From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
List of notable editors of Wikipedia
Wikipedia co-founder
Jimmy Wales , then-
Wikimedia Foundation executive director
Katherine Maher , and other
Wikipedians at
Wikimania 2017
This list of
Wikipedians includes notable
editors of the online encyclopedia
Wikipedia .
By surname
A
B
C
Faizul Latif Chowdhury
Danese Cooper
Hampton Lintorn-Catlin , an American
computer programmer and programming language inventor who wrote several applications for
iOS and other
mobile platforms , including a
Wikipedia browsing client which was later purchased by the
Wikimedia Foundation .
[8] Catlin was later hired by Wikimedia Foundation as Mobile development lead.
[9]
Faizul Latif Chowdhury , Bangladeshi economist and writer who uses his real name to edit Wikipedia, primarily the
Bengali-language edition
William Connolley , a climate modeller who edits Wikipedia using his real name, William M. Connolley
[10]
Danese Cooper , an American programmer,
[11] computer scientist
[12] and advocate of
open source software
[13] who worked with Wikimedia foundation as Chief Technical Officer
[14]
Lee Daniel Crocker , an American programmer best known for rewriting
MediaWiki , the content-management software upon which
Wikipedia and many other websites run, to address
scalability problems
[15]
Anthony Czarnik , an American biochemist, inventor, and professor
D
E
Siân Evans , McKensie Mack,
Michael Mandiberg , and Jacqueline Mabey (left to right ) of
Art+Feminism
F
G
Tomasz Ganicz , former president of Wikimedia Polska (2007–2018)
Sue Gardner , former executive director, Wikimedia Foundation (2007–2014)
David Gerard , author about cryptocurrencies
Susan Gerbic , founder and leader of the Guerrilla Skepticism on Wikipedia (GSoW) project
Mike Godwin , former general counsel for the Wikimedia Foundation (2007–2010)
H
James Heilman
Martin Haase , a
German
linguistics professor at the
University of Bamberg as well as a linguist, polyglot, and podcaster who is also a Wikipedia volunteer and served as a member of Wikimedia Germany's advisory board (2005–2007)
[17]
Aaron Halfaker , principal applied scientist at
Microsoft Research , a former research scientist at the
Wikimedia Foundation
[18]
Hamid Hassani , an
Iranian
lexicographer and
corpus linguist , a senior researcher at the
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (APLL)
James Heilman , a
Canadian
emergency department physician , and advocate for the improvement of
Wikipedia's health-related content
[19]
Miran Hladnik , a Slovenian
literary historian , specializing in quantitative analysis of Slovene rural stories and in
Slovene historical fiction
Netha Hussain , a medical doctor known for her efforts to tackle the
spread of misinformation in Wikipedia about the origin of the
coronavirus
I
Maryana Iskander ,
chief executive officer of the
Wikimedia Foundation
Maryana Iskander , chief executive officer of the Wikimedia Foundation (2022–present)
J
K
Justin Knapp
Uładzimir Katkoŭski (1976–2007), a
Belarusian blogger, web designer and website creator
[20] who was a founder of
Belarusian Wikipedia
Rauan Kenzhekhanuly , a Kazakh entrepreneur and NGO activist who was named the first
Wikipedian of the Year in August 2011 by
Wikipedia co-founder
Jimmy Wales at
Wikimania
[21]
Osama Khalid , an Arab Wikipedia administrator and medical doctor who was sentenced to 32 years in prison for contributing information critical to the Saudi government.
[22]
Bassel Khartabil (1981–2015), a Palestinian Syrian
open-source
software developer who contributed to projects like
Creative Commons ,
Wikipedia , and
Mozilla Firefox . On 15 March 2012, the one-year anniversary of the
Syrian uprising , he was detained by the Syrian government at
Adra Prison in
Damascus .
[23] Khartabil was executed by the Syrian regime shortly after his disappearance in 2015.
[24]
Justin Knapp , an American Wikipedian who in 2012 became the first person to make 1 million Wikipedia edits
[25]
Dan Koehl , pioneer and first admin on
Swedish Wikipedia and prolific contributor to different Wikimedia projects
[26]
Ihor Kostenko (1991–2014), a
Ukrainian journalist, student activist and Wikipedian killed during the
Euromaidan events
[27]
L
Andrew Lih
M
Emna Mizouni
Katherine Maher , executive director of the
Wikimedia Foundation (2016–2021)
[29]
Michael Mandiberg , co-founder of the Art+Feminism project
Magnus Manske , developer of MediaWiki and related software tools
Ira Brad Matetsky , American lawyer
Rémi Mathis , historian and curator,
Wikipedian of the Year (2013), author of Wikipédia. Dans les coulisses de la plus grande encyclopédie du monde (2021)
Emna Mizouni , Wikimedian of the Year (2019)
Erik Möller , former deputy director of Wikimedia Foundation (2008–2015)
Jason Moore , editor and organizer
N
Felix Nartey
O
P
Steven Pruitt
R
S
Larry Sanger , co-founder of Wikipedia
Tony Santiago , editor recognized in 2007 by the
23rd Senate of Puerto Rico for his contributions to Puerto Rico–related content
[32]
Seedfeeder , explicit illustrator
María Sefidari , chair of Wikimedia Foundation's Board of Trustees (2018–2021)
David Shankbone , photographer and blogger
Chris Sherwin (1962–2017), scientist and researcher
Gage Skidmore , photographer
Revo Soekatno , linguistic researcher and co-founder of Wikimedia Indonesia
Jan Sokol (1936–2021), a Czech philosopher, university professor and promoter of WMCZ project Senior Citizens Write Wikipedia
Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight , joint
Wikipedian of the Year (2016); Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees (2021–)
Aaron Swartz (1986–2013), programmer and political activist
T
Former
Wikimedia Foundation executive director
Lila Tretikov
V
Volodymyr Vakulenko (1972–2022), Ukrainian literary figure who was murdered during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
Oscar van Dillen , first chairperson of the Dutch chapter of the Wikimedia Foundation
Luis Villa , an American attorney and programmer who worked for the Wikimedia Foundation
W
Adrianne Wadewitz
Y
Taha Yasseri , associate professor of sociology at University College Dublin, Ireland
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