Please see my user page on the English-language Wikipedia at to contact me.

Activities

As of May 18, 2022, I am a member of the 2022 WikiMedia DC Board of Directors.

In 2019, I was and this is the preserved page from 2019. . One of the endorsers was .

In the past, I was on the Town Council of the .

I was the and have taken an active part in numerous Wiki events, such as being the photographer of the WikiConference 2014 in NYC, the 2016 North American Wiki Conference in San Diego, and other Wikimedia events.

I am a member of several Wiki Projects, such as , , , and . I created the article the on w:EN:Wikipedia and received an autographed book signed by the executives at the Smithsonian Gardens for my efforts. For the Wikimania 2014 event, I volunteered to be the and a , with James Forrester, Deror Lin, and Orsolya Virág Gyenes. For the 2014 Wiki Conference USA, I . For the North American WikiConference, I volunteered to be the official still photographer.

Since then, I have been involved with creating content to illustrate on Wikimedia Commons.

I was for my work with Wikipedia on feminism and on North Korea.

I edited a photography textbook, The Art and Craft of Digital Photography by Professor Kristi Eisenberg. The photography book focused on several types of subjects, such as landscape, portrait, and design. Professor Eisenberg autographed her book with a special dedication to me.

I am , an EN Wikipedia editor since 2004, who has contributed photographs of notable monuments and notable people in , USA; , China; and , China. Also, I have taken photographs of the waterfront of , on a of .

I am a of Wikimedia Commons and my photographs are used across Wikis in different languages. is used across the same topic in 48 different languages. When I add a photograph to Wiki Commons, I added it with the realization that each photograph may only be seen by a small subset of people. But, if I can inspire at least one person into or becoming a contributor, then "it is a far far better thing I do than ever before".

Some of my Wiki-inspired photographs have been used in the , , , , , and I worked at numerous as the photographer, as part of my volunteer duties at Wikimedia DC.

See the small sample photographic works, below, and various links for explanation.

Gallery

• Gallery of photographs by Gerald Shields
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  My photo is used for the official 2014 WikiConference USA group photo.
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  My photo is used for the official 2015 WikiConference USA group photo.
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  My photo is used for the official 2016 WikiConference North America group photo.
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  My photo is used for the official 2018 WikiConference North America group photo.
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  Dr. Carla Hayden and Ms. Lynda Carter at the Library of Awesome event. Ms. Carter used this photograph on her official Facebook page.
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  The Wikimedia DC Board of Directors in
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  A neo-feminist photograph, during the Women in the Arts GLAM event, inspired by and used by and , the , and was used in the magazine Business Insider, when the magazine discussed Women in Wikipedia. Also, used this photograph in London.
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  A statue admiring two Wikipedia editors at the Luce Center during a GLAM event.
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  The 2013 annual meeting group portrait, was used by the Wikimedia DC chapter Meetup.com webpage.
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  President G W Clough (standing right), (standing left), and another Wikipedia editor at Luce Lunder Wikimedia DC edit-o-thon. Sarasays use a different one of my photographs of her on her user page.
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  A Wikipedian joining the festivities in the picture behind her at the DC Museum of Women Art Wikimedia DC Edit-o-thon.
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  Wikipedian , at the lectern, discussing Wikis and digital freedom.
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  Paelo-feminist, at the 2014 Feminism and Arts Edit-a-thon, and other DC Wikimedians at the National Museum of Women in the Arts at the Betty Boyd Dettre Library and Research Center.
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  At the WikiConference USA 2014, Kirill Lokshin (left) and James Hare (right). In the past, President Hare used a different one of my photographs of him on his Wikimedia DC member page. , Kirill Lokshin uses a cropped version of one of my WikiConference 2014 photographs of him on his Wikimedia DC member page
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  At the WikiConference USA 2014, Jennifer Baek (left) and Sumana Harihareswara (right). A cropped version of this photo is used , which is Sumana Harihareswara's wiki editor page.
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  Prof. Andrew Lih giving a presentation at the WikiConference USA 2014. At one time, Prof. Lih used this photo in one of his social media messages and the photograph is used on the .
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  , on 10 May 2014, at the Wikimedia DC Asian Pacific American 2014 edit-o-thon to increase the awareness of articles about Asian Americans. At one time, she uses this photo on her Wikipedia user page.
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  The presenter, in the middle of his speech, about D.C. VITO. used a variation of this photograph for .
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  Impromtu breakout session at the WikiConference USA 2014.
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  Wiki Editor , in the middle of his presentation, at the WikiConference USA 2014.
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  Standing: Wikimedia DC President and 2014 Feminism and the Arts Event Organizer .
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  with another Wikipedia editor in the background.
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  Wiki Editor Levendowski, in the middle of her speech, at the WikiConference USA 2014.

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