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Möller is the owner and creator of the website Infoanarchy.org, which has extensive information on ] and ] technology.<ref name="mennecke">{{cite web|url=http://www.slyck.com/news.php?story=609|title=Top 10 File-Sharing News Alternatives|work=Slyck News|publisher=www.slyck.com|accessdate=2008-05-12|date=2004-11-16 | Möller is the owner and creator of the website Infoanarchy.org, which has extensive information on ] and ] technology.<ref name="mennecke">{{cite web|url=http://www.slyck.com/news.php?story=609|title=Top 10 File-Sharing News Alternatives|work=Slyck News|publisher=www.slyck.com|accessdate=2008-05-12|date=2004-11-16 | ||
|last=Mennecke|first=Thomas}}</ref> Thomas Mennecke of ''Slyck News'' wrote that "Like P2Pnet.net, InfoAnarchy.org contains an impressive amount of original content written by owner Erik Möller."<ref name="mennecke" /> He has also been involved in the development of the website FreedomDefined.org.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.golem.de/0605/45408.html|title=FreedomDefined.org: Was ist eine "freie Lizenz"|work=Golem.de|publisher=www.golem.de|accessdate=2008-05-12|date=2006-05-18}}</ref> | |last=Mennecke|first=Thomas}}</ref> Thomas Mennecke of ''Slyck News'' wrote that "Like P2Pnet.net, InfoAnarchy.org contains an impressive amount of original content written by owner Erik Möller."<ref name="mennecke" /> He has also been involved in the development of the website FreedomDefined.org.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.golem.de/0605/45408.html|title=FreedomDefined.org: Was ist eine "freie Lizenz"|work=Golem.de|publisher=www.golem.de|accessdate=2008-05-12|date=2006-05-18}}</ref> He is also listed as the joint host of violence.de, a website that publicises the work of ] and contends that the "deprivation of physical affection" is "a main cause of depression, aggression and drug abuse".<ref></ref> | ||
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Erik Möller | |
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Erik Möller in 2006 | |
Born | 1979 Germany |
Occupation(s) | journalist, software developer, author |
Known for | Deputy Director, Wikimedia Foundation |
Website | Erik Möllers Homepage |
Erik Möller (born 1979) is a German freelance journalist, software developer, author, and Deputy Director of the Wikimedia Foundation (WMF) based in San Francisco, California. Möller additionally works as a web designer, and previously had managed his own web hosting service, myoo.de, which is now defunct due to a career change. He also performs scientific research, and has written essays on human sexuality.
Published work
He has published a book, Die heimliche Medienrevolution - Wie Weblogs, Wikis und freie Software die Welt verändern ("The secret media revolution: How weblogs, wikis and free software change the world"), cited by Harald Bachner as a resource in his 2007 work Wiki-systeme als Wissensmanagementtools. In the book, Möller discusses the development of a journalistic equivalent to the open source movement in citizen media and blogging, though he admits that most blogs do not yet compete with mainstream media. The book was published in 2005 by Heinz Heise and a second edition was published in 2006, with updated and revised chapters. A review of the book in Berliner Literaturkritik wrote that Möller gave some good practical tips, but that the book focused too much on technical details.
At a 2005 conference of bloggers in Berlin, Möller gave a lecture on the open source movement, free knowledge and Wikinews, discussing Wikinews in the context of other models used by Slashdot, Kuro5hin and Daily Kos. At an Austrian conference on wikis in Vienna in 2005, Möller discussed the advantages of using wikis to compile statistical data, stating that wikis encourage internal transparency and greater participation among coworkers.
Wikimedia Foundation career
Möller has been involved with Misplaced Pages and related projects since 2001 both as a participant and as a developer of the MediaWiki software and of Wikinews, which was first demoed in November 2004. He drafted the initial project proposal for Wikinews, and also was instrumental in developing Wikimedia Commons. He first proposed the idea for Wikimedia Commons in March 2004. Möller described a difference between Misplaced Pages and Wikinews to The New York Times: "Wikinews articles are short-lived, so there is a reduced feeling of contributing to a knowledge base that will last a lifetime." "We are the new media. We make our own rules," explained Möller at the 2005 OhmyNews International Citizen Reporters' Forum in Seoul. He stated that Wikinews publishes a daily print edition and is working on other formats including an audio version of articles. After the 7 July 2005 London bombings, Möller was interviewed by Journalism.co.uk on the eightfold increase in traffic to Wikinews on the day of the bombings, and on the affects of free news. "While Wikinews is still much, much smaller than Misplaced Pages, the potential for news coverage goes far beyond what Misplaced Pages is currently doing. If Wikinews grows to the scale of today's Misplaced Pages, imagine the potential coverage for an event of this type," said Möller.
