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| full name = Florence Devouard (she/her) |
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| job title = Wikimedian at large |
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| short quote = ''I think of you as a center in a very large collection of inter-connected webs.''<br> |
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<span style="float:left; text-align:center; width:17%;">[[User:Anthere/divers|Ongoing]]</span> |
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''The webs carry information, and you help direct it where it can create positive changes.'' <br> |
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<span style="float:left; text-align:center; width:16%;">[[User:Anthere/Grants|Grants]]</span> |
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-- Amgine irc 20:41, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC) |
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<span style="float:left; text-align:center; width:11%;">[[User:Anthere/2001-2008|2001-2008]]</span> |
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| about me = I was born in [[:en:Versailles|Versailles]] (France). I grew up in Grenoble, and have been living since then in several French cities, as well as Antwerpen in Belgium and Tempe in Arizona.<br>I am an [[w:en:Grandes Ecoles|engineer]] in [[w:en:Agronomy|Agronomy]] ([http://www.ensaia.inpl-nancy.fr/ ENSAIA] and also hold a DEA in Genetics and biotechnologies ([http://www.inpl-nancy.fr/index.htm INPL]). I have spent a while in public research (INRA), working in flower plant genetic improvement, later in applied research, in microbiology, to study the feasibility of heavily polluted soil bioremediation. I spent some time in Tempe University (Arizona), following courses in computer science and civil engineering.<br>After a break to take care of my first two kids, I joined a small french firm, Quantix Agro, whose activity was related with decision tools, in finances, insurance, agriculture and agri-business. My part was in the agri-business, and I mostly worked to conceive decision-making tools in [[w:en:sustainable agriculture|sustainable agriculture]] until 2006 when I born a third and last child <br> |
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I settled as a freelancer in 2008 and have been since then. In 2017, I co-founded [http://www.wikiinafrica.org Wiki in Africa], a South Africa based association along with Iolanda Pensa and Isla Haddow-Flood. <br> |
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As of mid 2025, I am {{#expr:{{CURRENTYEAR}}-1968}}, and live in [[w:en:Marseille|Marseille]]. I work part time at Wiki in Africa as co-ED and I am a [[Wikimedian in residence]] at [https://www.wipo.int/portal/en/index.html WIPO] (since Jan 1st 2022). |
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| about my work = I discovered Wikipedia in late 2001 and have been an editor since February 2002.<br> |
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I first started editing only the English Wikipedia anonymously, then under the pseudonym Anthere. I joined the French Wikipedia when it had possibly 200 stubs. In English, I mostly focused in editing (in particular in Agricultural Sciences), while in the French Wikipedia, I also took a lot of time building the project, its rules, and the community. <br> |
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I was elected to join the Board of Trustees of [[Wikimedia|Wikimedia Foundation]], and then served as its second Chair until July 2008. In 2008, I was honored to [[Devouard, knight in the French National Order of Merit|be made knight in the French National Order of Merit]].<br> |
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I co-founded [[Wikimedia France]] in 2004 and was its vice-chair for a while. <br>I have been a [[steward]] for over four years.<br> |
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Late 2012, I decided it was time to move on. My focus since then has been diversity (or lack there of...). I co-create or participate to projects with the explicit goals of |
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* getting more African editors and more African-related content onto Wikimedia project or |
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* projects related to the Gender Gap or |
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* projects focusing on involving or bringing knowledge to people with poor or no internet connexion<br> |
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| contact me = * E-mail: fdevouard{{@}}anthere.org |
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* Twitter: @anthere |
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* Website: http://www.devouard.org |
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* LinkedIn: [https://www.linkedin.com/in/devouard/ Devouard] |
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==More on my work== |
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As Founder and then co-ED of [[Wiki in Africa]], I launched many different programmes, some of which became pretty notable in the Wikimedia ecosystem, such as |
