User:Shamto

Who am I
I am an Australian editor/proofreader/web content manager who worked for the National Museum of Australia (NMA) on a Wikipedia writing project from mid-March to end June 2011. The project aimed to make use of NMA publications, research and web content, as well as non-NMA sources, to add to existing articles and create new articles where appropriate. I was a newcomer to Wikipedia for the purposes of this project.

I left the NMA at the end of June 2011 keen to continue contributing to Wikipedia.

December 2011 update
I have returned to the National Museum of Australia to continue what I started earlier in 2011, and to help prepare a number of NMA images for donation to Wikimedia Commons.

July 2012 update
Finished up at the National Museum of Australia at the end of June - the NMA's image donation to Wikimedia Commons will go ahead sometime later in the year. I will continue to do some occasional content development on behalf of the NMA for upload to Wikipedia e.g. working on extending the The Jerilderie Letter article.

My background
I have worked as an editor and proofreader on and off for many years. In the mid 1990s I began writing and editing website content, including for the Australian Government Culture Portal. I continue to work in web content development and editing and proofreading for print publication. I have a Professional Editing and Proofreading Certificate (2008), and I completed a Certificate IV in Museum Practice in 2003.