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This is a rough, self-administered list of Wikipedians in order of arrival. The list exists only to satisfy general Wikipedian interest. This list is not intended to create some sort of hierarchy. In other words, we Wikipedians abhor the idea that the amount of time spent working on this website is any sort of indication of how well one can write an encyclopedia article. Indeed, we distinguish ourselves by our ability to write good articles, which is what really matters. We ought to do our best to underemphasize seniority, which can be used, often illegitimately, as a way of deciding who to accord how much respect. Of course, sometimes how long someone has been here does bear on, for example, how well they understand Wikipedia policy and why Wikipedia works as it does. But it doesn't bear on much else.

If you add yourself here, please make sure you also do so on the alphabetical listing on Wikipedians.

October 2003

September 2003

  • Chris Jefferies -- I started editing Wikipedia on 4th, as soon as I found it. The article on my home town (St Neots, England) seemed a bit lacking so I began adding to it. One thing led to another (mostly the links :-) so they had to be added or fixed. It's brilliant - I love it!
  • Gjking -- I've been using it for a couple of months now... what a fantastic resource. So I decided to try to start contributing, assuming grad school leaves me some free time.

August 2003

  • Thoth--Ah, what the internet was meant for! A free communication and archival of knowledge, instead of a bloated pornography dispenser (not that there's anything wrong with that). Anyway, I found it enjoyable occaisionally making a real article and maintaining or reworking the various articles that aren't quite done. I try to put in stub work wherever it's needed when I'm short on time.
  • Ark30inf - came and looked for some Arkansas information and didn't find much. So I decided to add some. While doing some of this noticed that some Civil War stuff needs work. While doing this noticed that.......oh well looks like I will be here awhile.
  • Noel - even this close to the event, it took me a while to remember what brought me here (it was the Wired story, but I don't recall how I ran across *that*) - I seem to have been totally sucked into the WikiVerse; definitely love at first sight
  • Sabbut At first I thought it was a wired pornography server located in Arkansas about love during the Civil War. No, this sentence is just a mixture of what Thoth, Ark30inf and Jnc/Noel have written (thanx to everyone, but don't make me write a complete paragraph of "Ack! now ledge meant" please).
  • James Anatidae Wow! What a great place to waste time for the benefit of others!

July 2003

June 2003

May 2003

April 2003

  • Alex756 -- April 21, 2003, first edit: Bialowieza Forest
  • TimmyD -- I'll be probably working through Computers, Gaming, and whatever else I can get my hands on. This is a very fascinating place!
  • JimRegan
  • Rotem Dan -- Had some anonymous contributions at the end of march, discovered wikipedia much earlier (but didn't understand what is a wiki back then)
  • Cimon Avaro on a pogo stick -- April 14, anonymously on the 13th. (Had been reading earlier, and maybe done a newbie test or a few before as well, honestly don't remember.) First page knowingly read: Rhazes
  • john
  • Lou Imholt Otherwise known as LouI.
  • djmutex with some earlier anonymous edits also.

March 2003

February 2003

January 2003

December 2002

November 2002

  • Arvindn
  • Brian Sayrs: I'm mostly going to involve myself in government entries, but don't be surprised when I edit chemistry, space or computer articles!
  • hoshie: I came here after the 2002 elections to update Senate data. The rest is history...
  • llywrch -- I guess I'm addicted; I even make small changes between phone calls under an IP number from work. At least I'm getting help for my spelling mistakes here.
  • Oliver Pereira - first edit and first new article 04 Nov 2002; registered 08 Nov 2002
  • Usedbook
  • Dante Alighieri - Nov 12, 2002

October 2002

September 2002

August 2002

July 2002

June 2002

April 2002

March 2002

February 2002

January 2002

December 2001

November 2001

October 2001

September 2001

  • Chuck Smith (discovered in March, started contributing now)
  • Tsja
  • JHK
  • Eob (after reading the article in the New York Times, September 20)
  • Bignose

August 2001

July 2001

  • TwoOneTwo
  • The Cunctator (July 26, the day of the big Slashdotting)
  • AxelBoldt (July 26, the day of the big Slashdotting)
  • BrantEaton (July 26, Slashdot effect was my first article!)
  • Dmerrill, another one from the Slashdotting
  • James F., yet another Slashdotter (though the account is newer)
  • Tim Goodwin (guess which well-known blog appears on my Personal Toolbar)
  • Simon J Kissane (thinks he arrived just before slashdotting)
  • Kowloonese as anonymous 24.4.254.xxx et al. (since first week of July, 2001)
  • Claudine not from Slashdot, but from the Kuro5hin article that might have led to it

May 2001

April 2001

March 2001

February 2001

January 2001

Some unspecified time during 2001

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