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This internal listing highlights the notable people who contribute to the project.

Another reason for the page is to notify the community that these Wikipedians are potential autobiographers, with the risks that entails for NPOV in articles relating to them and their work.

By precedent, it lists people who have a Wikipedia article about them and who have also made one or more edits to Wikipedia, even if only relating to the article about themself or their work or even simply to create a user page. It replaces Category:Wikipedians with article, which had the disadvantage of being self-referential and not indicating the usernames of those listed.

See also Category:Notable Wikipedians, which is similar but not identical, and is alphabetized by first name. See also Wikipedia:Celebrities who have been quoted as having used Wikipedia

The list

Mark Abene — Phiberoptik (talk · contribs): High-profile computer hacker.
Pete Ashdown — Pashdown (talk · contribs): Internet entrepreneur, running for U.S. Senator from Utah.
Jorn Barger — Robotwisdom (talk · contribs): Early blogger, coined the term "weblog."
Angela Beesley — Angela (talk · contribs): Important figure in the Wikimedia Foundation.
Chip Berlet — Cberlet (talk · contribs): American investigative journalist and author.
David Boothroyd — Dbiv (talk · contribs): British political researcher, author, and local councillor.
Jonathan Bowen — Jpbowen (talk · contribs): Computer Science professor at London South Bank University.
Tim Bray — TimBray (talk · contribs): One of the creators of XML and employee of Sun Microsystems.
Jim Breen — Jimbreen (talk · contribs): Japanese-language researcher.
Kevin Burdette — Burdettekevin (talk · contribs): Bass opera singer.
Silvia Helena Cardoso — Silviacardoso (talk · contribs): a Brazilian psychobiologist, noted science writer, publisher, university professor and scientist, artist and entrepreneur in the area of applications of information technology to health sciences (medical informatics, telemedicine and distance education).
William Connolley — William M. Connolley (talk · contribs): Climate modeller and scientist.
Alan Cox — AlanCox (talk · contribs): Programmer heavily involved in the development of the Linux kernel since its early days in 1991.
Constance E. Cumbey — Cumbey (talk · contribs): Former national officer for the National Association of Women Lawyers, New Age Christian author
Mike Dash — Mikedash (talk · contribs): Welsh writer, journalist and researcher; editor and publisher of the journal Fortean Times.
Betsy Devine — Betsythedevine (talk · contribs): Journalist, author and blogger.
Cory Doctorow — Doctorow (talk · contribs): Author in favor of liberalizing copyright laws.
Mark Jason Dominus — Dominus (talk · contribs): Co-founder of Kibology, acclaimed Perl programmer.
Roger Ebert — Rebert (talk · contribs): World-acclaimed film critic, founder of a film festival.
Michael Everson — Evertype (talk · contribs): Linguist, typesetter, and font designer, one of the co-authors of the Unicode Standard.
Cyrus Farivar — Cfarivar (talk · contribs): Assistant editor at Macworld magazine and freelance technology journalist.
Edward Felten — 128.112.139.194 (talk · contribs): Princeton University computing and mathematics expert
Seth Finkelstein — Seth Finkelstein (talk · contribs): Computer programmer and activist, was one of the founders of the Censorware Project (CWP)
Brad Fitzpatrick — Bradfitz (talk · contribs): American programmer, creator of LiveJournal, PicPix, and FreeVote.
Brian Flemming — BrianFlemming (talk · contribs): Film director and playwright (Bat Boy: The Musical).
John Gaeta — John gaeta (talk · contribs): Visual effects designer and director (The Matrix trilogy)
Kyle Gann — Kylegann (talk · contribs): Composer, music critic for Village Voice
Mike Godwin — Mikegodwin (talk · contribs): American attorney, the creator of "Godwin's law", director of Public Knowledge.
Marv Goldberg — Marvy42 (talk · contribs): Writer and music historian in the field of rhythm & blues (R&B).
Telsa Gwynne — Telsa (talk · contribs): Wife of Linux developer Alan Cox, writer.
Carl Hewitt — CarlHewitt (talk · contribs): Associate Professor (Emeritus) in the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science department at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Joi Ito — Joi (talk · contribs): Activist, entrepreneur, and venture capitalist.
A.J. Jacobs — 202.144.86.158 (talk · contribs) (outsourced Indian assistant, see [1]): American journalist and author.
Xeni Jardin — Xenijardin (talk · contribs): Weblogger (Boing Boing) and journalist.
Uwe Kils — Kils (talk · contribs): Marine biologist specializing in planktology.
Ashida Kim — Ashida Kim (talk · contribs): Controversial martial arts teacher.
Stephan Kinsella — Nskinsella (talk · contribs): Intellectual property lawyer and legal theorist.
Sonja Elen Kisa — Sonjaaa (talk · contribs): Professional translator and constructed language designer.
Markus Kuhn — Markus Kuhn (talk · contribs): Computer scientist.
Ryan Lackey — Rdl (talk · contribs): Entrepreneur and computer security professional.
Tim Lambert — TimLambert (talk · contribs): Lecturer in computer science.
Adrian Lamo — Adrian Lamo (talk · contribs): High-profile computer hacker.
Sarah Lane — 66.243.44.2 (talk · contribs): G4 TechTV personality.
Leo Laporte — unknown, but he has mentioned on air that he has corrected one matter in his bio: Technology journalist and broadcaster
Jesse Liberty — Jliberty (talk · contribs): Author and expert on Microsoft.NET
Kevin B. MacDonald — 68.5.18.103 (talk · contribs): Controversial professor of psychology.
