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The FANDOM Community Team are members of the FANDOM Staff who help to support and grow all of our communities. We work on a variety of projects and are who you can turn to with questions or concerns. Meet the members of the team below!
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Fandom's team of staff members help to support and grow all of our communities. We work on a variety of projects and you can turn to us with questions or concerns. Contact us using [[Special:Contact]] and let us know how we can help you with your community, and meet the members of the team below!
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<h2 style="clear:both">Community Team</h2>
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<h2 style="clear:both">Fandom</h2>
 
The '''Community Team''' are FANDOM staff members who can help with any issues on any FANDOM site.
 
 
Contact us using [[Special:Contact]] and let us know how we can help you with your community.
 
 
 
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| name = Donovan
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| role = President
| image = [[File:JenBurton.png|100px|Jen Burton]]
 
| caption = Jen Burton
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| team = Fandom
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| username/Gamepedia = DoranM
| user = Jenburton
 
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| description = '''[[w:User:Jenburton|Jen Burton]]''' is FANDOM's VP, Community. She works to ensure our Community organization supports all of FANDOM's community members -- editors, founders, admins, readers, and visitors. She occasionally posts amazing photos of her dog Falkor at [http://Falkor.me Falkor.me].}}
 
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| biography = <p>Donovan has been an avid gamer most of his life. At 15, he founded several websites to support players in Ultima Online, Everquest, and eventually DaoC and WoW. He spent 10 years at Curse, founding many properties within Curse, including Gamepedia. His favorite fandoms are Stargate, LOTR, and a handful of games he plays. He's passionate about our customers and creating incredible experiences for fans.</p>
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<h2 style="clear:both">Community Support & Engagement Team</h2>
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<h2 style="clear:both">Gaming</h2>
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The Gaming team works with users on game communities, from cards to consoles.
   
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| name = Ben
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| role = Vice President
| image = [[File:Bert0717.jpg|x130px|Bert Hall]]
 
| caption = Bert Hall
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| team = Gaming
| user = BertH
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| username = Smokie
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| username/Gamepedia = Smokie
| description = '''[[w:User:BertH|Bert]]''' is focused on helping the voice of the community make it to the ears of the FANDOM Product team, and ensuring that FANDOM users are up to date on new developments. Got feedback or feature requests? He might be the one you hear from after [[Special:Contact|sending those in]]. Favorite interests and activities include comics, science fiction, horror, comedy, pop music, life sciences, astronomy and cryptozoology.}}
 
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| biography = <p>Ben joined Curse in 2012 after founding the DayZ wiki. He co-founded Gamepedia and began expanding it into what it is today. In his spare time he loves playing games, watching Detroit sports, and animals. He used to play top level competitive CS 1.6 with team shockwave and raided WoW with Gummi Bears and Exodus achieving multiple top 10 world boss kills.</p>
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{{StaffCard
| name = Sannse
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| name = Benjamin
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| role = Director
| image = [[Image:Sannse.png|100px|Sannse]]
 
| user = Sannse
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| team = Gaming
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| username = CrsBenjamin
| description = '''[[w:User:Sannse|Sannse Carter]]''' is the longest-standing member of the Community Support Team at FANDOM. One of her passions (aside from wikis, of course) is making jewelry. She's collected hundreds of different beads, with lava stone among her favorites. You can find her hanging out on [[w:|Community Central]] and visiting the amazing variety of communities across FANDOM. Feel free to say hello, and let her know what your favorite type of jewelry is -- she loves seeing new designs!}}
 
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| username/Gamepedia = CrsBenjamin
 
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| name = Chen Shen
 
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| biography = <p>Benjamin got his start with games before he could even read, and even learned to read with the help of Reader Rabbit games. While he also loves books, karaoke, cooking, cartoons and fine spirits, gaming has remained his #1 passion and hobby. Benjamin joined Fandom along with all of Curse, where he was Gamepedia's first Community Manager and then spent more than five years helping build communities there.</p>
| image = [[File:21e93a6.jpg|100px|Chen Shen]]
 
