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Yael Weissburg
Vice President of Community Growth, Advancement![](https://cdn.statically.io/img/wikimediafoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Vargas_Jorge_June_2023_-_1.jpg?w=400&h=300&crop=1)
Jorge Vargas
Director of Partnerships, Advancement![](https://cdn.statically.io/img/wikimediafoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Greg_Grossmeier_portrait_2023_3.jpg?w=400&h=300&crop=1)
Greg Grossmeier
Director of Engineering, AdvancementRecent posts by Ben Vershbow
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How could Wikimedia Commons be improved? A conversation with designer George Oates
Earlier this year, the Wikimedia Foundation asked designer George Oates, who has worked for Flickr and the Internet Archive‘s Open Library, among others, to conduct a deep dive into Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository that provides many of the images used on Wikipedia. We wanted a fresh pair of eyeballs, and we were particularly….
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