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Hi! This is where I link to some of the content I've produced.

My interests include: Wikimedia projects, free use licensing, data analysis and causal inference, and conduct moderation processes on online platforms.

If you'd like to collaborate on something, contact me!

Articles, blog posts, and guides...

How Wikimedia works

What are IP blocks? (April 2024)
- An overview of IP blocks on Wikimedia projects: who/why/how, collateral effects, and IP block exemptions.

MediaWiki Translate extension

Marking pages for translation (May 2023 + updates)
- An entry-level guide to preparing and managing translatable pages on multilingual wikis, updated periodically
Understanding translation administration (March 2024)
- A conceptual introduction to the role of translation administrators, and a review of common issues to avoid

Wikimedia proxy blocks series (Dec 2022)

Data and coding projects...

Meow-speak (June 2023)
- A fun Python project
Partialling out (October 2023)
- Recursively applies the Frisch-Waugh-Lovell theorem to estimate multiple regression models using a series of bivariate regressions