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Hello, my real name is Florence Nibart-Devouard. I have been around since late 2001. I served as the chair of the Board of Trustees of [[Wikimedia|Wikimedia Foundation]] until July 2008. I co funded [[Wikimedia France]] and was its vice-chair for a while. |
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* [[Wiki Loves Africa]], a photo contest across Africa since 2014, |
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* the [[WikiChallenge Ecoles d'Afrique/en|WikiChallenge Ecoles d'Afrique]], an education project running on Vikidia since 2017, |
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* the [[Wiki Loves Women]], a capacity building project around Gender Gap since 2016, with several declinations such as [[SheSaid]] |
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* [[WikiFundi]], a software solution to create Wikipedia articles offline since 2016 |
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* Or the [[c:ISA Tool]], a microcontribution tool to add structured data on Commons since 2019 |
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I also work on other topics such as |
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'''To contact me''' |
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* the [[Research:Wikipedia Primary School SSAJRP programme]] (2015-2017) at SUPSI (applied research on Primary School curricula in South Africa). |
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* '''fdevouard (*at*)anthere.org''' |
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* English user page : [[w:en:User:Anthere]] |
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* Page utilisateur en français : [[w:fr:Utilisateur:Anthere]] |
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* Site : http://www.devouard.com |
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==My affiliations (as of 2026)== |
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==Pensée== |
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;Main affiliations |
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* Co-Executive Director of [[Wiki in Africa]] (non affiliated association) (paid) |
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* Wikipedian-in-Residence at [https://www.wipo.int/portal/en/index.html World Intellectual Property Rights] (WIPO) ([[m:WikiProject:United Nations/WIPO|projet page]]) (paid) |
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* Contractor [[Wikimedia CH]] (paid) |
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* Co-founder, former Vice-Chair and currently member of [[Wikimédia France]] Chapter |
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* Member of the [[Wikimania Steering Committee]] |
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* (Contact) member of [[Wikimedians for offline wikis]] UG |
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* Member of the [[Wikimedians in Residence Exchange Network]] UG |
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* Board member of [https://openfoodfacts.org Open Food Facts] |
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* Vice-Chair of [https://www.ynternet.org Ynternet.org] |
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* Member of [[m:Les sans pagEs]] UserGroup (since inception) |
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;Previously |
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* Former Chair of [[Wikimedia Foundation]] |
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''Yamaji kite naniyara yukashi sumire-gusa.'' -- Basho</br> |
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* Former treasurer of [[WikiFranca]] (hub-to-be for French speaking wikimedia groups) and now member representing Wiki in Africa |
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* Financial Auditor of [[m:Les sans pagEs]] UserGroup (till 2025) |
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* Affiliate contact member of [[m:Les sans pagEs]] UserGroup |
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;Looser memberships... usergroup I support |
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:We come through a mountain path;<br> |
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* [[Whose Knowledge?]] UG |
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:Here, atmosphere attracts me, though I know no reason -- </br> |
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* [[WikiWomen's User Group]] |
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:Ô, a violet! |
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* [[Wikipedia & Education User Group]] |
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==Currently involved into== |
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==Biography== |
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I was born in [[:en:Versailles|Versailles]] (France). I grew up in Grenoble, and have been living since then in several French cities, as well as Antwerpen in Belgium and Tempe in Arizona.<br> |
