Pete Forsyth • photo by Lane Hartwell • CC-BY-SA-3.0
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Pete Forsyth is a longtime leader in online and offline communities, and specializes in insights into how to engage with them effectively.
He began writing Wikipedia articles in 2006, focusing on the history of his home state of Oregon. He is a founder of WikiProject Oregon, a dynamic group of Wikipedians which coordinates collaborative projects and engages with local institutions.
Mr. Forsyth was a key architect of the Wikimedia Foundation’s 2010–11 Wikipedia Public Policy Initiative, a broadly acclaimed pilot project designed to support the academic world in engaging with the Wikipedia production process. The initiative led to Wikimedia’s establishment of a permanent Global Education program; related programs are now increasingly driven by volunteers, and are being replicated in multiple countries and languages.
Pete Forsyth is a Veteran Editor IV on the English language Wikipedia.
Mr. Forsyth’s projects with Wiki Strategies have ranged from improving a single Wikipedia article to designing programs that engage large numbers of Wikipedia volunteers. He has also spoken about Wikipedia to a variety of audiences, from Ivy League universities to community groups, and from Poland to California.