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User:Tamsinjane

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I am an Australian Research Student (in Geography: mainly virtual places and spaces) from Sydney. This year, I am writing my thesis on online collaborative communities and citizenship, and wikipedia is my case study.

Thank you to the many, many people who volunteers to be interview subjects for my research. The thesis will be ready at the end of October, when I will post it on the site.

Cheers,

tamsin




This user is interested in geopolitics.
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VThis user eats Vegemite regularly.
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This user is a graduate student in Geography.
This user comes from Australia.
This user has been lucky enough to meet Jimbo.


This user was a guest on Episode 29 of Wikipedia Weekly. You can listen here.


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