This is a bit like edit counts, in that it indicates nothing about the value of the edits.
In a way it is impressive that someone is so dedicated, but all the guy at the top of the
list needs to do to crash and burn is a couple of days of inability to edit for reasons
out of their control, so some luck is involved.
Cheers,
Peter
From: Yaroslav Blanter [mailto:ymbalt@gmail.com]
Sent: 28 July 2023 18:56
To: Wikimedia Mailing List
Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Re: Who is the editor with the longest editing streak? Find out!
Thanks, interesting, I am apparently a human #19 in the list.
Best
Yaroslav
On Fri, Jul 28, 2023 at 6:43 PM F. Xavier Dengra i Grau via Wikimedia-l
<wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> wrote:
Bon dia / Hi,
Is there any available tool to precisely count how many days in a row a Wikimedian from a
specifif project has been editing? The source that is linked in the Diffs page
(
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Database_reports/Longest_active_use…
only within the English Wikipedia…
Has anyone checked that there is no other user in the rest of the other projects (hundreds
of them) with a similar or better streak, so that the sentence “the Wikimedian with the
longest editing streak” is fully accurate regarding both language and Wikimedia project?
Gràcies! / Thank you!
Xavier Dengra
El dv, 28 jul., 2023 a 17:15, Natalia Szafran-Kozakowska <nszafran(a)wikimedia.org> va
escriure:
Read in عربي, bahasa Indonesia, français, Deutsch, español, Kiswahili, and Polish on Diff
<https://diff.wikimedia.org/2023/07/28/more-than-5700-days-with-wikipedia-meet-the-editor-who-has-been-editing-each-day-for-15-years/>
.
Johnny Au <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Johnny_Au> has been editing every
single day since November 11, 2007, which makes him the Wikimedian with the longest
editing streak. That's more than 15 years or - more precisely - 5733 days of
continuous editing!
Each day Johnny checks his extensive watchlist, which includes articles related to his
beloved hometown Toronto. From local sports teams and art galleries, to Toronto transit
system – Johnny is passionate about all things Toronto-related, and carefully watches over
Wikipedia articles about it. He specializes in minor, maintenance edits: correcting
spelling and language, reverting vandalisms, adding images and correcting mistakes.
The daily habit of editing and the pure love for Wikipedia, and passion for free
knowledge, is what keeps him going. When asked about advice to share with other editors,
he says: Never give up. Fight the good fight. We must fight against misinformation and
disinformation.
Learn more about Johnny, his work (and this one time when his editing streak almost
broke!) on Diff
<https://diff.wikimedia.org/2023/07/28/more-than-5700-days-with-wikipedia-meet-the-editor-who-has-been-editing-each-day-for-15-years/>
or on Meta <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Communications/WikiCelebrate/Johnny_Au>
, as we WikiCelebrate
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Communications/WikiCelebrate> his incredible
dedication to free knowledge. You can also leave some kind words for Johnny on the meta
page <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Communications/WikiCelebrate/Johnny_Au> and
congratulate him on his amazing achievement!
Johnny is one of the great people that have contributed so much to bringing us to where we
are today, and continue to do so. Each month we WikiCelebrate a different Wikimedian,
acknowledging the amazing community, the pillars of our movement. We warmly invite you to
write about the people celebrated each month. If you know them, share some wiki love. If
there’s an outstanding Wikimedian that you think should be celebrated, recommend them
<https://wikimediafoundation.limesurvey.net/WikiCelebrate> .
Happy celebrating!
Natalia and Mehrdad
--
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Natalia Szafran-Kozakowska (she/her)
Senior Global Movement Communications Specialist (European Region)
<https://wikimediafoundation.org/> Wikimedia Foundation
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