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I am an [[w:en:Grandes Ecoles|engineer]] in [[w:en:Agronomy|Agronomy]] ([http://www.ensaia.inpl-nancy.fr/ ENSAIA] and also hold a DEA in Genetics and biotechnologies ([http://www.inpl-nancy.fr/index.htm INPL]). I have spent a while in public research (INRA), working in flower plant genetic improvement, later in applied research, in microbiology, to study the feasibility of heavily polluted soil bioremediation. I spent some time in Tempe University (Arizona), following courses in computer science and civil engineering.<br> |
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After a break to take care of my first two kids, I joined a small french firm, Quantix Agro, whose activity was related with decision tools, in finances, insurance, agriculture and agri-business. My part was in the agri-business, and I mostly worked to conceive decision-making tools in [[w:en:sustainable agriculture]].<br> |
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Unfortunately, my firm had to stop activity at the end of 2005. |
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{{Wikimedia Foundation Funds/Resource|title='''Women in Data Science ''' |
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As of late 2019, I am 51, and live in [[w:en:Marseille|Marseille]]. A few (rather old) [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Anthere/me#Some_pictures_of_me_and_my_family picts]. My kids are sometimes featured in some wikimedia projects. The last one is hidden somewhere in the [http://fr.wikibooks.org/wiki/Photographie/Thèmes/Les_enfants Wikibooks on photography]. |
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|description=I recently spoked at the Women in Data Science (WiDS) Geneva, talking about "why the AI is breaking the Data Commons It depends on. The reciprocal dynamic between Wikipedia and search systems has sustained Wikimedia for over two decades, but is now breaking at a very rapid speed.". |
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{{Wikimedia Foundation Funds/Resource|title='''COT Wikimania 2026''' |
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I discovered Wikipedia late 2001 and have been an editor since February 2002. I first started editing only the english wikipedia anonymously, then under the pseudonym Anthere ('[[/What is an anther ?|What is an anther ?]]), then joined the [http://fr.wikipedia.org french wikipedia] when it had possibly 200 stubs. In english, I mostly focused in editing, while in the French Wikipedia, I also took a lot of time building the project and the community. At that time, all international wikipedias were very small and not even on the same software than the english one. Most of my edits were in the following areas : agriculture, environment, ecology...I listed them [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Anthere/Contribs here] for a while (then gave up...). I also enjoyed writing on more "touchy" issues, such as the Iraq war, the veil in France or commercial war over GMOs... |
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|description=Steering Committee member for many years, I am involved more deeply this year in the organization of Wikimania in Paris ! |
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[[Image:Anthere.jpg|170px|left]]In summer 2002, I decided that this project HAD TO BE multilingual... and that I would help make that happen... so I joined the mailing list (wikipedia-l at that time) and started editing a no man's land called meta [http://meta.wikipedia.org meta] in order to help this to happen. Since then, I have not quit trying to take care of all projects and all languages. |
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|description=I am a collaborator in a Research Project [[Research:Wikimedia at Summer Institutes in Computational Social Science]] to foster research projects and relationships between African wikipedians and scientific organizations. |
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In 2004, I joined the founding mediation commitee on the english wikipedia and wrote quite a lot of things about mediation and conflict resolution, one of those being [[:w:en:Wikipedia:civility]]. |
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A sysop on meta, en:wikipedia, fr:wikipedia and commons, a bureaucrat on fr.wiki, I have been a [[steward]] for over four years. |
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''Yamaji kite naniyara yukashi sumire-gusa.'' -- Basho</br> |
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A big contribution on the project for four years has been as a board member and vice-chair, then chair of Wikimedia Foundation Inc. In itself, it has used a lot of my time, more than I ever gave in the nearly 18 years I have been around. A lot of it is invisible, a lot of it is terribly frustrating, but eh ! I resisted 4 years! In october 2004, I also became a founding member of the french association board (Wikimedia France). Finally, in october 2006, I became Wikimedia Foundation chair, with the difficult goal of succeeding the foundator of Wikipedia, Jimbo Wales in that activity. |
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:We come through a mountain path;<br> |
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On the day I decided not to run again for a 5th year on the board of Wikimedia Foundation, in May 2008, I received a letter from Pdt Sarkozy, who informed me he had proposed me to be made knight in the French National Order of Merit. Soon before Christmas, I was pleased to [[Devouard, knight in the French National Order of Merit|officially receive the medal from the hands of Mr Besson]]. |
