Remember When Wikipedia Was Considered Suspect?

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18. Steve Pruitt has a lot of time on his hands.

Steven Pruitt (/ˈpruːɪt/ ⓘ PROO-it; born April 17, 1984), known online as Ser Amantio di Nicolao, is an American Wikipedia editor and administrator with the largest number of edits made to the English Wikipedia, at over 6 million, having made at least one edit to one-third of all articles in the edition. Pruitt first began editing Wikipedia in 2004.[1][2][3] He has also created more than 33,000 Wikipedia articles.[2] Pruitt was named as one of the 25 most important influencers on the Internet by Time magazine in 2017.[4]

Pruitt has not literally pressed the "edit" button 4.4 million times. One method he has used to achieve his astonishing numbers is a software tool that allows a user to make numerous identical edits simultaneously. For example, he could italicize every mention of Northern Virginia magazine across Wikipedia where it currently appears in standard font. Yet it is claimed he has not "cheated" his way to the top spot, since that software is also available to others.[2]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Pruitt