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| user = Cal-Boy
 
| description = '''[[w:User:Cal-Boy|Chen Shen]]''' joined FANDOM in 2013 and works as a Community Development Manager in Chinese. He was born in northern China and immigrated to the U.S. in 2008. Before joining FANDOM, he worked in TV and fashion industry for a few years and switched to digital media after. When he is not at work, he loves art and likes creating stuff with wires and clay. He is also a coffee and tea lover, and likes home baking.}}
 
 
 
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| name = Eva
 
| name = Eva
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| role = Community Manager
| image = [[File:Eva.jpg|100px|Eva]]
 
| user = Mira Laime
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| team = Gaming
| caption = Eva
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| image = File:Eva.jpg
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| username = Mira Laime
| description = '''[[w:User:Mira_Laime|Eva]]''' grew up in Germany where she used to take care of a German community for college students. Now she helps solve the problems of both German- and English-speaking FANDOM users. She loves cooking, baking, podcasts, and board games ([[w:c:Catan|Settlers of Catan]] is her all-time favorite!). She thinks [[w:c:lotr|The Lord of the Rings]] is the best story ever told and gets grumpy when she doesn't get her daily work-out in.
 
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| username/Gamepedia = Miralaime
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| biography = <p>'''[[w:User:Mira_Laime|Eva]]''' grew up in Germany where she used to take care of a German community for college students. Now she helps solve the problems of both German- and English-speaking Fandom users. She loves cooking, baking, podcasts, and board games ([[w:c:Catan|Settlers of Catan]] is her all-time favorite!). She thinks [[w:c:lotr|The Lord of the Rings]] is the best story ever told and gets grumpy when she doesn't get her daily work-out in.</p>
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| name = Lucho
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| name = Carrol
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| role = Wiki Leader (Gamepedia)
| image = [[File:Lucho_Avatar.png|100px|Lucho]]
 
| caption = Lucho
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| team = Gaming
| user = Luchofigo85
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| username = Game widow
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| username/Gamepedia = Game widow
| description = '''[[w:User:Luchofigo85|Lucho]]''' is focused in both English and Spanish communities. Lucho is really excited to explore more the FANDOM gaming communities since he used to work as part of the Community Support team for a video game publisher. He likes to explore new restaurants to satisfy his palate and enjoys organizing things!
 
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| biography = <p>Carrol trained as a professional librarian. Between courses, she discovered a love of computer games, starting with "The Witcher". It was while trying to find information on The Witcher that she discovered a neglected wiki and the rest is history.</p>
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| name = Joe
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| role = Wiki Leader (Fandom)
| image = [[File:Wikia_Self.jpg|100px|Sean]]
 
| user = Semanticdrifter
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| team = Gaming
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| image = File:JoePlay.jpeg
| caption = Sean
 
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| username = JoePlay
| description = '''[[w:User:Semanticdrifter|Sean]]''' comes to FANDOM from the world of video game publishing, where he has applied his legal background in ways carefully calculated to let him have as much fun as possible. He loves all things geeky, including but not limited to, video games, comic books, movies, books, and gadgets. He also enjoys writing at his blog [http://semanticdrift.com/ Semantic Drift], brewing beer, and traveling.}}
 
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| biography = <p>Before joining Fandom in 2007, Joe built and managed video game fansites and forums as a hobby while working in the retail industry. He also owned and operated a video game/tabletop game store in 2005-2006.</p>
 
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| name = James
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| role = Content Strategist
| image = [[File:Wendy 001.png|100px|Wendy]]
 
| user = Merrystar
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| team = Gaming
| caption = Wendy
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| username = Jmt115
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| description = '''[[w:User:Merrystar|Wendy]]''' loves gardening, particularly flowers and vegetables, although she seems to be growing an ever-increasing number of fruit bushes and trees as well! She lived in the Netherlands for a few years, and tulips have been her favorite flower ever since -- she has as many in her yard as the bunnies let her grow. At FANDOM, you'll find her on [[w:c:community|Community Central]] or the [[w:c:muppet|Muppet Wiki]], which she's been editing since 2005. Feel free to drop by with any questions or just to say hello!}}
 
