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Hi there,

A student at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government (Cambridge, MA), I was born and raised in France. I went to college in Paris (Sciences Po '08--Political Science and Communications) and also studied at Columbia University. I am interested in new media and how they can help foster participation, collaboration, transparency, and citizen engagement in the fields of politics, policy, and governance. I think Wikipedia is a wonderful tool and I totally support the effort of the community to make more knowledge more accessible to more people. I am also very interested in Wikipedia's governance mechanisms, especially in the interactions between the different versions of the encyclopedia. Another interest of mine is cognitive science, mainly philosophy, linguistics, and psychology.

Thanks for checking out my profile!


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Contributions

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You can find my current work on my workspace.

Early articles

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From 2006 to 2010, I have made small contributions to Wikipedia, mostly on the French version of the free encyclopedia. These edits were made with very little knowledge of Wikipedia's rules, policies and practices, both in terms of content and in terms of process. They include early edits to the Facebook, Chatroulette, and Paul Smith articles as well as smaller edits to the Columbia University and the Sciences Po articles.


More recent articles

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In June 2010, I wrote the Brown Bailout article with Alang814, and created a policy section in the Computer security article (so far, I have focused on the so-called "Kill switch bill" and on the Cybersecurity Act of 2010).

I am planning on creating a Chicago-style politics article in the near future. If you're interested, feel free to let me know!


Other contributions

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Userboxes

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Here is a list of the userboxes I have created:

About me

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Box-bio

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This user comes from France.
This user lives in the
United States of America.
IEPThis user attends or graduated from Sciences Po Paris.
HThis user is a Harvard University alumnus/a.


Interests and opinions

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This user is interested in politics.
PROThis user is a progressive.


Media and communications

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This user maintains a facebook profile. +
NewspaperThis user reads newspapers.
This user is informed by The New York Times.
CNN This user watches CNN.
PBSThis user supports PBS.
WiredThis user is Wired.
The New YorkerThis user reads The New Yorker.
Daily ShowThis user watches The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.
CYEThis user wants you to Curb Your Enthusiasm.
This user thinks Apple Inc. products are cool.
FirefoxThis user prefers Mozilla Firefox.


Other

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This user is a musician.
This user is an a cappella singer.
This user is a baritone.
This user is a guitarist.
This user enjoys music by Johann Sebastian Bach.
This user enjoys music by George Frideric Handel.
This user enjoys music by Henry Purcell.
This user enjoys music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
This user enjoys rock music.
This user loves
The Beatles.
This user absolutely loves Taylor Swift!!
OK
Go
This user listens to OK Go.
oasisThis user is gonna live forever.
This user eats cheese.
SB This user likes Starbucks.
This user loves Dr Pepper.
CCVThis user loves to drink Vanilla Coke.
This user plays games from The Legend of Zelda series.


FGThis user thinks Family Guy is freakin' sweet.