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Current Visiting Scholars

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These are the experienced editors currently working with educational institutions to improve Wikipedia in the Visiting Scholars program.

Amqui

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Amqui

Amqui (talk · contribs) is the Visiting Scholar at the Rutgers University. Amqui is excited to be partnering with Rutgers University, the State University of New Jersey, to advance his work with endangered languages and take advantage of Rutgers’ vast resources. This partnership is possible through Rutgers’ Department of African, Middle Eastern, and South Asian Languages and Literatures.

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Czar

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Czar (talk · contribs) is a Visiting Scholar at the Smithsonian Institution during 2017-2018, sponsored by Smithsonian Libraries and the National Museum of African Art.

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1:54, a contemporary African art fair held annually in London
Nadia Kaabi-Linke, a Tunis-born, Berlin-based visual artist
National Museum of African Art, the Smithsonian Institution's African art museum in Washington, D.C.

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Gen. Quon

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Gen. Quon in Aventino monte stabat (Anno domini MMXIV).

Gen. Quon (talk · contribs) has been a Visiting Scholar at the University of Pennsylvania since 2017, improving Wikipedia's coverage of Classics topics. In addition to the highlights below, Gen. Quon keeps track of his Visiting Scholar work here.

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Annales (Ennius)
Astronomica (Manilius)
Cento Vergilianus de laudibus Christi
Christian interpretations of Virgil's Eclogue 4
Commonitorium (Orientius)
Hortensius (Cicero)
Liber physiognomiae
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Lingzhi

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RockMagnetist

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RockMagnetist

RockMagnetist (talk · contribs) is a Visiting Scholar at the Deep Carbon Observatory for 2017-2018, improving Wikipedia's coverage of topics relevant to deep carbon science.

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Extraterrestrial diamonds
List of mineralogists
Mark S. Ghiorso
Organic mineral
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Rosiestep

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Rosiestep

Rosiestep (talk · contribs) has been a Visiting Scholar at Northeastern University since 2017, hosted by the Women Writers Project, part of the university's Digital Services Group.

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Rosiestep is a prolific content contributor, and as Visiting Scholar she has developed more than 400 articles about women writers. Too many to list here, but Rosie maintains a list here. Among many excellent contributions was a biography for Maria Elise Turner Lauder, which happened to be Wikipedia's 6 millionth article!

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Textaural

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Textaural

Textaural (talk · contribs) is the Visiting Scholar at the University of Windsor. Using the University of Windsor’s collections, his research will include cross-border culture, First Nations history in the Essex county/Detroit River area, early French History of the Detroit River area, Windsor/Sandwich’s Underground Railroad, and First Nations sports history.

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Wehwalt

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Wehwalt

Wehwalt (talk · contribs) has been a Visiting Scholar at George Mason University since 2014, focusing on historical figures and coinage.

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  • Wehwalt is one of Wikipedia's most prolific editors of Featured Articles. As a Visiting Scholar at GMU he has taken 50 articles to that level, some of which were first Good Articles. 15 appeared on the Main Page with Did You Know hooks.
Alabama Centennial half dollar
Babe Ruth
Benedetto Pistrucci
Benjamin Tillman
Boroughitis
California Diamond Jubilee half dollar
Casey Stengel
Cincinnati Musical Center half dollar
Cleveland Centennial half dollar
Coinage Act of 1873
Coinage Act of 1965
Florin (British coin)
Franklin Pierce
George Mason
Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette
Hawaii Sesquicentennial half dollar
History of the British penny (1901–1970)
Horace Greeley
Huguenot-Walloon half dollar
Illinois Centennial half dollar
James A. Garfield
John Hay
John Tyler
Judah P. Benjamin
Kalākaua coinage
Lexington-Concord Sesquicentennial half dollar
Maine Centennial half dollar
Mary Margaret O'Reilly
McKinley Birthplace Memorial dollar
Millard Fillmore
Mr. Dooley
Norse-American medal
Palsgraf v. Long Island Railroad Co.
Panama-Pacific commemorative coins
Pilgrim Tercentenary half dollar
Spiro Agnew
The Bread-Winners
The Founding Ceremony of the Nation
The Phantom Tollbooth
Three-cent nickel
United States Assay Commission (improved existing FA)
United States Sesquicentennial coinage
Vermont Sesquicentennial half dollar
Warren G. Harding
Wendell Wilkie
William Borah
William H. Seward
William Henry Harrison presidential campaign, 1840
William Howard Taft
William McKinley presidential campaign, 1896
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Past Visiting Scholars