CJ Marsicano — Cjmarsicano (talk · contribs): Musician and writer/journalist.
Steve Mann — Glogger (talk · contribs): Computer science professor and innovator in the field of wearable computing.
Matthew McLauchlin — Montrealais (talk · contribs): Translator and activist; nominated by one of the major parties to run in the next Canadian parliamentary election.
David Megginson — Dpm64 (talk · contribs): Software consultant and developer.
Jeffrey Vernon Merkey — Gadugi (talk · contribs): Cherokee activist and software developer.
David Mertz — Lulu of the Lotus-Eaters (talk · contribs): Computer author and columnist.
Jeffrey Mishlove — 208.13.131.55 (talk · contribs) says he is Mishlove, and edited only Jeffrey Mishlove: Author and parapsychology professor.
David Morgan-Mar — Dmmaus (talk · contribs): Creator of humorous esoteric programming languages.
Lubos Motl — Lumidek (talk · contribs): Theoretical physicist working on string theory and quantum gravity.
Chuck Munson — 24.94.181.211 (talk · contribs), Chuck0 (talk · contribs): American anarchist and blogger.
Grant Neufeld — GrantNeufeld (talk · contribs): Social justice and media activist.
Florence Nibart-Devouard — Anthere (talk · contribs): Important figure in the Wikimedia foundation.
Frederick Noronha — Fredericknoronha (talk · contribs): Freelance journalist based in India.
Wendy Northcutt — Wendy Wendy (talk · contribs): Overseer of the Darwin Awards.
Stephanie Pakrul aka StephTheGeek — Stephthegeek (talk · contribs): Canadian blogger who has made television personalities.
Paniq aka Leonard Ritter — Paniq (talk · contribs): German demoscene figure.
Hayford Peirce — Hayford Peirce (talk · contribs): Science fiction and mystery writer.
Arnold Perey — Aperey (talk · contribs); Arnold Perey (talk · contribs); Samivel (talk · contribs): Anthropologist and writer.
Philip Plait — TheBadAstronomer (talk · contribs): Astronomer and website owner.
RaD Man aka Christian Wirth — Radman1 (talk · contribs): Computer artist and historian.
John Quiggin; John Quiggin (talk · contribs): Australian economist and professor.
Sheldon Rampton — Sheldon Rampton (talk · contribs): Editor of public relations-related columns and websites (PR Watch).
Eric S. Raymond — Eric S. Raymond (talk · contribs): Important figure in the open source movement.
John Romero — Romero (talk · contribs): Famous video game developer.
Renato M. E. Sabbatini — Rsabbatini (talk · contribs): Biomedical and computer scientist and writer.
Jason Scott Sadofsky — Jscott (talk · contribs): Creator and maintainer of textfiles.com.
Larry Sanger — Larry Sanger (talk · contribs): Early figure in the development of Wikipedia (co-founder).
Jack Sarfatti — JackSarfatti (talk · contribs) and J.Sarfatti (talk · contribs) and JackSarfatti In A Bikini (talk · contribs) and Adastra (talk · contribs) and 71.139.97.67 (talk · contribs) and probably GyroGearLoose (talk · contribs), Jackhorner (talk · contribs) , Rwill9955 (talk · contribs) see also Category:Wikipedia:Suspected_sockpuppets_of_JackSarfatti: Controversial physicist.
Randal L. Schwartz — RandalSchwartz (talk · contribs): Computer author and programming consultant.
Seth Schoen — Schoen (talk · contribs): Electronic Frontier Foundation technologist.
William Shunn — Shunn (talk · contribs): Science fiction writer and computer programmer.
Sam Sloan — Sam Sloan (talk · contribs): Chess player and amateur lawyer (orally argued a case in front of the Supreme Court of the United States of America and won, 9-0).
Jason Snell — Jsnell (talk · contribs): Writer and editor specializing in Apple Computer products.
Richard Stallman — Rmstallman (talk · contribs): Creator of the GNU Free License, which Wikipedia uses.
Charlie Stross — 82.41.201.19 (talk · contribs): Scottish writer, with works ranging from science fiction and Lovecraftian horror to fantasy.
Aaron Swartz — AaronSw (talk · contribs): Teenage writer, hacker, and activist, co-author of the RSS 1.0 specification
Autrijus Tang — Autrijus (talk · contribs): Taiwanese free software programmer, best known as the leader of the Pugs project, a joint effort from Haskell and Perl communities to implement the Perl 6 language.
Larry Tesler — Tesler (talk · contribs): Computer scientist working in the field of human-computer interaction. Tesler has worked at Xerox PARC, Apple Computer, Amazon.com, and Yahoo!
David S. Touretzky — Touretzky (talk · contribs): Research professor in the Computer Science Department and the Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition at Carnegie Mellon University.
Jimmy Wales — Jimbo Wales (talk · contribs): Founder of Wikipedia, online entrepreneur.
Alison Wheeler — AlisonW (talk · contribs): British political activist, organiser of the London Lesbian and Gay Pride march and festival from 1983 to 1991.
David A. Wheeler — Dwheeler (talk · contribs): Developer of high-risk software systems, particularly large software systems and computer security.
White Dawg — BrowardPlaya (talk · contribs): Caucasian rapper.

Indirect contributions

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 ; [[Chip Berlet]] &mdash; {{user|Cberlet}} : American [[investigative journalist]] and author.
 ; [[David Boothroyd]] &mdash; {{user|Dbiv}} : British political researcher, author, and local councillor.
-; [[Richard Borcherds]] &mdash; {{user|R.e.b.}}: Mathematician and recipient of the [[Fields Medal]].
 ; [[Jonathan Bowen]] &mdash; {{user|Jpbowen}}:  Computer Science professor at London South Bank University.
 ; [[Tim Bray]] &mdash; {{user|TimBray}} : One of the creators of [[XML]] and employee of [[Sun Microsystems]].