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Watty62
— Charity Trustee —
Name
Ian Watt
 FRSA | FInstLM
Country United Kingdom
Education and employment
EducationMSc Data Science
UniversityRobert Gordon University
Wikipedia extended confirmed

About Me

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Hi! I am Ian. I live in Aberdeen. I am a Trustee and co founder of Code The City[1], a Scottish Charity which uses tech and data for civic good.

Badges at the first Code the City session

I believe that knowledge, information and data should be open. I run the monthly Aberdeen Data Meet-ups and the Aberdeen Python User Group; and I co-run our quarterly hack weekends and the annual Scottish Open Data Unconference.


Since 2019 I've been a WikiMedia UK trainer. I have a blank account IW(WMTraining) which i keep for training others in Wikipedia editing.

In both 2020 and 2021 i received an honourable mention in the UK Wikimedian of the Year awards.[2] [3]

You'll find me mostly on Wiki Data (where I've made 115,000+ edits) and also Wiki Commons where I've uploaded around 6,000 images. About 4,200 of them were sourced from Aberdeen Art Gallery and Museums under a public domain licence.

I'm very interested in local history, especially the social and industrial heritage of the North East, and supporting our local cultural institutions and empowering volunteers to work with them.

While I am interested in Wikipedia / Wiki Commons (see my Global Account Info or look deeper with Navel Gazer) I am particularly interested in using Wikidata more effectively. So I am always trying to learn more.

I've worked on several projects at CTC involving Wikimedia Platforms - most are heavily centred on Wikidata rather than Wikipedia. These include:

Interests

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I have many interests, some of which are

Wikipedia Articles Created

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Articles Substantially Edited

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References

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  1. ^ "OSCR | Charity Details". www.oscr.org.uk. Retrieved 2019-08-17.
  2. ^ "UK Wikimedian of the Year 2020 - Wikimedia UK". wikimedia.org.uk. Retrieved 2023-01-26.
  3. ^ "UK Wikimedian of the Year 2021 - Wikimedia UK". wikimedia.org.uk. Retrieved 2023-01-26.


This user programs in the awesome language of Python.
saxThis user plays the tenor saxophone.
This user prefers black-and-white photography.


6,000+This user has uploaded over 6,000 images to Wikimedia Commons.