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Contact us using [[Special:Contact]] and let us know how we can help you with your community.
 
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<h2 style="clear:both">Community Support & Engagement Team</h2>
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| caption = Chen Shen
 
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| user = Cal-Boy
 
| 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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| 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.
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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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| caption = Lucho
 
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| user = Luchofigo85
 
| user = Luchofigo85
| 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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| description = '''[[w:User:Luchofigo85|Lucho]]''' is focused in both English and Spanish communities.
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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.
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He likes to explore new restaurants to satisfy his palate and enjoys organizing things!
 
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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!}}
 
| 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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| name = Yura (RU)
 
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| description = '''Yura''' is a staff for FANDOM International with a focus on '''Russian''' Wikis. He 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.
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| name = Elsa (FR)
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| image = [[File:Elsa-i18n.jpg|100px|Hypsoline]]
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| description = '''Elsa''' ([[w:User:Hypsoline|Hypsoline]]) is Community Manager for the '''French''' Community.
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She’s an avid series consumer and particularly enjoys anything related to Science Fiction, having been raised with X-Files and Star Wars.
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| 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.}}
 
| 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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| image = [[File:Avatar_-_Bola_staff.jpg|100px|Antonio]]
 
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| 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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| user = Raylan13
 
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| 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.
 
| 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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His hobbies, aside from Warcraft, include reading voraciously, enjoying the outdoors, crafting liqueurs, and working on various manuscripts.}}
 
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| 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.
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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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| 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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| 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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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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| name = Tim Bartel
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| description = '''Tim Bartel''' ([[w:User:Avatar|Avatar]]) is the Director of Community Development International at FANDOM.
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In the online world, people usually know him as Avatar, a nickname chosen from the famous Ultima roleplay game series which he first played on his Commodore 64.
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He's been interested in wikis for more than 10 years. In his free time, he enjoys playing complex board games, eating spicy Thai food, and enjoying really good cocktails.}}
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| name = Antonio R. (ES)
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| image = [[File:Avatar_-_Bola_staff.jpg|100px|Antonio]]
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| user = Bola
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| description = '''Antonio R.''' ([[w:User:Bola|Bola]]) is working for FANDOM International with a focus on '''Spanish''' Wikis. He 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!}}
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| name = Héctor Donís (ES)
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| image = [[File:Hector_Avatar.jpg|100px|Héctor Donís]]
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| user = CuBaN VeRcEttI
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| description = '''Héctor''' ([[w:User:CuBaN VeRcEttI|CuBaN VeRcEttI]]) is a member of the '''Spanish''' Community Development Team, working as content editor for gaming and entertainment communities. He is bureaucrat on [[w:c:es.metalgear|Metal Gear Wiki]] and [[w:c:es.assassinscreed|Animuspedia]], and continues to contribute in other ones. He is a fan of music and videogames, among other topics. Moreover, he is in charge of the [[w:c:es|Spanish corporate wiki]] and usually give a helping hand at the Catalan communities.
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| image = [[File:Julia4.jpg|100px|Julia]]
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| description = '''Julia''' ([[w:User:Springteufel|Springteufel]]) joined the '''German''' Community Development Team in November 2014. She grew up with Sailor Moon, is a fan of trashy horror movies and loves to go to concerts.
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She is very protective of her beloved collection of anime figures, enjoys good ramen soups and is looking forward to great conversations with fans around the globe.
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| image = [[File:Spinelli-i18n.jpg|100px|Spinelli313]]
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| description = '''Claudia''' ([[w:User:Spinelli313|Spinelli313]] is a member of the '''German''' Community Development Team with a focus on Entertainment topics.
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She has a huge passion for movies, tv-shows and useless trivia that makes our lives so much more fun.
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| image = [[File:Elbosso-i18n.png|100px|ElBosso]]
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| description = '''Micha''' ([[w:User:ElBosso|ElBosso]]) started as a cross-vertical content editor for '''German''' in October 2011. Nowadays he's in charge of the video game vertical, coordinates social media accounts and is a go-to person for technical and portability issues. He plays way too much video games, doesn't have enough room for any more LEGO sets and is the DJ in FANDOM's Cologne office. Micha also loves to watch American Late Night shows and wishes he had more time to spend on his various wiki projects.
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| name = Colin (DE)
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| description = '''Colin''' ([[w:User:Laserpferd|Laserpferd]]) joined the '''German''' Community Development team in May 2018 with a focus on gaming. His favorite game genres are shooters and strategy, but he also enjoys a good RPG or brawler from time to time. When he's not busy helping out in gaming wikis or writing editorial content, Colin also likes binge-watching anime and Netflix series or pestering his friends with obnoxious memes.
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| description = '''Elsa''' ([[w:User:Hypsoline|Hypsoline]]) is Community Manager for the '''French''' Community.
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She’s an avid series consumer and particularly enjoys anything related to Science Fiction, having been raised with X-Files and Star Wars.
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| description = '''William''' is Director of Asia Pacific, working on Japanese and Chinese content. Prior to this he worked at MTV, various ad agencies, and was a long time contributor at GameFAQs on series like Ace Combat, Persona, Final Fantasy, and others. In his free time, he goes spirited driving to test the limits of modern car engines.
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| description = '''Yuan''' lives in Taiwan. He began to edit in FANDOM since 2006 by creating Chinese Doraemon wiki and joined FANDOM Chinese Community team in 2014. He works on Chinese wikis on gaming, entertainment and lifestyle.
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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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| description = '''Shinichiro''' ([[w:User:Shin|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 Monster Hunter World and PUBG.
   
 
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.}}
 
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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| description = '''Momoko''' is a member of the '''Japanese''' community development team focusing on entertainment topics.<br> Before joining FANDOM, She worked at the publishing company as an editor and joined here in 2016. She is also working on Social media for FANDOM JAPAN.<br>On free time, she enjoys watching movies and Netflix-drama, cycling in the country, cooking curry like magical medicine. Her favorite Netflix original is Stranger things. Her curly hair looks like Dustin!
| 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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| description = '''Yura''' is a staff for FANDOM International with a focus on '''Russian''' Wikis. He 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.
 
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| 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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| 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.)
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| 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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Revision as of 09:42, 13 August 2018

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