Justin Knapp
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| Born | Justin Anthony Knapp November 18, 1982 Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S. |
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Justin Anthony Knapp (born November 18, 1982)[1] also known by his screen name Koavf, is an American Wikipedia user from Indianapolis, Indiana, who was the first person to contribute more than one million edits to Wikipedia.[2] As of July 2015, Knapp had made almost 1.5 million edits to Wikipedia.[3] He was ranked No. 1 among the most active Wikipedia contributors of all time, from April 18, 2012 to November 1, 2015.
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Education
Knapp attended Covenant Christian High School, where he enrolled in 1997.[1] He holds degrees in philosophy and political science from Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis.[4][5] As of 2013, he was pursuing a nursing degree at Indiana University.[6]
Career
Wikipedia
Knapp announced his millionth edit to Wikipedia on April 19, 2012.[4] At the time, he had been submitting on average 385 edits a day since signing up in March 2005; about his performance he said: "Being suddenly and involuntarily unemployed will do that to you."[4] His Wikipedia username, Koavf, was chosen as an acronym for "King of all Vext Fans", a reference to a contest Knapp entered for the comic book Vext in the 1990s.[5] Knapp was a significant contributor to Wikipedia's bibliography on George Orwell,[6][7] and he has also made many edits involving the categorization of albums through Wikipedia's category structure.[8] In 2012, Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales congratulated Knapp for his work and presented him with the site's highest award for his achievement[9] by declaring that April 20 would be Justin Knapp Day.[10] In a 2014 interview with Business Insider, Knapp said that "there is no typical day" with regard to his Wikipedia editing, and that his "go-to edits are small style and typo fixes." He also argued that the declining number of Wikipedia editors is "not necessarily a problem".[11]
On July 21, 2014, his editing was the subject of a question on the BBC quiz show University Challenge.[12]
Activism
In 2005, at the United Nations Sixtieth General Assembly, Knapp advocated for the Sahrawi people and spoke about the situation in Western Sahara.[13] He has also done community organizing for a Restore the Fourth rally in 2013.[14]
Other
Knapp has several jobs unrelated to his Wikipedia editing, including delivering pizzas, and working at a grocery store and a crisis hotline.[3][11]
List of publications
- "The Grant Shapps Affair Is a Testament to Wikipedia's Integrity and Transparency", published by Guardian Media Group for The Guardian online, April 23, 2015
- "Engaging the Public in Ethical Reasoning About Big Data" in Ethical Reasoning in Big Data: An Exploratory Analysis (ed. Jeff Collman and Soren Adam Matei), published by Springer Publishing, April 2016, p. 43–52, ISBN 978-3-319-28422-4 and ISBN 978-3-319-28420-0
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References
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External links
- "Seven Years, One Million Edits, Zero Dollars: Wikipedia's Flat Broke Superstar"
- "Justin Knapp Becomes Wikipedia Legend With One Million Edits"
- "Justin Knapp: One man, one million Wikipedia edits"
- "Week in Wiki out: Hoosier is top contributor to online encyclopedia"
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