User:Eloquence

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Unless otherwise stated, any edit to Wikimedia projects by myself is an act of a regular member of the community and administrator, not a legal or official action of the Deputy Director of the Wikimedia Foundation.

Poets, priests and politicians

Have words to thank for their positions

Words that scream for your submission

And no-one's jamming their transmission

And when their eloquence escapes you

Their logic ties you up and rapes you.

— The Police

My name is Erik Möller. I've recently been hired as Deputy Director of the Wikimedia Foundation. You can find more information about my historical involvement with Wikimedia in my "wiki CV". Beyond Wikimedia, I work as a software developer and project manager on wiki-related projects, most notably OmegaWiki. A long time ago, I started infoAnarchy (originally a weblog, now a wiki), co-founded Der Humanist and helped to build a scientific archive on the Origins of Peace and Violence.

A long time ago, I wrote the following declaration of bias for my work on Wikipedia. It may also be useful in other contexts.

Declaration of bias:

• I am opposed to irrationalism, be it in the form of organized religion, miracle healers or postmodernism.
• I am strongly opposed to all types of "intellectual property".
• I am in favor of personal liberties (speech, abortion, sex, drugs etc.).
• I am in favor of democracy and capitalism.
• I am in favor of a working social system.
• I am not a pacifist.