One great way to edit Wikipedia articles is to correct misspelled words. But wait, why is this a human task? Why not just use a spell-checker?
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A description of the day in the life of a wikipedia editor
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Editing on 2020-05-24: WikiGnome
As Wikipedia editors go, I am very much a WikiGnome, which means that I tend to do small incremental edits to many articles instead of spending lots of time on a few. In particular, I like fixing typos, article structure, dead links, vandalism, and categories.
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20,000 edits by the end of 2020?
According to the stats page on Wikipedia, I registered my account on May 26, 2007, so I’m coming up on my 13th anniversary as an editor. During that time, I’ve had periods of higher activity (including a couple of edit-a-thons!) and also long breaks, but in total I have made 16,222 edits so far. I’ve been doing more editing recently (prompted by #1lib1ref) and that got me wondering — can I reach 20,000 edits by the end of 2020?
There are 222 days (including today) left until the end of the year, so if I average about 17 edits per day, I should be good. Challenging for sure, but I think I can make it happen. Wish me luck. 🙂