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| biography = <p>James came out of light speed into the Fandom Universe during the summer of 2018. Outside of being a life-long Star Wars, Marvel, and playstation fan-boy; James is an avid fan of Hip-Hop/Rap, true crime, and cooking. Some of his favorite Fandoms include the aforementioned Star Wars and Marvel Universes, Game of Thrones, Peaky Blinders, and any sort of narrative based video game-- think God of War and The Last of Us.</p>
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| name = Héctor
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| role = Spanish Community and Content Manager
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| team = Gaming
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| image = File:Hector_Avatar.jpg
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| username = CuBaN VeRcEttI
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| username/Gamepedia = hectordonis
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| biography = <p>'''Héctor''' ([[w:User:CuBaN VeRcEttI|CuBaN VeRcEttI]]) has been a Fandom user since 2007. He is bureaucrat on [[w:c:es.gta|Grand Theft Encyclopedia]] and [[w:c:es.assassinscreed|Animuspedia]], besides contributing on many other wikis. He loves video games, music, sports, movies, TV... and everything that can be fun! He has been working as a Fandom staff since 2011, helping the Spanish community.
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| languages = es-N, ca-N, en-3
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| name = Jada
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| role = Director of Partnerships
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| team = Gaming
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| username = Jadarina
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| image = File:JadaGriffin100px.png
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| biography = <p>Jada joined Fandom in 2018, working closely with the community and content. She's an avid gamer who usually roots for villains. Her main fandoms are Zelda, FF, DMC, D&D and most things Marvel/DC. She always maxes STR & LCK and lives life on hard mode while searching for the next difficulty level and pizza to replenish her HP.</p>
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<h2 style="clear:both">Community Development Team</h2>
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<h2 style="clear:both">TV / Movies</h2>
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From the small screen to the silver screen, the TV/Movies team works directly with users who are focused on their favorite TV shows and films.
   
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| name = Brandon
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| role = Vice President
| image = [[File:JFreedman.jpg|100px|]]
 
| user = Alwaysmore2hear
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| team = TV/Movies/Anime
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| username = Brandon Rhea
| description = '''[[w:User:Alwaysmore2hear|Jamie]]''' joined the FANDOM Community Development team in 2014. She is a Music Historian, Ethnomusicologist and pop culture fiend. She's worked with arts organizations like the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Smithsonian Folkways, The Kennedy Center and bands like Pomplamoose and The Family Crest. As a trained singer, she can also be found harmonizing with the ladies of Conspiracy of Venus. When not singing, she can be found falling into a YouTube time suck, reading Harry Potter (again) and watching anything on HBO. Feel free to drop her a line, especially if it’s about a band you’re really into!}}
 
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| image = File:BrandonRhea.png
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| biography = <p>Brandon's been a Fandom user since 2006 and a member of Fandom Staff since 2010. Outside of staff work, Brandon also contributes to Wookieepedia. He's a pretty big Star Wars fan.</p>
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{{StaffCard
| name = Doug Trein
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| name = Lucho
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| role = Director of TV & Movies
| image = [[File:Bluerogue.jpeg|100px|Doug]]
 
| user = TheBlueRogue
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| team = Movies/TV
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| image = File:Lucho_Avatar.png
| caption = Doug
 
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| username = Luchofigo85
| description = '''[[w:User:TheBlueRogue|Doug]]''' is a gaming-focused member of the Development Team who joined FANDOM in August, 2012. Doug enjoys the immersion that video games can bring, along with exciting/emotional storytelling experiences. He is one-half of the Independent video game developer Basileus Games, currently working on a visual novel project called Romance of Raskya. His genres of choice include first-person shooters, JRPGs, 2D fighters, and action/adventure games. Doug's interests also include music listening, anime/manga, paranormal/history topics, and hiking.}}
 
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| biography = <p>'''[[w:User:Luchofigo85|Lucho]]''' is focused in both English and Spanish communities.</p>
   
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<p>Lucho is really excited to explore more the Fandom gaming communities since he used to work as part of the Community Support team for a video game publisher.</p>
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| name = Antonio R.
 
