- Erik Möller
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Wikimedia Foundation
Möller has been involved with the
Wikimedia Foundation projects includingWikipedia since 2001 both as an editor, as a developer of theMediaWiki software and ofWikinews . [] This presentation was later leaked to "Wikinews". As Deputy Director of the WMF, Möller is responsible for managing and implementing the technical strategy of the organization. [cite web|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/bayareabiz/month?blogid=44&year=2008&month=01&cat=&o=10|title=Bay Area Biz : January 2008|work=San Francisco Chronicle |publisher=www.sfgate.com|accessdate=2008-05-13|date=2008-01-13|last=Staff] Möller explained to the "Los Angeles Times " that the foundation needed to be careful with the kinds of deals they wanted to make, and said: "We don't want to endanger the mission by entering into deals that would conflict with it." [cite news | last =Semuels | first =Alana | title =Wikipedia Experiences Growing Pains | work =Los Angeles Times | page =Financial section | date =2008-03-13 ] Ian Kennedy and Lorna Uden consulted Möller for advice and help with their article "Learning with Laptops" published in the 2008 book "Encyclopedia of Information Technology Curriculum Integration". [cite book | last =Tomei | first =Lawrence A. | title =Encyclopedia of Information Technology Curriculum Integration | publisher =Idea Group Inc (IGI) | date =2008 | pages =547 | isbn = 1599048817]Möller is the Wikimedia Foundation's representative on the institutional council of the
Encyclopedia of Life . [cite web|url=http://www.eol.org/content/page/institutional_partners|title=Institutional Partners|work=Encyclopedia of Life |publisher=www.eol.org|accessdate=2008-06-11] Through this contact, Möller helped convince theAlfred P. Sloan Foundation (a backer of the Encyclopedia of Life) to donate $3 million to Wikimedia, the single largest donation Wikimedia has received to date. [cite web|url=http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/foundation-l/2008-March/040440.html|title=Sloan awards Wikimedia USD 1m annually for three years|work= [Foundation-l] |publisher=Wikimedia Foundation |accessdate=2008-05-15|date=2008-03-25|last=Gardner, Sue]References
Further reading
*cite book | last =Bachner | first =Harald | title =Wiki-systeme als Wissensmanagementtools | publisher =GRIN Verlag | date =2007 | pages =6, 8, 29 | isbn = 3638673650
*cite book | last =Gepp | first =Roman | title =Bildung zwischen Luxus und Notwendigkeit | publisher =LIT Verlag Berlin-Hamburg-Münster | date =2006 | pages =128, 129, 135, 192 | isbn = 382589360X|language=German
*cite journal | last =Kühne | first =Stefan | title =Veni, vidi, Wiki! Rezension zu Erik Möller: Die heimliche Medienrevolution. Wie Weblogs, Wikis und freie Software die Welt verändern | journal =e-beratungsjournal | issue =1 | publisher =e-beratungsjournal.net | date =September 2005 | url =http://www.e-beratungsjournal.net/ausgabe_0105/rezension_kuehne.pdf | id =ISSN|18167632|language=GermanExternal links
* [http://www.humanist.de/erik/ Erik Möller's homepage]
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*cite web|url=http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Erik_M%C3%B6ller_Deputy_Director|title=Erik Möller Deputy Director|publisher=Wikimedia Foundation |date=2008-01-09
* [http://www.infoanarchy.org Infoanarchy.org]
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