Okeyes (WMF)

Oliver Keyes

Research Analyst, Wikimedia Foundation

"No man is an Iland, intire of itselfe; every man is a peece of the Continent, a part of the maine; if a Clod bee washed away by the Sea, Europe is the lesse, as well as if a Promontorie were, as well as if a Manor of thy friends or of thine owne were; any mans death diminishes me, because I am involved in Mankinde" - John Donne

About me

I've been an editor since 2006; in my time on the projects I've handled deletions, patrolling, created a load of articles, and participated in pretty much every major area. In October 2011, the WMF asked me to take up the then-new role of Community Liaison, Product Development, which I worked on until late 2013 - at which point we now have five Liaisons. I consider that pretty successful :). Having trained up the newcomers, I shifted to the role of Product Analyst, and from there to researcher. I currently study our search system and how it satisfies (or doesn't satisfy) readers. Outside of Wikipedia; I'm an avid R programmer and contribute a lot of code upstream, and enjoy archery and whisky.

My work

I'm a researcher and primarily work around reader data, particularly for Mobile.

Disclaimer: I work for or provide services to the Wikimedia Foundation, and this is the account I try to use for edits or statements I make in that role. However, the Foundation does not vet all my activity, and edits, statements, or other contributions made by this account may not reflect the views of the Foundation.

Contact

* E-mail: okeyes

wikimedia.org

IRC: nick is "Ironholds"
Personal website: http://ironholds.org

Decorations

The Teamwork Barnstar

Dear Oliver,

Thanks for all your help in managing our community relations to help design the new article feedback tools together.

As a result of your tireless work and great insights, I am confident that we can provide a better user experience and engage more readers to become editors over time!

And I am deeply grateful for all you've done to make me feel welcome as a newbie on Wikipedia. I have learned so much from you already and can't wait to do more together.

I look forward to a great collaboration with you in 2012! Fabrice Florin (talk) 21:27, 13 January 2012 (UTC)

	The Technical Barnstar
	To you, for your excellent undertaking and management of the hand-coding project. It wouldn't have been possible without you! Osarius Talk 11:48, 27 April 2012 (UTC)

	The Brilliant Idea Barnstar
	For your work with the Article Feedback Tool. Jamietw (talk) 17:48, 27 April 2012 (UTC)

	The Special Barnstar
	For the Article Feedback Tool, and the barnstar you gave me. Tomtomn00 (talk • contributions) 18:26, 27 April 2012 (UTC)

	The Original Barnstar
	For being with the WMF and still talking and listening to the community! As well as for responding in kind even to our occasionally more harsh posts! :) Thank you! Nageh (talk) 17:35, 8 May 2012 (UTC)

	The Technical Barnstar
	Thanks for helping with my issue over at WP:AFT5. Your help is greatly appreciated. -- Luke (Talk) 15:21, 20 July 2012 (UTC)

		The Barnstar of Diplomacy
		For your helpful, constructive, and informative assistance at WT:Flow. --Tryptofish (talk) 00:14, 12 July 2013 (UTC)