| image = [[File:Avatar_-_Bola_staff.jpg|100px|Antonio]]
 
| caption = Antonio
 
| user = Bola
 
| description = '''[[w:User:Bola|Antonio]]''' is focused in the Spanish communities. He's from Spain, and loves contributing to our [[w:c:videojuego|Spanish Gaming]] and [[w:c:es.entertainment|Entertainment wikis]] -- especially GTA Wiki. If you need help in Spanish, he's your guy. He helps new wikis grow, and you can find him on [[w:c:es|Spanish FANDOM Central]], or on any Spanish wiki. Stop by and say hola!}}
 
   
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<p>He likes to explore new restaurants to satisfy his palate and enjoys organizing things!</p>
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{{StaffCard
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| name = Elsa
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| role = Community Manager
| image = [[File:Raylan.jpg|Raylan|100px]]
 
| caption = Raylan
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| team = Movies/TV
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| image = File:Elsa-i18n.jpg
| user = Raylan13
 
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| username = Hypsoline
| description = '''[[w:User:Raylan13|Raylan]]''' has been with FANDOM since late 2010, initially working solely on WoWWiki and covering Warcraft related news. Prior to that he worked as an editor for 38Studios with their Warcraft project, the now-defunct Azeroth Advisor.
 
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| biography = <p>'''Elsa''' ([[w:User:Hypsoline|Hypsoline]]) is Community Manager for the '''French''' Community. </p>
   
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<p>She's an avid series consumer and particularly enjoys anything related to Science Fiction, having been raised with X-Files and Star Wars.</p>
His hobbies, aside from Warcraft, include reading voraciously, enjoying the outdoors, crafting liqueurs, and working on various manuscripts.}}
 
   
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<p>She also likes going to concerts during her free time.</p>
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| name = Kim Deuel
 
| image = [[File:kimdeuel.jpg|100px|]]
 
| user = Pinkachu
 
| description = '''[[w:User:Pinkachu|Kim]]''' joined the Community Development Team in October 2014, and her area of expertise is video games. She prefers MMORPGs but has been playing games of many genres and platforms since the mid-80s. She took programming in college but found she preferred PC repair and networking and pursued those areas as a career. She plays games with her husband, children and now grandchildren, and is joined at home by two small dogs and four ferrets. Her other hobbies include singing, amateur photography and painting ceramics. From 1998 to 2014, she owned and rode her own Harley. She no longer has the motorcycle, but still enjoys traveling and meeting new people.
 
 
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| name = Chen
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| role = Community Manager
| image = [[File:Amanda.jpeg|100px|Amanda]]
 
| user = Witnessme
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| team = Movies/TV
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| image = File:21e93a6.jpg
| caption = Amanda
 
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| username = Cal-Boy
| description = '''[[w:User:Witnessme|Amanda]]''' joined Fandom's Community Development team in July 2015. She can always be found reading a book and knows (almost) every line from the movie ''Back to the Future''. Her favorite superhero is Ms. Marvel. Get in touch with her if you need help building/editing wikis or if you just want to shoot the breeze.}}
 
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| biography = <p>'''[[w:User:Cal-Boy|Chen]]''' joined Fandom in 2013 and works as a Community Development Manager in Chinese. He was born in northern China and immigrated to the U.S. in 2008. Before joining Fandom, he worked in TV and fashion industry for a few years and switched to digital media after.</p>
   
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<p>When he is not at work, he loves art and likes creating stuff with wires and clay. He is also a coffee and tea lover, and likes home baking.</p>
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| name = Shin
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| name = Antonio
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| role = Spanish Community and Content Manager
| image = [[File:Shin.jpg|100px|Shin|link=]]
 
| user = Kuro0222
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| team = Movies/TV
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| username = Antonio R. Castro
| caption = Shin
 
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| description = Shinichiro (Shin) joined FANDOM Japan Community Development Team in 2016. He is spending most of his free time playing games, any kind of game as long as it is enjoyable. His current favorite games are OverWatch, League of Legends, and Fate/Grand Order. He also has an interest in new IoT gaming experience such as GateBox. His other hobbies are playing the violin, attending musicals, and reading books/comics.
 
