Wikipedia:Wikipedians
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Wikipedians are the people who write and edit articles for Wikipedia. Some people might think that Wikipedist would be a more appropriate name, as an encyclopedist is someone who contributes to an encyclopedia. The ending of Wikipedian, though, suggests being part of a group or community. So in this sense, Wikipedians are people who form The Wikipedia Community.
The number of Wikipedians (both good and bad) has grown to more than 3 million (currently and precisely 47,798,051 — counting registered user accounts), plus an unknown, but quite large, number of unregistered contributors. Detailed statistical information about Wikipedia is available at Wikipedia:Statistics.
A statistical analysis of active Wikipedians over time is also available.
The diversity of Wikipedians renders it nearly impossible to make many categorical statements about Wikipedians as a whole. Information about many registered Wikipedians is available on their user pages. However, users are not required to create these pages or post information on them.
One could think of the Wikipedians as a global ant colony, except that there is no queen, and users choose their own roles. Some Wikipedians welcome newcomers; some Wikipedians award those who they feel deserve awards. Some upload images; some work on history articles; some clean up grammar; and still others work on reverting vandalism. Many take on all of these tasks. Whatever you decide to do, every Wikipedian is valuable.
This page contains lists of Wikipedians by country, as well as various other groupings. Different categories have been created due to demand. Individual Wikipedians may add themselves to appropriate lists if they wish. It is suggested that if you put your name on one of the more specific lists, you should also include it on the alphabetical list.
A trend among the Wikipedians is creating and collecting userboxes for display on their user pages. Userboxes are small individual templates that describe users' attributes and interests. Wikipedians use these boxes for a number of reasons. Some use them to find other users with common goals and/or interests, some use them for statistical reasons, and some use them as a cure for boredom. Some users will create a page consisting solely of userboxes, and never return; while others will return to make substantial contributions in building the encyclopedia. The userboxes have proven to be a fun, optional, and effective way to sort and categorize Wikipedians.
Listing by region
See Category:Wikipedians and Category:Wikipedians by location for more info.
Please see the new project page at Wikipedia:User categorisation to help!
Other listings
All lists are strictly voluntary. We greatly encourage you to spend your time categorising our encyclopedic content, rather than categorising yourself!
Many of these lists are eligible for replacement by categories. Please see Wikipedia:User categorisation to help!
- Deceased Wikipedians
- by alma mater (current or former higher education institution)
- by culture
- by D&D alignment
- Wikipedians by Erdős number
- by field of interest
- by instant messaging service used
- with articles
- by number of edits
- by organization
- by pet
- in order of arrival
- by martial art
- by military branch
- missing Wikipedians
- by support for environmental causes
- by interest in punk music
- by degree of surrealism
- by language
- by interest in literature
- by age
- by interest in sport
- Wikipedia:Userboxes/InterestsYOU
Listings on Meta-Wiki
- by birthday
- by college major or degree
- by gender
- by MBTI type
- by race
- by religion
- by sub-cultural affiliation
- by thefacebook name and location
- by year of birth
Skills-based listings
We can all string a few words together (some better than others), but Wikipedia is in need of contributors with other skills. If you are proficient in any of the following skills, please add your technological distinctiveness to the collective.
- Cartographers
- Graphic Artists
- Photographers
- Transcribers
- Translators
- Technical Communicators
- Historians
- Researchers
Wikipedian associations
Some Wikipedians have formed voluntary associations to participate in various activities on Wikipedia. Consult their pages if you are interested in joining.
See Category:Wikipedian organizations