He was appointed the Chief Research Officer of the WMF in June 2005 but resigned in August 2005 citing personal differences with members of the Board. In his research on Misplaced Pages, Möller found that Misplaced Pages's open source nature garners interest from many individuals, but also leads to gaps in topics of interest to experts. Some of his research was published in Telepolis, where he compared Misplaced Pages to the digital multimedia encyclopedia Microsoft Encarta. In his article "Das Wiki-Prinzip: Tanz der Gehirne (The Wiki principle: Dance of the brains)", he gives some background of Misplaced Pages and wikis, and the benefits of the project, ways to prevent vandalism to articles, and the etiquette of Misplaced Pages users.
He was elected in September 2006 to replace Angela Beesley on the Board of the Wikimedia Foundation, and in October 2006 he became executive secretary. In December 2007 he resigned from the Board and was named Deputy Director. Prior to his appointment as Deputy Director of the WMF, Möller was chief technology officer of Stichting Open Progress, the not-for-profit legal arm of OmegaWiki, based in the Netherlands. At Stichting Open Progress Möller was the manager of a group of developers who worked on the implementation of OmegaWiki. Möller also hosted other wiki communities such as WikiEducator.org. His appointment as Deputy Director of the WMF became effective as of January 10, 2008. In his role as Deputy Director Möller has been involved with financing analysis for the Wikimedia Foundation, and with Executive Director Sue Gardner gave a presentation to Sun Microsystems in an attempt to gain funding from the company for WMF. This presentation was later leaked to Wikinews. As Deputy Director of the WMF, Möller is responsible for managing and implementing the technical strategy of the organization. Möller explained to the Los Angeles Times that the foundation should be "very, very careful with the kinds of deals we want to make," and said: "We don't want to endanger the mission by entering into deals that would conflict with it."
Websites
Möller is the owner and creator of the website Infoanarchy.org, which has extensive information on P2P and file-sharing technology. Thomas Mennecke of Slyck News wrote that "Like P2Pnet.net, InfoAnarchy.org contains an impressive amount of original content written by owner Erik Möller." He has also been involved in the development of the website FreedomDefined.org. He is also listed as the joint host of violence.de, a website that publicises the work of James W. Prescott and contends that the "deprivation of physical affection" is "a main cause of depression, aggression and drug abuse".
References
- ^ Weiss, Aaron (2005-02-10). "The Unassociated Press". The New York Times. The New York Times Company. Retrieved 2008-05-12.
- Lih, Andrew (2004-08-07). "The Foundations of Participatory Journalism and the Misplaced Pages Project" (PDF). Conference Paper for the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communications - Communications Technology and Policy Division, Toronto, Canada. jmsc.hku.hk. Retrieved 2008-05-13.
- Moeller, Erik. "Erik Moellers homepage". Archived from the original on 2007-08-27. Retrieved 2008-05-13.
- Moeller, Erik. "MyOO - wiki hosting". Archived from the original on 2007-08-26. Retrieved 2008-05-13.
- Moeller, Erik. "Erik Moeller Scientific Review Service". Archived from the original on 2007-08-27. Retrieved 2008-05-13.
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- Bachner, Harald (2007). Wiki-systeme als Wissensmanagementtools. GRIN Verlag. pp. 6, 8, 29. ISBN 3638673650.
- "Schöne neue Onlinewelt? - Erik Möller beschwört eine „heimliche Medienrevolution" durch das Internet". Berliner Literaturkritik (in German). www.berlinerliteraturkritik.de. 2005-07-29. Retrieved 2008-05-12.
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: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - "Wie Weblogs, Wikis und freie Software die Welt verändern / Telepolis-Buch: "Die heimliche Medienrevolution"". Presseportal: Telepolis (in German). www.presseportal.de. 2006-02-03. Retrieved 2008-05-12.
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: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - "Der blinde Fleck". Berliner Literaturkritik (in German). www.berlinerliteraturkritik.de. 2005-07-29. Retrieved 2008-05-12.