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| biography = <p>'''Antonio R.''' ([[w:User:Antonio R. Castro|Antonio R. Castro]]) started editing wikis in Wikipedia and then started working on the Spanish [[w:c:es.gta|Grand&nbsp;Theft&nbsp;Encyclopedia]] as bureaucrat. He had already been working for Fandom for 3 years as a Spanish community helper and then he became a Fandom contractor in 2011. He loves wikis about video games and entertainment, and he's passionately in love with managing communities - including wiki-dramas!</p>
He is really happy to be bilingual in both Japanese and English… He gets to play US games before most Japanese do, and he also gets to play Japanese games before most of American/European do.}}
 
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| name = Bert
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| role = Wiki Team Lead
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| team = Movies/TV
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| username = BertH
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| image = BertStaffImage.png
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| biography = <p>'''[[User:BertH|Bert]]''' has been around Fandom since 2012 in various roles. As a Wiki Team Lead for Movies/TV, he supports the Wiki Managers as they help Fandom communities to thrive and succeed. Bert enjoys spending time in the [[w:c:marvel|Marvel]] and [[w:c:memory-alpha|Star Trek]] universes and getting lost in the minutiae of various old TV series.</p>
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| name = Mike
 
| name = Mike
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| role = Content Team Lead
| image = [[File:CavStaffImage.png|100px|Mike|link=]]
 
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| team = Movies/TV
| user= Cavalier One
 
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| caption = Mike
 
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| username = Cavalier One
| description= '''[[w:User:Cavalier One|Mike (Cav)]]''' joined FANDOM's Community Development Team in 2016. He is also an active contributor and administrator of [[w:c:starwars|Wookieepedia]], and has been editing wikis since 2007. His main passion is (obviously) Star Wars, but he loves pop culture in all forms including films, television shows, books, and comics. Also, he has no problem talking about himself in the third person.
 
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| biography = <p>'''[[w:User:Cavalier One|Mike]]''' joined the Fandom team in 2016. He is an active contributor and administrator of [[w:c:starwars|Wookieepedia]], and has been editing wikis since 2007. His main passion is (obviously) Star Wars, but he loves pop culture in all forms including films, television shows, books, and comics. Also, he has no problem talking about himself in the third person.</p>
   
When not editing wikis, he can be found reading, playing computer games, or adding to his already extensive collection of LEGO sets. Tea plays a significant role in his life, and the day is not complete without at least several cups.
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<p>When not editing wikis, he can be found reading, playing computer games, or adding to his already extensive collection of LEGO sets. Tea plays a significant role in his life, and the day is not complete without at least several cups.</p>
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| name = Maggie
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| role = Senior Content Strategist
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| team = Movies/TV
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| username = M2mowens
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| image = Maggie.png
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| biography = <p>Maggie joined Fandom as a content analyst in 2017, where she delivered Google trends, content metrics, and actionable takeaways for nearly two years. Now as Senior Content Strategist, she joins as a leader in the Fandom TV, Movies, and Anime teams, aiming to grow traffic, engagement, and user satisfaction with search and internal data.</p>
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| name = Brian
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| role = Director of Partnerships
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| team = Movies/TV
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| username = Brian Linder
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| biography = <p>Brian works with studios, networks, and other content companies to connect them with our communities. He has been on the fan-media scene since dial-up, and loves space sagas and superheroes.</p>
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<h2 style="clear:both">Anime</h2>
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The Anime team works directly with anime and manga communities, putting a new emphasis on and level of support for anime and manga properties.
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| name = Kristopher
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| role = Director of Anime
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| team = Anime
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| username = Furusato
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| image = Kristopher.png
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| biography = <p>Kristopher is a huge nerd. He enjoys everything from Dr. Who to obscure absurdist novels, and has a particularly large spot in his heart for anime and the Japanese railway network.</p>
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| name = Zoe
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| role = Community Manager
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| team = Anime
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| username = ZoeCatfu
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| image = ZoeStaffImage.png
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| biography = <p>'''Zoe''' started her career within game publishing and media relations in 2016, over the course of three years Zoe has worked with over 20 titles from development to launch. Now she is the Fandom Anime Community Manager! Her favorite anime is [[w:c:fruitsbasket|Fruits Basket]] and [[w:c:mob-psycho-100|Mob Psycho 100]]. On the weekends, you can find Zoe at the beach swimming with all the local mermaids!</p>
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| name = Jenny
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| role = Wiki Team Lead
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| team = Anime
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| username = Pikushi
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| biography = <p>Jenny joined the Fandom team in 2019 but has been watching and loving anime for most of her life. Her academic background is in Japanese linguistics and culture - her favorite Japanese era is Heian, and her favorite Japanese dialect is Nanbu-ben. She also enjoys cosplay, playing video games, & overall, being a Hufflepuff.</p>
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<h2 style="clear:both">Community Technical</h2>
 