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:Here, atmosphere attracts me, though I know no reason -- </br> |
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:Ô, a violet! |
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[[Image:WikiThanks.png]] What I love to do best? Talk to people (sometimes quite hotly I confess. I love arguing), meet new people, act like a bridge between languages and projects and organise things. I am the author of the little image ''Wikithanks''... and I am totally totally delighted to see how much it spread all around. Look [http://www.juelich.de/avatar/check-usage/check-usage.php?saved=JQk3pa-SmN]. When spirits run low, I go look at the little sunflower picture and think about what we are doing. Eh, I also co-authored the Mediawiki Logo with Erik Moeller :) |
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Late 2012, I decided it was time to move on and resigned from the board of Wikimedia France (I stay a member of the chapter !). My focus since then has been diversity (or lack there of...). I co-created projects with Isla Haddow Flood (a woman living in Cap Town) with the explicit goal of getting more African editors and more African-related content onto Wikimedia project. <br> |
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<span style="float:left; text-align:center; width:13%;">[[User:Anthere|Home]]</span> |
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In the past five years, we worked together on |
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<span style="float:left; text-align:center; width:14%;">[[User:Anthere/Tools|Tools]]</span> |
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* [[Kumusha Takes Wiki]] (2013-2015), community journalism and capacity building in Ivory Coast and Uganda, |
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<span style="float:left; text-align:center; width:15%;">[[User:Anthere/divers|Ongoing]]</span> |
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* [[Wiki Loves Africa]] (2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019), photographic contest, all Africa |
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<span style="float:left; text-align:center; width:15%;">[[User:Anthere/Grants|Grants]]</span> |
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* [[Wiki Loves Women]] (2016 and 2018), a GLAM and capacity building project in Ghana, Nigeria, Côte d'Ivoire and Cameroon |
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<span style="float:left; text-align:center; width:11%;">[[User:Anthere/Desired Spam|Desired Spam]]</span> |
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* [[WikiFundi]] (2016 and 2018), a software solution to create Wikipedia articles offline |
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<span style="float:left; text-align:center; width:11%;">[[User:Anthere/2001-2008|2001-2008]]</span> |
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* [[Wikipack Africa]] (2016-2017), an action pack including WikiFundi and many resources |
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* [[c:ISA Tool]] (2019), structured data on Commons |
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I also work for the [[Research:Wikipedia Primary School SSAJRP programme]] (2015-2017) at SUPSI (applied research on Primary School curricula in South Africa). |
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In 2017, I co-funded [http://www.wikiinafrica.org], a South Africa based association along with Iolanda Pensa and Isla Haddow-Flood. |
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More recently, in 2018, I co-founded [[w:fr:Projet:Les sans pagEs/Méditerranée|les sans pagEs Mediterranée]] with the support of Natachat. LSP is an initiative focusing on gender gap in the French speaking area of the wikimedia world. |
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Image:Thomas and Wikimania.JPG|Thomas with the little teddy bear offered by Ward Cunningham |
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Image:Gorillahandlingbaby1.jpg|Gorilla handling a baby (Thomas) at Wikimania 2006 |
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image:Wikimania_2006_dungodung_31.jpg|NotAGorilla |
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Image:Wikimania (Day 1) 087.jpg|Jimmy Wales and I at Wikimania 2006 |
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Image:Wikimania2007 Florence with stroopwafel.jpg|mon futur régime alimentaire. Wikimania 2007 |
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Image:Elearning1.jpg|With organizers of Elearning Conf in Lisbon - Oct 2007 |
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==Former times== |
==Former times== |
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[[Image:Wikimania (Day 1) 087.jpg|thumb|Jimmy Wales, Thomas Devouard, and I at Wikimania 2006]] |
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I have been there for so long... |
I have been there for so long... {{#expr:{{CURRENTYEAR}}-2002}} years... |
