I think sometimes we do get too wrapped up in the numbers because we can count them, and compare them, as a measure this is ever so slightly better than edit counts. Let's be honest, anyone who can survive multiple weeks on en.wp probably deserves a medal depending on the topics they haunt.
Looking at my own I see some streaks are interrupted by swapping between projects and back again. Then as others mentioned before interruptions by travel a lot of which has been to support, promote, encourage newcomers, or do affiliate related work that isn't marked in machine readable boxes. I would say there are many people who have similar commitments, the fact they dont edit everyday does devalue their effort either.Lets enjoy the novelty value, let's value the effort it takes to have a long streak while remembering it's taken a lot of dedicated people over 20 odd years to get to where we are, and the movement will need many more dedicated people well into the future.On Tue, 1 Aug 2023 at 22:11, Yaroslav Blanter <ymbalt@gmail.com> wrote:Indeed I believe my last break of an edit streak was when I was on a plane / connection without wifi for more than 24h (going from Europe to Japan). I normally edit every day since I have joined (15-ish years now), but I am not so much addicted to edit-count so that I would plan my travel taking this into account or pay for the internet during the flight when I do not need it otherwise. Still, nice to have these streaks having been acknowledged sometimes.BestYaroslav_______________________________________________On Tue, Aug 1, 2023 at 12:19 PM Peter Southwood <peter.southwood@telkomsa.net> wrote:_______________________________________________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
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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@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_user_editing_streaks)is 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@wikimedia.org> va escriure:
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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 or on Meta, as we WikiCelebrate his incredible dedication to free knowledge. You can also leave some kind words for Johnny on the meta page 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.
Happy celebrating!
Natalia and Mehrdad
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