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<h2 style="clear:both">Editor Experience</h2>
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The Editor Experience team is focused on elevating the tools and satisfaction for contributors.
   
 
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| name = Tim
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| role = Director
| image = [[Image:TimQKatahdin.png|"Timmy Quivy"|100px]]
 
| caption = "Timmy Quivy"
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| team = Editor Experience
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| user = daNASCAT
 
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| username = TimmyQuivy
| description = '''[[w:User:DaNASCAT|Tim Quievryn]]''', FANDOM's Director of Technical Support, has been editing wikis since 2004 and been working here at FANDOM since mid-2009. Stock car racing, photography, and hiking are his main hobbies, but he loves staying to learn a little bit about the topic of each wiki he helps out. Seek him out via [[Special:Contact|email support]], [[w:User talk:daNASCAT|talk page]], or [http://c.wikia.com/wiki/Special:Chat?useskin=wikia Community Central Chat]. He'll be glad to talk to you!
 
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| biography = <p>'''[[w:User:TimmyQuivy|Tim Quievryn]]''' has been editing wikis since 2004 and been working at Fandom since mid-2009. Stock car racing, photography, and hiking are his main hobbies, but he loves staying to learn a little bit about the topic of each wiki he helps out.</p>
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{{StaffCard
 
{{StaffCard
| name = Joe
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| name = Sannse
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| role = Director, Community Support
| image = [[File:JoePlay.jpeg|100px|Joe]]
 
| user = JoePlay
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| team = Operations
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| image = File:Sannse.png
| caption = Joe
 
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| username = Sannse
| description = Before joining FANDOM in 2007, '''[[w:User:JoePlay|Joe]]''' built and managed video game fansites and forums as a hobby while working in the retail industry. He also owned and operated a video game/tabletop game store in 2005-2006. These days, he is responsible for managing [[Community Central:Community Development Team/Requests|requests for help]] from admins.}}
 
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| biography = <p>'''[[w:User:Sannse|Sannse]]''' is the longest-standing member of the Fandom Community Staff. One of her passions (aside from wikis, of course) is making jewelry. She's collected hundreds of different beads, with lava stone among her favorites. You can find her hanging out on [[w:|Community Central]] and visiting the amazing variety of communities across Fandom. Feel free to say hello!</p>}}
 
 
{{StaffCard
 
{{StaffCard
| name = Kirkburn
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| name = Rappy
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| role = Technical Support Specialist
| image = [[File:Kirkburn-GoApe.jpg|100px|Kirkburn]]
 
| caption = Kirkburn
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| team = Operations
| user = Kirkburn
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| image = File:Rappy.png
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| username = Rappy 4187
| description = '''[[w:User:Kirkburn|Kirkburn]]''', sometimes known as George, joined the Community Support team in late 2012, having been a product manager at FANDOM for several years. Kirkburn is ''not'' a recovering WoW-addict - indeed, he has not stopped playing since launch day in 2005, and it was joining WoWWiki a year later that got him into wikis. (He does play other games too.) He trained as a Civil Engineer, but is not going to make any jokes about 'building bridges with the community' here.}}
 
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| biography = <p>'''[[w:User:Rappy 4187|Rappy]]''' has been editing Fandom since 2008, and joined the VSTF in March 2012 and later hired on as a Community Support team member. You can find him playing [[w:c:aion:Aion (game)|Aion]] and editing at the [[w:c:aion|Aion Wiki]] in his spare time.</p>}}
 
