The deed is everything, the glory nothing. --Goethe but Vita brevis, gloria aeterna
About me
My real name is Юрій Пероганич in Ukrainian. I have been a practicing (volunteer) Wikipedian since 2006; my home wiki is the Ukrainian Wikipedia, but I make occasional contributions to the Polish, English and Russian Wikipedias as well.
I have a strong background in software engineering, international law and an abiding interest in literature, history and open access.
I am a General Director of the Association of IT Enterprises of Ukraine — a "chamber of commerce" for member companies.
With my wife Tanya we have founded and develop a web portal about the Ukrainian Artists and Art "Ukrainian Woman", http://ukrainka.org.ua
(Content) Writing and improving articles for Wikipedia and other projects (~200.000 edits in all Wikimedia Projects)
(Organizational) Developing the Wikimedia Ukraine chapter, I co-created in 2009
Translations. As a volunteer I translate pages between English, Russian, Polish and Ukrainian.
Participation in the Wikimedia projects
I am an initiator and a founder of the Wikimedia Ukraine. I used to serve as its Board Member and Executive Director (since 2009 to 2013), and in its Auditing Committee (in 2015).
Successfully negotiated transmission to CC BY license of the President of Ukraine website (in 2016) and a dozen of government's websites
No 19 most active editor in the history of Ukrainian Wikipedia, made over 140 000 edits, started more than 4000 new articles.
I am an administrator and one of major publishers at WMUA weblog, see http://wikimediaukraine.wordpress.com/, organized several press-conferences, dozens of press-releases. Monitoring media coverage of the Ukrainian Wikipedia.
Negotiated transmission to free licenses several books and encyclopedias.
The extent and nature of my participation in other free knowledge, free software, collaborative and/or educational initiatives other than the Wikimedia projects.
I have launched and support an Art web portal "Жінка–УКРАЇНКА" for publications about artists and art, using the CC BY licenses
I am the lawyer (Master of the International Law), the engineer, the economist, the mathematician and the programmer. Furthermore, I have some knowledge in the international transport law, information society national strategies and some experience in governing NGOs and in the web development.
I have created a dozen of web-sites for NGOs using the Drupal, Wordpress and MediaWiki CMS.
I have
created more than 4 000 articles,
edited 40 000+ articles, and
made 228 000+ edits in all wiki-projects, including
This user, in accordance with the Wikimedia Foundation's Terms of Use, discloses that he has been paid by Naftogaz for his contributions to Wikipedia.
This user, in accordance with the Wikimedia Foundation's Terms of Use, discloses that he has been paid by Maryan Zablotskyy for his contributions to Wikipedia.
This user, in accordance with the Wikimedia Foundation's Terms of Use, discloses that he has been paid by Olena Polikarchyk for his contributions to Wikipedia.
This user, in accordance with the Wikimedia Foundation's Terms of Use, discloses that he has been paid by Tymofii Soloviov for his contributions to Wikipedia.
This user, in accordance with the Wikimedia Foundation's Terms of Use, discloses that he has been paid by Terwin for his contributions to Wikipedia.
This user, in accordance with the Wikimedia Foundation's Terms of Use, discloses that he has been paid by Philip Morris Ukraine for his contributions to Wikipedia.
News and notes: Offline: Osama Khalid still in prison He has been imprisoned since 2020 for his Wikipedia edits. A fresh campaign is calling for his release.
Recent research: WikiLambda the Ultimate Does Abstract Wikipedia help fight "One ring to rule them all" solutions for knowledge access - or does it implement one itself?
Informasi ini disarikan dari Wikipedia dan disajikan kembali untuk tujuan edukasi. Konten tersedia di bawah lisensi CC BY-SA 3.0. Kami tidak bertanggung jawab atas ketidakakuratan data yang bersumber dari kontribusi publik tersebut.
The information displayed on this website is sourced in part or in whole from Wikipedia and has been adapted for the purpose of restating it. We strive to provide accurate and relevant information, however:
There is no guarantee of absolute accuracy. Wikipedia is an open, collaborative project that can be edited by anyone, so information is subject to change.
It is not intended to constitute professional advice. The content displayed is for informational and educational purposes only. For important decisions (e.g., medical, legal, or financial), please consult a professional.
Content copyright. Wikipedia is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License (CC BY-SA). This means that content may be reused with appropriate attribution and shared under a similar license.
Responsible use. Any risk arising from the use of information from this website is entirely the responsibility of the user.
gmail.com
This user, in accordance with the Wikimedia Foundation's Terms of Use, discloses that he has been paid by Naftogaz for his contributions to Wikipedia.
