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This is a list of '''public speakers''' who are available to give presentations about [[Wikipedia]] and other [[Wikimedia ~~projects~~]].

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This is a list of '''public speakers''' who are available to give presentations about wikis, including (or especially about) [[Wikipedia]] and other [[Wikimedia Foundation]] projects.

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Through an Internet search, it should be simple enough to contact these speakers personally.

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~~These speakers may~~ be ~~contacted on their user page or through the "E-mail this user" feature in the ''toolbox'' typically found in the left sidebar. You may also~~ contact ~~the appropriate [[Wikimedia chapters]] to see if they would recommend any additional~~ speakers ~~who may not be listed here~~.

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| Wikimedia staff, former board member of the Wikimedia Foundation, developer, instigator of [[Wikinews]] and [[Wikimedia Commons]]

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| Author: ''[http://medienrevolution.dpunkt.de Die heimliche Medienrevolution]''

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| Author: ''[http://medienrevolution.dpunkt.de Die heimliche Medienrevolution]'', accused of being a [http://mashable.com/2008/05/08/erik-moeller-pedophilia/ defender of pedophilia].

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| [[User:GChriss|GChriss]]

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| University technology (both social and technical); Pennsylvania, USA.

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| [[User:~~Thekohser~~|Gregory Kohs]]

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| [[User:MyWikiBiz|Gregory Kohs]]

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| Wikimedia volunteer, Administrator on Wikimedia ~~Laboratories~~ Flagged Revisions, Key designer of 2009 WMF Fundraising Survey, ~~banned from English Wikipedia~~

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| Wikimedia volunteer, Administrator on Wikimedia Flagged Revisions project, Key designer of 2009 WMF Fundraising Survey, Outspoken critic of governance of Wikimedia projects

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| Experienced [http://www.mywikibiz.com/Directory:Gregory_J._Kohs#Consulting_and_speaking conference speaker] who outlines wikis, Wikipedia, and the Wikimedia Foundation through the lens of business ethics. His story remains [http://www.google.com/search?q=%22having+MyWikiBiz+create+only+legitimate+Wikipedia+entries%22&hl=en&safe=off&rlz=1B3GGGL_enUS347US347&filter=0 publicized] on over 70 mainstream news and other websites, and Kohs [http://www.g4tv.com/pile_player.aspx?video_key=14996 appeared on television] on the ''G4 TV'' network. His business was covered by Harvard Law professor Jonathan Zittrain in the best-seller, ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=DL3rx393NIQC&pg=PT150&dq=mywikibiz&ei=cOnUSsSAE4TUNZbwsPsI#v=onepage&q=mywikibiz&f=false The Future of the Internet]''.

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| Founder of the [[Wikimedia Foundation]]

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| Involved in various public affairs that brought the Wikimedia Foundation into disrepute; including the [http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2006/07/31/060731fa_fact#editorsnote Essjay scandal], the [http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-9895666-36.html?tag=nefd.top Rachel Marsden affair], and the lies about [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17798723/ who really founded Wikipedia].

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| [[User:Steven Walling|Steven Walling]]

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