User:Octavosaurus

My name is Jo. I'm an archivist, librarian and educator working for University College London (UCL). Alongside being a Wikipedian for fun, I am an accredited trainer for Wikimedia UK (since December 2023) and frequently run training sessions for anyone who's interested. I am starting to play with Wikidata; my userpage, including links to items I've made, can be found here.

In 2025, I was named Wikimedia UK's Wikimedian of the Year alongside user:pigsonthewing!

I live in Kent but spent ten years residing in Brighton and am originally from Oxfordshire.

My pronouns are she/they.

I like:

• dinosaurs
• stars
• everything colourful
• cycling

I started editing Wikipedia in 2022 after using it for many years.

Conflict of Interest Statement

I, User:Octavosaurus, am an employee of University College London (Special Collections), and a cultural institution per WikiProject GLAM. I accept the editing conditions specified at that page. I will not make any edits that would not be beneficial to the goals of Wikipedia.

Current projects and pages:

• All things University College London and Wikimedia
  • Leading the UCL200 Wiki campaign!
• Researching Small Press material held in UCL's Special Collections.
• Researching women, eugenics and the history of the Galton Laboratory.
• Updating page: Rosey E. Pool
• Updating page: Rosalbina Caradori-Allan
• Linking University College London collections to Wikipedia pages.