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{{StaffCard
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| name = Will
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| role = Global Community Lead
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| team = Editor Experience
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| username = MisterWoodhouse
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| username/Gamepedia = Misterwoodhouse
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| image = File:MisterWoodhouse.jpg
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| biography = <p>Will joined Fandom in 2019 as a Community Manager on the Gaming team, having started with Gamepedia in 2017 after a brief stint with Imzy. He is known as The Banhammer in Reddit's vibrant gaming community, plays golf, and lifts big weights for fun.</p>
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{{StaffCard
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| name = Isaac
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| role = User Education Specialist
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| team = Editor Experience
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| image = File:FishTank-StaffHeadshot.jpg
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| username = FishTank
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| username/Gamepedia = FishTank
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| biography = <p>'''[[w:User:FishTank|Isaac]]''' rose from the ranks of Fandom contributors to join the Staff in late 2015. Isaac is a television and book fanatic, a sucker for the great outdoors, and a lifelong learner. He's been coding since before attending school but didn't discover Fandom until 2010. Even now, he's hard-pressed to identify his favorite fandoms.</p>
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| languages = en-N, es-2, eo-2, jbo-1, he-1}}
 
{{StaffCard
 
{{StaffCard
 
| name = CzechOut
 
| name = CzechOut
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| role = Special Project Implementation
| image = [[File:CzechOut.jpg|100px|]]
 
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| team = Editor Experience
| user = CzechOut
 
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| image = File:CzechOut.jpg
| description = Before there was a '''[[w:User:CzechOut|CzechOut]]''', there was just some anonymous guy editing FANDOM back when it was WikiCities. So he's been around for the whole FANDOM story but only started working here in 2014. When not undercover on some secret Special Operations project, he can usually be found feeding a life-long ''[[tardis:Doctor Who|Doctor Who]]'' obsession at [[w:c:tardis|Tardis]], internally debating whether he better likes Irish whiskey or a good single malt, getting lost in a new city, or digging deep into the latest Apple<sup>®</sup> product.}}
 
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| username = CzechOut
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| biography = <p>Before there was a '''[[w:User:CzechOut|CzechOut]]''', there was just some anonymous guy editing Fandom back when it was WikiCities. So he's been around for the whole Fandom story but only started working here in 2014.</p>
   
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<p>When not undercover on some secret Special Operations project, he can usually be found feeding a life-long ''[[w:c:tardis:Doctor Who|Doctor Who]]'' obsession at [[w:c:tardis|Tardis]], internally debating whether he better likes Irish whiskey or a good single malt, getting lost in a new city, or digging deep into the latest Apple<sup>®</sup> product.</p>}}
 
{{StaffCard
 
{{StaffCard
| name = Rappy
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| name = Mark
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| role = Customization Specialist
| image = [[File:Rappy.png|100px|Rappy]]
 
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| team = Editor Experience
| caption = Rappy
 
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| image = File:MarkvA.jpg
| user = Rappy 4187
 
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| username = MarkvA
| description = '''[[w:User:Rappy 4187|Rappy]]''' has been editing FANDOM since 2008, and joined the VSTF in March 2012 and later hired on as a Community Support team member. You can find him playing [[w:c:aion:Aion (game)|Aion]] and editing at the [[w:c:aion|Aion Wiki]] in his spare time.}}
 
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| biography = <p>'''[[w:User:MarkvA|Mark]]''' joined Fandom in December of 2009, after having edited various wikis the year before that. Mark's especially interested in western role-playing games, as well as stealth-focused action games. Fallout, The Elder Scrolls, Hitman and Splinter Cell are some of his favorites.</p>}}
   
 
{{StaffCard
 
{{StaffCard
| name = Mark van Alphen
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| name = Marc-Philipp
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| role = International Coordinator
| image = [[File:MarkvA.jpg|100px|Mark]]
 
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| team = Editor Experience
| caption = Mark
 
| user = MarkvA
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| username = MtaÄ
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| extimage = d3f5d00b-101b-401d-aad7-ee041b91ddef
| description = '''[[w:User:MarkvA|Mark]]''' joined FANDOM in December of 2009, after having edited various wikis the year before that. Initially a part of the Community Development Team, he's now part of FANDOM's Community Technical Team. Mark's especially interested in western role-playing games, as well as stealth-focused action games. Fallout, The Elder Scrolls, Hitman and Splinter Cell are some of his favorites. If you'd like to get in touch with him, feel free to [[User talk:MarkvA|leave a message on his wall]].}}
 
