User:Netesq
Netesqis the online alias ofDavid F. Prenatt, Jr. dba Internet Esquire.Prenatt has degrees in bothanthropologyandlawbut works as an Internet consultant and technology evangelist. Although Prenatt is an occasional contributor toWikipedia,where he is currently a volunteerJourneyman Editor,he has no interest in becoming aWikipedia administrator.
UC Davis Law School and USENET
[edit]During his tenure as a student atUC Davis Law School,Prenatt was a member of the UC Davis Law Review[1],a teacher's assistant for legal writing, and a certified student attorney for the King Hall Civil Rights Clinic[2].Meanwhile, Prenatt was a frequent poster toUSENET,where his byline attracted many queries about law school,UC Davis,and the city ofDavis, California.This inspired Prenatt to publish the King Hall Law School USENET FAQ[3]and a series of other USENET FAQs that paved the way for Prenatt's work as an Internet consultant forattorneys.
Life After the Open Directory Project
[edit]Prenatt worked as a volunteer editor for theOpen Directory Project(ODP aka dMOZ) where he was awarded the status of "editall" shortly before his editing privileges were revoked in April of 2000. After losing his editing privileges at ODP, Prenatt wrote an insider expose of ODP for Traffick.com[4]and founded the XODP eGroup[5]as a free speech forum where ODP expatriates, ODP malcontents, and various other critics of ODP could discuss the future of the open content movement. XODP has since evolved into a business enterprise as well as a think tank and free speech forum for progressive ideas about how content on the Internet should be created and indexed.
Wikipedia
[edit]AfterJimbo Walesposted news ofWikipediaat the XODP eGroup in August of 2002,[6]Prenatt began contributing to Wikipedia.[7]Prenatt's first contribution to Wikipedia was an anonymous one.[8].Prenatt is still an occasional contributor to Wikipedia, but he is also a frequent critic. Specifically, Prenatt believes that "project forks" for Wikipedia are long overdue.[9]
Internet consulting for attorneys and continuing legal education
[edit]In addition to providing confidential website evaluations for leading law firms throughout theUnited StatesandCanada,Prenatt is a frequent lecturer atMandatory Continuing Legal Education(MCLE) programs, providing the larger legal community with basic information about theInternetas well as information about the latest trends in website design, development, and promotion.
Notes
[edit]- ^UC Davis Law Review Home Page
- ^Guidelines for King Hall Clinicals
- ^King Hall Law School USENET FAQ
- ^Traffick.com - Life After the Open Directory Project
- ^XODP Yahoo! eGroup
- ^XODP post by Jimbo Wales
- ^NetEsq's Contributions to Wikipedia
- ^David Prenatt's first (anonymous) contribution to Wikipedia.
- ^XODP Blog - Dealing with Jackasses at Wikipedia and Citizendium