Wikipedia:List of Wikipedians in order of arrival
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.
March 2002
January 2002
- Olof
- Georg Muntingh
- Mark Ryan
- James
- Piotr Gasiorowski
- maveric149
- Pingos
- Aidan Elliott-McCrea
- Luis Oliveira
December 2001
- Tuxisuau
- Edgar
- David Parker (Dec. 12)
- little_guru
November 2001
October 2001
- the Epopt
- Dreamyshade (at least that's when I first contributed)
September 2001
- Chuck Smith (discovered in March, started contributing now)
- Tsja
- J Hofmann Kemp
- Eob (after reading the article in the New York Times, September 20)
- Bignose
August 2001
- LC
- MichaelTinkler (it was before school started...)
- Zundark (on 6th or 7th, not sure which)
- Anatoly Vorobey (arrived probably during the slashdotting, first contribution early August)
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
- 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)
May 2001
- Mjausson (based on Wikipedia Announcements/May 2001)
- Wathiik (based on Wikipedia Announcements/May 2001)
- LA2 (based on Wikipedia Announcements/May 2001)
- sjc
- Tim Chambers
April 2001
- Koyaanis Qatsi (based on the revision history of Albania)
March 2001
- Stephen Gilbert
- Rob Salzman (is he still around?)
- Geronimo Jones (still active Dec 2001, but i rarely sign)
- Mathijs read about it in the newspaper