Péter Gervai
Péter Gervai | |
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 Péter Gervai in January 2011 | |
| Born | Péter Gervai January 7, 1972 |
| Nationality | Hungarian |
| Other names | Gervai Grin Péter or grin (online alias) |
| Alma mater | Kandó Kálmán Műszaki Főiskola |
| Title | Founder of the Hungarian Wikipedia |
| Board member of | Wikimedia Hungary |
| Awards | Lifetime Achievement Award eFestival 2009 |
| Website | https://grin.hu/ |
2005.10.16.
Gabor Hanak, Frank Schulenburg, Szilveszter E. Vizy, Peter Gervai, Maria Ludassy, Tamas Vicsek
Péter Gervai, Rufus Pollock, Jonathan Gray
2011.05.20.
Péter Gervai (born 7 January 1972) is a Hungarian IT development engineer, the founder of the
chain emails which was widely used to educate senders of such mail.[1]
Personal life
Péter Gervai is married and has two children. Besides his native Hungarian, he speaks fluently in English and German.
Career
He graduated from
, but he also likes reading and writing literature.Milestones
- 1984–1999, BBS sysop, FidoNet node (and OtherNets nodes), moderator
- 1993–1994, KKVMF, software engineer
- 1994–1997, Budapest Bank, software engineer
- 1994–1997, ExaBit Bt., Executive Director
- 1996– ObjectREXX course, (OS/2)
- 1997–2005, Cory-Net Kft., Technical Director
- 2004–2008, Council of Hungarian Internet Providers - a Member of the Presidency
- 2008– President of the Hungarian chapter of Wikimedia Foundation (Wikimédia Magyarország Egyesület)[3]
Conferences
- Hungarian Inventors' Day, Budapest, 2011, June 16. lecturer,[4]
- Open Government Data Workshop, Budapest, 2011. May 20. (Friday, May 20, 2011 from 10:00 AM – 7:00 PM (GMT+0100))[5]
- "Ten years of Wikipedia" conference, 2011, January 15, Buda Castle, National Széchényi Library[6]
Interviews
- Ígéretes magyar internetes lexikon, 2004. July 13.,
- Lelkesít a tudás átadása (A 168 óra interjúja Gervai Péterrel), 2005. December 15.,
- Eltűnik-e a könyv?, 2008. October 25., ITB-online,
- A komolyság világjátéka, Népszabadság, 2008. November 15.,
- Sokak szerint az is nevetséges, hogy van szócikk a sámánokról, 2010. December 20.,
- Az Omegával kezdődött a magyar Wikipédia, 2011. January 24., IT Cafe,
- Modernkori kódexmásoló, 2011. February 1., ITB-online,
- Encyclopedia on the Net: The Wikipedia Story, 2011. March 13., 168 Óra Online,
- "Nem gondoltam volna, hogy ez lesz belőle" - a magyar Wikipédia alapítójának portréja, 2018. March 4., Business magazin, Budapest,
Publications
- The Wikipedia, from idea to fame, Wikipédia, az ötlettől a hírnévig. 2006. May 29.
Awards
- eFestival 2009 - Lifetime Achievement Award of the Hungarian Association of Content Industry for the establishment of the Hungarian-language Wikipedia.[7]
References
- ^ Lánclevelek küldőinek tanfolyama
- ^ DMOZ Open Directory Project
- ^ "Wikimédia Magyarország Egyesület". Archived from the original on 2012-03-22. Retrieved 2011-04-11.
- ^ Hungarian Inventors Day
- ^ Open Government Data Workshop, Budapest
- ^ 10 éves a Wikipédia
- ^ "eFestival 2009". Retrieved 2009-11-24.
External links
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