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| biography = <p>Marc took the long road to Fandom by joining through an import of gratis-wiki.com in 2008. He's been working as [[w:Project:International|helper]] for two years until he joined Fandom staff in late 2010 to lead the team moving forward. He enjoys a wide blend of metal music, playing RPGs and surprisingly, some gardening as well.</p>
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The Operations team covers customer support, marketing, and making sure that the day to day operations of the Fandom teams run smoothly.
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{{StaffCard
 
{{StaffCard
| name = Isaac
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| name = Amber
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| role = Manager, Customer Support
| image = [[File:FishTank-StaffHeadshot.jpg|100px|Isaac]]
 
| caption = Isaac
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| team = Operations
| user = FishTank
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| username = AmbyRO
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| username/Gamepedia = AmbyR
| description = '''[[w:User:FishTank|Isaac]]''' rose from the ranks of FANDOM contributors to join the Community Technical team in late 2015. Isaac is a television and book fanatic, a sucker for the great outdoors, and a lifelong learner. He's been coding since before attending school but didn't discover FANDOM until 2010. Even now, he's hard-pressed to identify his favorite fandoms.}}
 
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| image = File:AmberR.jpg
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| biography = <p>Amber joined Curse in March of 2014 as a Customer Support Specialist and now leads the customer support team at Fandom. Amber is a big fan of books in general and is an avid reader. When she is not reading, you can find her watching reality tv or working on her 5K run time.</p>}}
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{{StaffCard
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| name = Bryan
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| role = Director, Integrated Marketing
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| team = Operations
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| image = Bryan.png
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| biography = <p>Bryan will celebrate his two year anniversary with the company this month. He loves competition in all shapes and forms, from College Football to esports like Dota 2 and Magic Arena. He's also an avid Fantasy reader, with the Stormlight Archive and Malazan Book of the Fallen among his favorites.</p>}}
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{{StaffCard
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| name = George
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| role = Technical Support Lead
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| team = Operations
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| image = File:Kirkburn-GoApe.jpg
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| username = Kirkburn
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| biography = <p>'''[[w:User:Kirkburn|Kirkburn]]''', sometimes known as George, joined the Community Support team in late 2012, having been a product manager at Fandom for several years. Kirkburn is ''not'' a recovering WoW-addict - indeed, he has not stopped playing since launch day in 2005, and it was joining WoWWiki a year later that got him into wikis. (He does play other games too.)</p>
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<p>He trained as a Civil Engineer, but is not going to make any jokes about 'building bridges with the community' here.</p>}}
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{{StaffCard
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| name = Yura
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| role = Support Specialist
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| team = Operations
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| image = File:KuzuraStaffCard.jpg
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| username = Kuzura
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| biography = <p>'''Yura''' began as simple user on the Russian Lostpedia in March of 2008. In 2010, he joined the International Volunteers Team as Helper and since 2017 he has been working as a staff. His favorite fandoms are Avatar: The Last Airbender, Lost, The Chronicles of Narnia, Game of Thrones, Grimm, The Walking Dead, Doctor Who, Mass Effect and other popular fantasy and sci-fi tv-series and universes.</p>
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[[Category:Community Central]]

Revision as of 19:48, 16 September 2019

Fandom's team of staff members help to support and grow all of our communities. We work on a variety of projects and you can turn to us with questions or concerns. Contact us using Special:Contact and let us know how we can help you with your community, and meet the members of the team below!

Fandom

Gaming

The Gaming team works with users on game communities, from cards to consoles.

TV / Movies

From the small screen to the silver screen, the TV/Movies team works directly with users who are focused on their favorite TV shows and films.

Anime

The Anime team works directly with anime and manga communities, putting a new emphasis on and level of support for anime and manga properties.

Editor Experience

The Editor Experience team is focused on elevating the tools and satisfaction for contributors.

Operations

The Operations team covers customer support, marketing, and making sure that the day to day operations of the Fandom teams run smoothly.