Cross-posted from The Wikipedian, with minor modifications. Post title inspired by Another Portland Blog.
Wikipedia’s tenth anniversary occurred this past weekend, on January 15th. Alas, I did not make it to the local meetup in Washington, DC, where I live, but I did something else, something as fun as it was unexpected—I was on Ukrainian television.
Friday afternoon, a small TV crew led by reporter Maksym Drabok visited my apartment in Lanier Heights to record me talking about Wikipedia and even editing Wikipedia. Fortunately, I had some material about University of Oregon head football coach Chip Kelly waiting to be added, so I used the occasion to add a few more citations to his biographical article (it still needs more). Also featured in the segment was Thomas Boylston Adams, about the ne’er-do-well son of second U.S. president John Adams, which I created in April 2008 (while watching the HBO miniseries John Adams).
Also also featured: my home office, me in a wiki-related T-shirt, and the blog I write from the perspective of a veteran Wikipedian (fittingly, and as you probably know, it is called The Wikipedian). Here’s the segment in full:
Last but not least, thanks very much to Maksym Drabok and INTER TV for the opportunity.