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| Current location | Bern, Switzerland |
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| Occupation | Archaeologist |
| Employer | University of Bern |
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| Website | joeroe |
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| GitHub | joeroe |
| Mastodon | archaeo |
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| First edit | 2005-03-26 |
| Administrator | 2017-11-30 |
| Edit count | ≈35,000 |
| Permissions | sysop |
Hi, I'm Joe. I mainly work on articles about archaeology and biographies of scientists. I'm also an administrator on the English Wikipedia and was a member of its Arbitration Committee in 2019–2020. In my behind-the-scenes work I try to focus on preserving good content and encouraging new editors, which has led me to new page patrol, articles for deletion, and dispute resolution.
Off Wikipedia, I'm a computational archaeologist, studing the economy and human ecology of the first farming societies in prehistoric Southwest Asia. My homepage has more information about my off-wiki work.
I have two alternate accounts: Joe Roe (mobile) (talk · contribs) for when I'm travelling and Joe Robot (talk · contribs) for semi-automated edits.
 | This user is a participantinWikiProject Archaeology. |
 | This user is a participant in WikiProject Women in Red (redlinks→blue) |
 | This user is a participant in WikiProject Maps Map Workshop (watch) |
 | This user has been a new pages reviewer for 7 years, 8 months, 1 week and 4 days. (verify) |
Featured content and good articles I've worked on:
Lamia Al-Gailani Werr
... that Lamia Al-Gailani Werr helped rebuild the Iraq Museum after it was looted in the 2003 American-led invasion of Iraq?
Man of the Hole
2022-08-24: The Man of the Hole, the last surviving member of a people eradicated in the genocide of indigenous peoples in Brazil, is found dead.
Margaret Ursula Jones
... that Margaret Ursula Jones directed work at Mucking, the largest archaeological excavation ever undertaken in Britain, for thirteen years, while living on site year round in a small caravan?
2017-05-16 (births)
Articles I created or expanded from a stub. Please note that the current version might be significantly or completely different from the original version I wrote.
... that the Akuntsu tribe, victim of a massacre perpetrated by Brazilian cattle ranchers in the 1980s, currently numbers just five individuals? ... that there are 672 Indigenous TerritoriesinBrazil, covering about 13% of the country's land area? ... that the British Institute in Amman was founded by archaeologist Crystal Bennett in 1975 to provide a base for British archaeological expeditions to Jordan? ... that Margaret Ursula Jones directed work at Mucking, the largest archaeological excavation ever undertaken in Britain, for thirteen years, while living on site year round in a small caravan? ... that American rapper Gizzle worked as a ghostwriter for other hip hop artists before releasing her debut mixtape in 2017? ... that according to research led by Dana Lepofsky, some clam gardens on the Pacific Northwest Coast are up to 3,500 years old? ... that in 1929, the world press proclaimed Teleilat el Ghassul to be the biblical Sodom and Gomorrah, but Father Alexis Mallon, the site's excavator, disagreed?
Other articles that I have significantly rewrote or collaborated on with other editors:
... that Barbara Robb, a campaigner for the well-being of older people, was described by a Cabinet Minister as a "terrible danger" to the British government in 1969?
Unreferenced articles salvaged:
New pages reviewed: 3734 (as of 2024-11-12[update])
Uploaded to Commons.
Uploaded to Commons. Many of these were requests from the map workshop.
On writing encyclopaedia articles:
On Wikipedia and its culture:
On administration:
If you're interested, here's a list of other essays I like.
(Barnstars etc. copied from my talk page)
The Barnstar of Diplomacy Thank you for such a wonderful contribution. Kioumarsi (talk) 15:00, 5 October 2022 (UTC)
What a Brilliant Idea Barnstar hank you for coming up with the idea for Administrative action review and seeing it through the RfC process. Not only is it a solution to a concrete gap in our review processes, it promises cultural change by challenging the equation of sysop and administrator. I'm looking forward to its impacts, and I'm excited to working together to ensure it succeeds. — Wug·a·po·des 19:52, 15 December 2021 (UTC)
The Mountain Of Crap Barnstar Anyone who climbs half a megabyte of AfD deserves to have something waiting for them at the top. jp×g 03:43, 3 December 2021 (UTC)
The Admin's Barnstar For taking on the challenge of closing the biggest and arguably most contentious AfD in Wikipedia history. clpo13(talk) 18:47, 1 December 2021 (UTC)
The Patience is a Virtue Award Thank you for having patience with my endless questions :) Tyrone Madera (talk) 20:01, 13 May 2021 (UTC)
A cup of tea for you! For making Winifred M. Crompton's page so fast! You deserve a nice cuppa! Lajmmoore (talk) 21:13, 9 March 2020 (UTC)
The Special Barnstar. A Gorilla told me you wrote most of an open letter. Thank you. GRuban (talk) 18:52, 1 July 2019 (UTC)
The Photographer's Barnstar. You've helped out a ton with your photos to WP! thanks! Redditaddict69 (talk) (contribs) 21:10, 10 September 2018 (UTC)
Special Edition New Page Patroller's Barnstar for completing over 100 reviews during the 2018 June Backlog Drive, please accept this Special Edition Barnstar. Thank you for helping out at New Page Patrol and keep up the good work. Cheers! — Insertcleverphrasehere (or here) 01:58, 1 July 2018 (UTC)
Thanks for your kind words and the advice that you provided to me related to the doubts that I wanted to clarify about the redirects and page moves. You have made me cool and happy with your kindful efforts. Thanks a lot and happy editing. Abishe (talk) 13:05, 1 December 2017 (UTC)
—k6ka 🍁 (Talk · Contributions) 17:42, 30 November 2017 (UTC)
Cheers! Joshua Jonathan -Let's talk! 20:39, 30 November 2017 (UTC)
The New Page Patroller's Barnstar. For being one of the top 100 reviewers of the past year. Thank you for your service! — Insertcleverphrasehere (or here) 22:01, 23 November 2017 (UTC) The Special Barnstar. thank u for the information given to me. please see the question again.i will detail it more.please refer it more. Thank you anyway. jordan (talk) 14:55, 30 January 2017 (UTC)
Thanks for your help in the Teahouse. Regards from the Netherlands – Amin (Talk)
The Editor's Barnstar. For brilliant editing --Saukkomies talk 16:45, 31 May 2011 (UTC)
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