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_Auhas 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
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... 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:
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-mee...). [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-mee... [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 --
Natalia Szafran-Kozakowska (she/her) Senior Global Movement Communications Specialist (European Region) [Wikimedia Foundation](https://wikimediafoundation.org/)
Hi, there is a tool that allows you to check your editing streak in any project: http://streaks.toolforge.org/
Although I agree that in the Wikimedia spirit of being accurate in citing sources this sentence may not be accurate, so I will change it on the Diff post for English Wikipedia. Thank you so much for pointing this out!
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... 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:
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_Auhas 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
-- *Natalia Szafran-Kozakowska* (she/her) Senior Global Movement Communications Specialist (European Region) Wikimedia Foundation https://wikimediafoundation.org/
Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l Public archives at https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/... To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-leave@lists.wikimedia.org
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... 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:
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_Auhas 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
-- *Natalia Szafran-Kozakowska* (she/her) Senior Global Movement Communications Specialist (European Region) Wikimedia Foundation https://wikimediafoundation.org/
Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l Public archives at https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/... To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-leave@lists.wikimedia.org
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@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... 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:
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
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.
Best Yaroslav
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 *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@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... 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:
*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_Auhas 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/WikiCelebratehis 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
--
*Natalia Szafran-Kozakowska* (she/her) Senior Global Movement Communications Specialist (European Region) Wikimedia Foundation https://wikimediafoundation.org/
Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l Public archives at https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/... To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-leave@lists.wikimedia.org
Virus-free.www.avg.com http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient
Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l Public archives at https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/... To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-leave@lists.wikimedia.org
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.
Best Yaroslav
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 *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@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... 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:
*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_Auhas 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/WikiCelebratehis 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
--
*Natalia Szafran-Kozakowska* (she/her) Senior Global Movement Communications Specialist (European Region) Wikimedia Foundation https://wikimediafoundation.org/
Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l Public archives at https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/... To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-leave@lists.wikimedia.org
Virus-free.www.avg.com http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient
Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l Public archives at https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/... To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-leave@lists.wikimedia.org
Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l Public archives at https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/... To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-leave@lists.wikimedia.org
oh I need an edit button
the fact they dont edit everyday does devalue their effort either.
should say "the fact they dont edit everyday* doesnt *devalue their effort either."
On Tue, 1 Aug 2023 at 22:36, Gnangarra gnangarra@gmail.com wrote:
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.
Best Yaroslav
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 *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@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... 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:
*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_Auhas 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/WikiCelebratehis 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
--
*Natalia Szafran-Kozakowska* (she/her) Senior Global Movement Communications Specialist (European Region) Wikimedia Foundation https://wikimediafoundation.org/
Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l Public archives at https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/... To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-leave@lists.wikimedia.org
Virus-free.www.avg.com http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient
Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l Public archives at https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/... To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-leave@lists.wikimedia.org
Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l Public archives at https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/... To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-leave@lists.wikimedia.org
-- Boodarwun Gnangarra 'ngany dabakarn koorliny arn boodjera dardon nlangan Nyungar koortabodjar'
Hi,
On 7/28/23 12:42, F. Xavier Dengra i Grau via Wikimedia-l wrote:
Is there any available tool to precisely count how many days in a row a Wikimedian from a specifif project has been editing? The sourcethat is linked in the Diffs page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Database_reports/Longest_active_user... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Database_reports/Longest_active_user_editing_streaks)is only within the English Wikipedia…
In addition to my "Wiki streaks" tool Natalia linked, I'm happy to set up the database report for other wikis - just ask :)
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?
Here's a version of the streaks report that checked all wikis: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Legoktm/Longest_active_user_editing_streaks. Johnny Au is still #1, beating all other humans and bots :) Ignoring bots, Bruce1ee (also en.wp) is #2. Kocurwaclaw from pl.wp is #3.
I should say that these reports are for the longest *active* daily editing streak. At least I never got around to looking for long non-active streaks, though it could be an interesting research project! If someone has ideas on some SQL to look this up, happy to turn it into a proper report.
-- Kunal / Legoktm
Could be interesting to add a column "active streak" yes/no
Geert Van Pamel
-----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- Van: Kunal Mehta legoktm@debian.org Verzonden: maandag 31 juli 2023 10:09 Aan: wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Onderwerp: [Wikimedia-l] Re: Who is the editor with the longest editing streak? Find out!
Hi,
On 7/28/23 12:42, F. Xavier Dengra i Grau via Wikimedia-l wrote:
Is there any available tool to precisely count how many days in a row a Wikimedian from a specifif project has been editing? The sourcethat is linked in the Diffs page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Database_reports/Longest_acti ve_user_editing_streaks https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Database_reports/Longest_acti ve_user_editing_streaks)is only within the English Wikipedia.
In addition to my "Wiki streaks" tool Natalia linked, I'm happy to set up the database report for other wikis - just ask :)
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?
Here's a version of the streaks report that checked all wikis: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Legoktm/Longest_active_user_editing_streaks. Johnny Au is still #1, beating all other humans and bots :) Ignoring bots, Bruce1ee (also en.wp) is #2. Kocurwaclaw from pl.wp is #3.
I should say that these reports are for the longest *active* daily editing streak. At least I never got around to looking for long non-active streaks, though it could be an interesting research project! If someone has ideas on some SQL to look this up, happy to turn it into a proper report.
-- Kunal / Legoktm _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l Public archives at https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/... To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-leave@lists.wikimedia.org
wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org