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From time to time, I go read back some of the stuff I wrote last year, two years ago, three years ago, four years ago... |
From time to time, I go read back some of the stuff I wrote last year, two years ago, three years ago, four years ago... |
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* [[/Année 2005]] (my summary of year 2005) |
* [[/Année 2005]] (my summary of year 2005) |
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* [[/retrospective]] (this, I wrote during the second board elections) |
* [[/retrospective]] (this, I wrote during the second board elections) |
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* [[Listening to our garden]] (old stuff - 2003 ?) |
* [[Listening to our garden]] (old stuff - 2003 ?) |
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* [[Future of international Wikipedias as part of the main community]] -- [[Wikipedias and cross-fertilisation]] (digging... this is 2002....) |
* [[Future of international Wikipedias as part of the main community]] -- [[Wikipedias and cross-fertilisation]] (digging... this is 2002....) |
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* [[/What is an anther ?|What is an anther ?]] |
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* [[systemes]] |
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* [[Reflexions sur la bioethique]] |
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* [[apology]] |
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* [[Dispute resolution]] |
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* [[Source of conflict]] |
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* [[Open and free]] |
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* [[User:Anthere/logos]] |
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* [[Biz Dev Bible]] |
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* [[Temp page]] |
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:''I think of you as a center in a very large collection of inter-connected webs. The webs carry information, and you help direct it where it can create positive changes.'' Amgine irc 20:41, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC) |
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'''Thought :''' ''Elles ne pensent qu'à ça:'' |
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séduire, pour pouvoir se reproduire.<br/> |
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Les plantes à fleurs, dernière grande innovation du monde végétal, manipulent les insectes, les animaux, et même les hommes, pour assurer leur dissémination. |
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'''[[/What is an anther ?|What is an anther ?]]''' |
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'''Other contributions on meta and related topic''' |
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[[systemes]] -- [[Reflexions sur la bioethique]] -- [[apology]] -- [[Dispute resolution]] -- [[Source of conflict]] -- [[Open and free]] -- [[User:Anthere/logos]] -- [[Biz Dev Bible]] -- [[Zambia Workshop]] -- [[PixelACHE]] |
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Latest revision as of 13:28, 9 June 2026

The webs carry information, and you help direct it where it can create positive changes.
About me
I was born in Versailles (France). I grew up in Grenoble, and have been living since then in several French cities, as well as Antwerpen in Belgium and Tempe in Arizona.
I am an engineer in Agronomy (ENSAIA and also hold a DEA in Genetics and biotechnologies (INPL). I have spent a while in public research (INRA), working in flower plant genetic improvement, later in applied research, in microbiology, to study the feasibility of heavily polluted soil bioremediation. I spent some time in Tempe University (Arizona), following courses in computer science and civil engineering.
After a break to take care of my first two kids, I joined a small french firm, Quantix Agro, whose activity was related with decision tools, in finances, insurance, agriculture and agri-business. My part was in the agri-business, and I mostly worked to conceive decision-making tools in sustainable agriculture until 2006 when I born a third and last child
I settled as a freelancer in 2008 and have been since then. In 2017, I co-founded Wiki in Africa, a South Africa based association along with Iolanda Pensa and Isla Haddow-Flood.
As of mid 2025, I am 58, and live in Marseille. I work part time at Wiki in Africa as co-ED and I am a Wikimedian in residence at WIPO (since Jan 1st 2022).
My work
I discovered Wikipedia in late 2001 and have been an editor since February 2002.
I first started editing only the English Wikipedia anonymously, then under the pseudonym Anthere. I joined the French Wikipedia when it had possibly 200 stubs. In English, I mostly focused in editing (in particular in Agricultural Sciences), while in the French Wikipedia, I also took a lot of time building the project, its rules, and the community.
I was elected to join the Board of Trustees of Wikimedia Foundation, and then served as its second Chair until July 2008. In 2008, I was honored to be made knight in the French National Order of Merit.
I co-founded Wikimedia France in 2004 and was its vice-chair for a while.
I have been a steward for over four years.
