Intro

My name is Jonathan Brier. I have a B.S. in Media and Communication Technology from Michigan State University and a Masters of Science in Information specializing in social computing from the University of Michigan School of Information. I entered the Information Studies PhD program at the University of Maryland, College Park in the University of Maryland College of Information Studies researching citizen science in August 2015. My advisor was Andrea Wiggins, but now I am advised by Brian Butler and Susan Winter.

I edit Wikipedia mainly in computers, Internet, and technology related subjects. I am also interested in improving data completeness for data used in citizen science platforms and research. I'm focusing on Lakes at the moment. My contributions come in bursts when I have the time...like a WikiOgre and often organizing and tackling backlogs like a WikiGnome. Dual class all the way.

My other profiles on WikiData, WikiVoyage, Meta, Commons.

WikiData = Jonathan Brier (Q57978392)

My main pages of interest are

• Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing
• GridRepublic
• other related topics in citizen science and volunteer computing.

A few links to reach me: wolfgang8741@mastodon.social, @wolfgang8741, or brierjon.com

Current Projects

TODO

USGS Import

If you're interested in Named US geographic features I'm currently importing GNIS info to WikiData. You can help with Mix'n'match Lakes and Mix'n'match Streams.

OSM Wikipedia Geo Linking

Linking and Mapping of Michigan lakes on OpenStreetMap for powering Wikipedia Maps. I've completed an import of named Lakes from GNIS to Wikidata for Michigan. Hotlinks: WikiProject Lakes and Wikidata WikiProject Lakes

Citizen Science

I'm working on a broader data foundation for Citizen Science on Wikidata for broader benefit of citizen science as open science and part of the Swedish research project ARCS, join in the conversation at WikiProject Citizen Science. At some point I'll will work on rekindling the Wikiproject Citizen Science for EN Wikipedia once the Wikidata foundation is moving.

Testing Areas

Special:Mypage/Infobox WikidataTestBodyOfWater
Special:Mypage/Standardizing Lakes Lists Demo

PetScan

WikiProject Lakes

• WikiProject Lakes articles only with WikiProject Lakes template and no geographic WikiProject associated. PetScan Lakes with only WikiProejct Lakes
• Articles in Lakes by country without WikiProject Lakes tag Lakes missing Lakes Project

WikiProject Rivers

• WikiProject Rivers articles only with WikiProject Rivers and no geographic WikiProject associated. PetScan Rivers with only WikiProject Rivers
• Articles in Rivers by country without WikiProject Rivers tag Rivers missing River Project - still needs to exclude certain irrelevant categories within this, seeing lots of cities listed and things along rivers in the recursion.

WikiProject Mountains

• WikiProject Mountains articles only with WikiProject Mountains and no geographic WikiProject associated. PetScan Mountains with only WikiProject Mountains
• Articles in Mountains by country without WikiProject Mountains tag Mountains missing Mountains Project - still needs to exclude certain irrelevant categories within this, seeing archaeological sites and other non mountain content listed in the recursion.

Proactive COI disclosures

In an effort of clear disclosure per Wikipedia:DISCLOSE I created the following sections to identify my relationships under my own effort for clear objective editing.

Personal or Professional relations

This user has publicly declared that he has a conflict of interest regarding these Wikipedia articles: Darlene Cavalier A colleague when working on SciStarter

Organizational relation (unpaid editing)

This user has publicly declared that he has a conflict of interest regarding these Wikipedia articles: SciStarter Organization which I have interacted with and advised

This user has publicly declared that he has a conflict of interest regarding these Wikipedia articles: Citizen Science Association European Citizen Science Association Organization which I am a member

Paid Editing

See:Template:Connected contributor (paid) No edits have been made for compensation.

I will edit at times now as part of my research for which I am compensated, but such activities fall withing the existing editing practices by any volunteers and are targeted to cleanup for consistency with the manual of style for processing of article content and ensuring correct links to WikiData. An example is adding infoboxes to Lakes which did not have an infobox and tagging articles with WikiProject Lakes.

Notes to Self

• Format for Body of Water Infobox multiple other_name or native_name should use unbulleted list template like Lake Champlain
• Wikipedia:Creating shape maps from OpenStreetMap data

31 January 2024
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Ohio This user participates in WikiProject Ohio. This user lives in the U.S. State of Ohio. This is an alternative account of Wolfgang8741 (Ohio University).

Michigan This user is a particpant in WikiProject Michigan. This user is a native of the U.S. State of Michigan.

West Virginia This user is of West Virginia heritage. This user has lived in the U.S. State of West Virginia.

Sweden This user has worked in Sweden. This user has lived in Sweden. This user is a participant in WikiProject Sweden. My focus is citizen science in Sweden - medborgarforskning

Maryland This user is a member of WikiProject Maryland. This user lives in and hails from the U.S. State of Maryland.

Topics ISCI This user is an expert in Information science. This user is interested in his local history. CitSci This user is an expert in Citizen science. This user is a member of WikiProject Geography. This user is a participant in WikiProject Lakes. This user is a participant in WikiProject Rivers. This user is a participant in WikiProject Mountains. This user is a member of the Museums WikiProject - You can help! This user is a member of WikiProject Libraries. This user is a participant in WikiProject Wikidata. This user is a participant in WikiProject Maps Map Workshop (watch) This user is a participant in WikiProject Wikify. This user is a participant in WikiProject Science. This user is a participant in WikiProject Limnology and Oceanography.

About This user is interested in science. This user believes science, practiced through the scientific method, is the most reliable way of determining the nature of reality. This user is interested in maps. This user is an Eagle Scout. ORCİD This user has the ORCID identifier: 0000-0003-0668-0089 BS This user has a Bachelor of Science degree. This user is a Spartan. MLIS This user has a Master of Library and Information Science degree. This user attends or attended the University of Michigan. This user is a PhD candidate. This user is a student or alumnus of the University of Maryland. This user was ranked 1684 on the list of Wikipedians by number of edits on yyyy-dd-mm. This user has visited 49 of the 50 United States. 49

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