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| | name = Dominic McDevitt-Parks | |||
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| | caption = Dominic McDevitt-Parks socializing in the ] office in 2011 | |||
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| | birth_date = 1987<!-- {{Birth date|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> | |||
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| | education = ] in history and archives management | |||
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| '''Dominic McDevitt-Parks''' (born 1987)<ref name=Washington>{{Cite journal|journal=]|author=Lisa Rein|title=National Archives hires first 'Wikipedian'|date=June 2, 2011|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/federal-eye/post/national-archives-hires-first-wikipedian/2011/03/23/AG63MCHH_blog.html|accessdate=April 26, 2013}}</ref> is a member of the ] from ], ], ].<ref>{{Cite journal|journal=]|author=Galen Moore|date=June 6, 2011|title=Simmons student named National Archives' 1st "wikipedian in residence"|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/boston/news/2011/06/06/simmons-student-named-nara-wikipedian.html|accessdate=April 27, 2013}}</ref> He attended high school in ], ].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Meet Our Wikipedian in Residence: Dominic McDevitt-Parks|publisher=]|author=|url=http://blogs.archives.gov/online-public-access/?p=5054|accessdate=April 26, 2013}}</ref> He started editing ] in 2004<ref name=Washington/> and has called the website "the ultimate public history project, probably the most ambitious and successful one ever created".<ref>{{Cite journal|journal=]|author=Gregory Ferenstein|title=Jimmy Wales, Misplaced Pages Go To College|date=July 6, 2011|url=http://www.fastcompany.com/1765182/jimmy-wales-wikipedia-go-college|accessdate=April 26, 2013}}</ref> While a student at ], McDevitt-Parks was hired to work as ] at the Archives II location of the ].<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2011/06/01/national_archives_hires_wikipedian_in_residence/ | title=National Archives hires 'Wikipedian in Residence' | author=Brett Zongker | publisher=Associated Press | date=June 1, 2011 | accessdate=April 26, 2013}}</ref> He was hired for this position by ].<ref>{{Cite journal|journal=]|title=National Archives appoints a 'Wikipedian'|date=June 3, 2011|url=http://www.tampabay.com/incoming/national-archives-appoints-a-wikipedian/1173507|accessdate=April 26, 2013}}</ref> McDevitt-Parks was pursuing a ] in history and archives management.<ref>{{Cite journal|journal=]|author=Julie Baughman|title=National Archives hires 'Wikipedian in residence'|date=July 13, 2011|url=http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2011-07-13/news/bs-md-wikipedia-archives-20110621_1_national-archives-wikipedian-archives-information|accessdate=April 26, 2013}}</ref> McDevitt-Parks has stated that Wikipedians are "notoriously socially awkward" but he believes that they tend to socialize very well at Misplaced Pages-related events.<ref>{{Cite journal|journal=]|title=Misplaced Pages editors log off long enough to mingle|author=Monica Hesse|date=}}</ref> | |||
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