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: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - "Blogs vom Bauchnabel oder für die kritische Öffentlichkeit". heise online (in German). Heise Zeitschriften Verlag. 2005-09-05. Retrieved 2008-05-12.
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: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - "Wikis: Zurück in die Zukunft". heise online. Heise Zeitschriften Verlag. 2005-07-11. Retrieved 2008-05-12.
- Kiss, Jemina (2004-12-15). "Wikinews trumpets online revolution". Online Journalism News. Mousetrap Media Ltd. Retrieved 2008-05-13.
- ^ Donohue, Alex (2008-01-10). "Wikimedia hires Moeller as deputy director". Brand Republic News. Brand Republic. Retrieved 2008-05-13.
- Möller, Erik (2004-03-19). "Proposal: commons.wikimedia.org". . Wikimedia Foundation. Retrieved 2008-05-13.
- ^ Kiss, Jemima (2005-07-14). "News round-up: Citizen journalism is officially cool". Journalism.co.uk - Online Journalism News. Mousetrap Media Ltd. Retrieved 2008-05-13.
- Pollard, William (2005-07-11). "Citizen Reporters Turn to Print for Delivery". OhmyNews International. english.ohmynews.com. Retrieved 2008-05-12.
- ^ Kiss, Jemima (2005-07-13). "Wikinews supercharged by London bombings coverage". Journalism.co.uk - Online Journalism News. Mousetrap Media Ltd. Retrieved 2008-05-13.
- Möller, Erik (2005-08-17). "Resignation as CRO". . Wikimedia Foundation. Retrieved 2008-05-12.
- "Chief Research Officer". Wikimedia Foundation. Archived from the original on 2008-01-28. Retrieved 2008-05-13.
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- "Wenn die Gehirne tanzen". heise online (in German). Heise Zeitschriften Verlag. 2003-05-30. Retrieved 2008-05-12.
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: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - Möller, Erik (2003-05-09). "TP: Das Wiki-Prinzip - Tanz der Gehirne". Telepolis. www.heise.de. Retrieved 2008-05-13.
- Kleinz, Torsten (2007-01-20). "TP: Die neuen Herausforderungen der Misplaced Pages". Telepolis (in German). www.heise.de. Retrieved 2008-05-12.
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: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - "Resolution:Replacement Board member 2006 - Wikimedia Foundation". Wikimedia Foundation. 2006-09-26. Retrieved 2008-05-12.
- "Wechsel an der Wikimedia-Spitze". heise online (in German). www.heise.de. 2006-10-28. Retrieved 2008-05-12.
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(help)CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - "Jimmy Wales sai da presidência da enciclopédia online Misplaced Pages". Carreira - IDG Now! (in Portugese). idgnow.uol.com.br. 2006-11-06. Retrieved 2008-05-12.
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: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - Gardner, Sue (2007-12-18). "Announcing Erik Moeller as Wikimedia Deputy Director". . Wikimedia Foundation. Retrieved 2008-05-12.
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(help) - Staff (2008-01-20). "Bay Area Biz: Movers and shakers". San Francisco Chronicle. www.sfgate.com. Retrieved 2008-05-13.
- "Erik Möller Deputy Director - Wikimedia Foundation". Wikimedia Foundation. 2008-01-09. Retrieved 2008-05-12.
- ^ "Zwei Millionen US-Dollar für Misplaced Pages & Co". heise online (in German). Heise Zeitschriften Verlag. 2008-01-09. Retrieved 2008-05-12.
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: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - Staff (2008-01-13). "Bay Area Biz : January 2008". San Francisco Chronicle. www.sfgate.com. Retrieved 2008-05-13.
- Semuels, Alana (2008-03-13). "Misplaced Pages Experiences Growing Pains". Los Angeles Times. p. Financial section.
- ^ Mennecke, Thomas (2004-11-16). "Top 10 File-Sharing News Alternatives". Slyck News. www.slyck.com. Retrieved 2008-05-12.
- "FreedomDefined.org: Was ist eine "freie Lizenz"". Golem.de. www.golem.de. 2006-05-18. Retrieved 2008-05-12.
Further reading
- Gepp, Roman (2006). Bildung zwischen Luxus und Notwendigkeit (in German). LIT Verlag Berlin-Hamburg-Münster. pp. 128, 129, 135, 192. ISBN 382589360X.
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