticketing system (OTRS) so that your issue gets properly logged and dealt with.
{{
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link)
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I'm a member of
Wikimedia UK We are a group of local Wikimedians helping to create "a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge". Love Wikimedia? Live in the UK? Donate, Volunteer, and Get Involved! |