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Barbara (WVS)

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Barbara Page

Barbara (WVS) (talk · contribs) (also edits as Bfpage) was a Visiting Scholar at the University of Pittsburgh from 2015-2019. Barbara contributes to a wide range of topics, often inspired by the University of Pittsburgh's collections on historical topics. In March 2017, Barbara celebrated her 10-year anniversary as a Wikipedian.

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Briancua

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Briancua (talk · contribs) was a Visiting Scholar at DePaul University for 2015-16, improving articles about Chicago history, Catholic social justice studies, and Vincentian Studies.

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Chris troutman

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Chris troutman (talk · contribs) was a Visiting Scholar at University of California, Riverside in 2014-15, focusing on biographies of historically significant scientists and academics.

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  • Chris created 20 new biographies of prominent scientists and academics and created or improved a total of 25 articles.
  • 21 of the 25 articles Chris worked on appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did You Know?" section. For example, did you know...
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Dnllnd

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Dnllnd

Dnllnd (talk · contribs) was a Visiting Scholar at McMaster University during 2015-16, improving articles about overlooked or underrepresented people and events.

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Jackiekoerner

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Jackie Koerner

Jackiekoerner (talk · contribs) was a Visiting Scholar at San Francisco State University for 2016-17, working with the Paul K. Longmore Institute on Disability to improve Wikipedia's coverage of disability-related topics.

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M2545

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M2545 (talk · contribs) was a Visiting Scholar at Rollins College in 2016-17, focusing on urbanization in Florida and the southern United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and on Cuba-Florida connections.

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  • Created or improved dozens of timeline articles about cities in Cuba and the southern United States.
  • Created 116 articles and improved about 100 others in the focus topic areas.
  • Uploaded almost 600 relevant images to Wikimedia Commons.
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Mike Cline

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Mike Cline

Mike Cline (talk · contribs) was a Visiting Scholar at Montana State University in 2014-15, focusing on historical and environmental topics, especially those relevant to Montana.

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  • Brought Montana Vigilantes to Good Article status, about vigilantism in response to a robberies and murders in the Idaho Territory (later Montana) in the mid-late 1800s.
  • Created several new articles, including Megan Boyd, a historically significant, award-winning British fly tyer, and Montana Arctic grayling.
  • Improved the article for explorer, engineer and officer William F. Raynolds to become a Featured Article.
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Owlsmcgee

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Owlsmcgee

Owlsmcgee (talk · contribs) was a Visiting Scholar at Brown University during 2017-2018, sponsored by the John Nicholas Brown Center for Public Humanities and Cultural Heritage and focused on improving Wikipedia's coverage of ethnic studies topics.

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Algorithmic bias
Black cowboys
Canales investigation
Cockstock Incident
Oregon black exclusion laws
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Seattle

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Seattle

Seattle (talk · contribs) was a Visiting Scholar at the University of Pittsburgh from 2015-2017, focusing on topics related to the history of Pittsburgh.

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  • Added dozens of images from the University of Pittsburgh's collections to Wikimedia Commons, including a set of photos of Pittsburgh mayors. See all of Seattle's uploads in this gallery.
  • Created or improved more than 75 articles, including:
Robert Schmertz (artist)
Mark Baldwin (baseball)
The Ohio Company: Its Inner History
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Staticshakedown

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Staticshakedown

Staticshakedown (talk · contribs) was a Visiting Scholar at Rutgers University in 2014-15, focusing on health care, jazz, and other topics consistent with the university's strategic plan of "Cultures, Diversity, and Inequality — Local and Global."

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