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[[File:2013 Royal Society Women in Science panel discussion 17.jpg|thumb|right|200px|John Byrne at a Royal Society event in October 2013]]
[[File:Livestock.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Our cattle graze under the watchful eye of Peter the Platypus]]


Wikimedia UK is pleased to announce that John Byrne (User:Johnbod) has been appointed Wikimedian in Residence at [http://royalsociety.org/ The Royal Society], the UK’s national academy of science.
Towards the end of 2013 there was an interesting discussion on a Wikimedia-related email list regarding whether the movement should accept donations in alternative currencies, such as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitcoin Bitcoin]


The residency will begin in January 2014 and run for six months, on the basis of working one day per week. Wikimedia UK is providing the core funding for the project.
During this discussion, Wikimedia UK Trustee Chris Keating remarked that: “other forms of money that we do not currently accept include gold coins, Yap money, Tesco Clubcard Points, cowrie shells and cattle… though if anyone wants to donate a herd of cattle to Wikimiedia UK, please could they let the office know in advance.”


It is a pilot exercise, aiming to learn the best way for Wikimedia and the Royal Society to collaborate in future. The main intended outcomes are: improving access to information about scientists from underrepresented groups, opening up the Society’s historical collections, and improving the quality of scientific articles on the Wikimedia projects.
Well, we certainly didn’t get any advance notice, but today saw the delivery of this herd of cattle. As you can see, Peter the Platypus is already making them feel welcome – and no doubt making sure they know not to put ginger nut biscuits in with any other biscuit.


John is an experienced Wikipedian who was named as Wikimedia UK’s first [[UK Wikimedian of the Year 2012|UK Wikimedian of the Year in 2012]], and previously served as a trustee of the charity. He has extensive content experience, including many [[:Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Featured articles|Featured Articles]].
This does raise some questions: Does anyone have any tips on how to care for plastic cattle? Who is the kind-hearted yet anonymous donor that sent us this generous gift and how can we say thank you? Did they sign a gift aid declaration? And what should the cattle be called?


John said: “I’ve already been planning an exciting programme with Royal Society staff, including plenty of events. Some of these will be aimed at Royal Society staff while others are intended to meet the needs of scientists and the general public."
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