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Dominic McDevitt-Parks
Dominic McDevitt-Parks socializing in the Wikimedia Foundation office in 2011
Born1987
San Francisco, California
NationalityAmerican
EducationMaster's degree in history and archives management
Alma materSimmons College
OccupationWikipedian in Residence
EmployerNational Archives and Records Administration

Dominic McDevitt-Parks (born 1987) is a member of the Misplaced Pages community from San Francisco, California, United States. He attended high school in Phoenix, Arizona. He started editing Misplaced Pages in 2004 and has called the website "the ultimate public history project, probably the most ambitious and successful one ever created". While a student at Simmons College, McDevitt-Parks was hired to work as Wikipedian in Residence at the Archives II location of the National Archives and Records Administration. He was hired for this position by David Ferriero. McDevitt-Parks was pursuing a master's degree in history and archives management. 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.

References

  1. ^ Lisa Rein (June 2, 2011). "National Archives hires first 'Wikipedian'". The Washington Post. Retrieved April 26, 2013.
  2. Galen Moore (June 6, 2011). "Simmons student named National Archives' 1st "wikipedian in residence"". Boston Business Journal. Retrieved April 27, 2013.
  3. "Meet Our Wikipedian in Residence: Dominic McDevitt-Parks". National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved April 26, 2013.
  4. Gregory Ferenstein (July 6, 2011). "Jimmy Wales, Misplaced Pages Go To College". Fast Company. Retrieved April 26, 2013.
  5. Brett Zongker (June 1, 2011). "National Archives hires 'Wikipedian in Residence'". Associated Press. Retrieved April 26, 2013.
  6. "National Archives appoints a 'Wikipedian'". Tampa Bay Times. June 3, 2011. Retrieved April 26, 2013.
  7. Julie Baughman (July 13, 2011). "National Archives hires 'Wikipedian in residence'". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved April 26, 2013.
  8. Monica Hesse. "Misplaced Pages editors log off long enough to mingle". The Washington Post.
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