Late 2012, I decided it was time to move on. My focus since then has been diversity (or lack there of...). I co-create or participate to projects with the explicit goals of
- getting more African editors and more African-related content onto Wikimedia project or
- projects related to the Gender Gap or
- projects focusing on involving or bringing knowledge to people with poor or no internet connexion
Contact me
- E-mail: fdevouard
anthere.org - Twitter: @anthere
- Website: http://www.devouard.org
- LinkedIn: Devouard
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| This user is an administrator on the French Wikipedia. (verify·CA) |
| This user is a bureaucrat on the French Wikipedia. (verify·CA) |
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| Name | Florence Devouard (she/her) | |||||||||||
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| Current location | Marseille | |||||||||||
| Time zone | UTC+1 | |||||||||||
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| Aliases | Anthere | |||||||||||
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Conflict resolution, Gender gap, Africa, IP Rights, Governance | ||||||||||||
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| Website | www.devouard.org | |||||||||||
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More on my work
[edit]As Founder and then co-ED of Wiki in Africa, I launched many different programmes, some of which became pretty notable in the Wikimedia ecosystem, such as
- Wiki Loves Africa, a photo contest across Africa since 2014,
- the WikiChallenge Ecoles d'Afrique, an education project running on Vikidia since 2017,
- the Wiki Loves Women, a capacity building project around Gender Gap since 2016, with several declinations such as SheSaid
- WikiFundi, a software solution to create Wikipedia articles offline since 2016
- Or the c:ISA Tool, a microcontribution tool to add structured data on Commons since 2019
I also work on other topics such as
- the Research:Wikipedia Primary School SSAJRP programme (2015-2017) at SUPSI (applied research on Primary School curricula in South Africa).
My affiliations (as of 2026)
[edit]- Main affiliations
- Co-Executive Director of Wiki in Africa (non affiliated association) (paid)
- Wikipedian-in-Residence at World Intellectual Property Rights (WIPO) (projet page) (paid)
- Contractor Wikimedia CH (paid)
- Co-founder, former Vice-Chair and currently member of Wikimédia France Chapter
- Member of the Wikimania Steering Committee
- (Contact) member of Wikimedians for offline wikis UG
- Member of the Wikimedians in Residence Exchange Network UG
- Board member of Open Food Facts
- Vice-Chair of Ynternet.org
- Member of m:Les sans pagEs UserGroup (since inception)
- Previously
- Former Chair of Wikimedia Foundation
- Former treasurer of WikiFranca (hub-to-be for French speaking wikimedia groups) and now member representing Wiki in Africa
- Financial Auditor of m:Les sans pagEs UserGroup (till 2025)
- Affiliate contact member of m:Les sans pagEs UserGroup
- Looser memberships... usergroup I support
Currently involved into
[edit]Women in Data Science
COT Wikimania 2026
Summer Schools, social scientists and Wikimedia
Yamaji kite naniyara yukashi sumire-gusa. -- Basho
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Former times
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I have been there for so long... 24 years...
From time to time, I go read back some of the stuff I wrote last year, two years ago, three years ago, four years ago...
- /Année 2005 (my summary of year 2005)
- /retrospective (this, I wrote during the second board elections)
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Anthere/Values (written sometime in 2004)
- Incivility - early 2004, when I joined the mediation committee. It became a reference...
- Disarmament crisis of March 2003 (easy to date... I fled the english wikipedia. A poor place to stay at for a french at that time)
- Listening to our garden (old stuff - 2003 ?)
- Future of international Wikipedias as part of the main community -- Wikipedias and cross-fertilisation (digging... this is 2002....)
- What is an anther ?
- systemes
- Reflexions sur la bioethique
- apology
- Dispute resolution
- Source of conflict
- Open and free
- User:Anthere/logos
- Biz Dev Bible
- User fr
- User en
- Meta-Wiki administrators
- Administrators on the French Wikipedia
- Bureaucrats on the French Wikipedia
- Administrators on the English Wikipedia
- Administrators on the Wikimedia Commons
- Wikimedians
- WLA organisers
- Wikimedians for Sustainable Development Users
- Wiki Loves Women members
- Former Board of Trustees members
