Wikimedian in Residence

English

Noun

Wikimedian in Residence (plural Wikimedians in Residence)

1. A Wikimedian who holds a visiting scholar position at an educational institution.
   • 2018, Gianetta Rands, Women's Voices in Psychiatry: A Collection of Essays, page xi:

     To Alice White, Wikimedian in Residence, Wellcome Library, for guidance on finding images, locating Wellcome treasures, and warnings of 'weasel words' and 'peacock terms'.

   • 2018, Merrilee Proffitt, Leveraging Wikipedia: Connecting Communities of Knowledge:

     Some Wikipedia Visiting Scholars have asked for closer collaboration with their host institutions, creating the stepping-stone for a Wikimedian in Residence type of position.

   • 2019, Anna Comas-Quinn, Ana Beaven, Barbara Sawhill, New case studies of openness in and beyond the language classroom, page 86:

     The students are supported by the University of Edinburgh's 'Wikimedian in residence'; a digital skills trainer employed by the university's information services division in partnership with, and supported by, Wikimedia UK as the nationalchapter of the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation.