TaraMacphail

Aerial view towards the centrepiece of Opening Ceremony of the 2000 Summer Paralympics during the Athlete's Parade - a large scale Aboriginal artwork in brilliant colours

Artistic view of Sydney Olympic Park, seen through the fountains at night, during the 2000 Summer Paralympics

About me

I've been uploading imagery to Wikimedia Commons and editing content on Wikipedia for approximately 6 months now. I started just before the 2012 Summer Paralympics and continue today because I love it :) Discovering information, checking it is correct, adding metadata, making sure images are consistently named and other tasks as they pop up.

I'm a member of Wikimedia Australia, supporter of Mozilla and advocate for open source software. I'm a graphic designer who studied Latin, Ancient Greek and French at university (but these days I am out of practice as far as second languages go). For many years I researched historical items in the antiques trade... even today I still look out for items of importance to facilitate their way to museums and galleries. I have many interests but my current focus is on Australian Paralympic content.

My work

As part of the History of the Paralympic Movement in Australia group I currently focus on Australian Paralympic imagery and articles. Imagery I upload can be found at Category:Images from the Australian Paralympic Committee.

Future Focus

Some of my upcoming intended areas of editing include: Winter Paralympic Sports, Botany, Australian prints and drawings.

Contact me

Want to say hello? Leave a message on my talk page: TaraMacphail. Or find me on Twitter: TaraMacphail