# Has anyone here contributed to Wikipedia? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 22, 2005, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-here-contributed-to-wikipedia/332287 "2005-11-22T18:19:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Nature\_s\_Call](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nature_s_call/32/19006_2.png) [@Nature\_s\_Call](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nature_s_Call)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2005, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-here-contributed-to-wikipedia/332287/1 "2005-11-22T18:19:27Z")
Don’t be shy… (not sure if this is better placed in IMHO, but…) ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2005, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-here-contributed-to-wikipedia/332287/2 "2005-11-22T18:32:13Z")
Several members have noted in posts that they have written or edited Wikipedia articles. **KellyM** is quite deeply involved in the Wiki “movement,” and can probably furnish you with much more information. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2005, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-here-contributed-to-wikipedia/332287/3 "2005-11-22T18:47:05Z")
I’ve made a handful of minor corrections and additions to entries. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2005, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-here-contributed-to-wikipedia/332287/4 "2005-11-22T19:03:28Z")
I’ve seen submission by “ybeafy” (IIR his username correctly) and I’ve always assumed it was the same as the poster here by that name. ---
**Author:** ![Garfield226](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Garfield226](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Garfield226)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2005, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-here-contributed-to-wikipedia/332287/5 "2005-11-22T19:06:02Z")
This will probably be moved to IMHO. I’ve contributed several edits and articles. Probably most notably, I started the [Steak N Shake](http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Steak_n_Shake) article (which has since been moved…my name’s only at the bottom of [this page](http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Steak_%27n_Shake&action=history), which is the original title I started it under). ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2005, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-here-contributed-to-wikipedia/332287/6 "2005-11-22T19:06:41Z")
I cleaned up some “graffiti” on one article. ---
**Author:** ![JerH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bb73d2/32.png) [@JerH](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JerH)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2005, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-here-contributed-to-wikipedia/332287/7 "2005-11-22T19:11:19Z")
I do a lot of minor edits, and have started a handful of articles. ---
**Author:** ![clairobscur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/839c29/32.png) [@clairobscur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clairobscur)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2005, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-here-contributed-to-wikipedia/332287/8 "2005-11-22T19:13:13Z")
I modified one word, once… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Cliffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cliffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cliffy)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2005, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-here-contributed-to-wikipedia/332287/9 "2005-11-22T19:19:46Z")
I don’t recall starting any articles, but I’ve added a paragraph or two to maybe a dozen articles. Oh, wait, I did start the article about the 2001: A Space Odyssey comic book. –Cliffy ---
**Author:** ![Scott\_Plaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2005, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-here-contributed-to-wikipedia/332287/10 "2005-11-22T19:22:12Z")
> [@Polycarp](#): > > Several members have noted in posts that they have written or edited Wikipedia articles. Myself being the least prolific among them. I submitted what was the entire [Spiderman](http://www.portlandmercury.com/binary/5803f120/feature-5247.jpeg) article to [Uncyclopedia](http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Main_Page). Also, I was first on the scene, “like a bull in a China Shop” to edit out the “Sean Penn is an Incompetent!!!1111!!!~!” pictures of [the entry in wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_Penn), and replace them with an actual paraphrase of what happened. It has since been polished beyond what I was capable of. I am kinda proud. ---
**Author:** ![Eurograff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/df705f/32.png) [@Eurograff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eurograff)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2005, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-here-contributed-to-wikipedia/332287/11 "2005-11-22T19:26:00Z")
Perhaps [this list](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Teeming_Millions) will be of some interest. In addition, there are lots of us who may occasionally edit an article or two, but aren’t really regular contributors. ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2005, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-here-contributed-to-wikipedia/332287/12 "2005-11-22T19:37:05Z")
I’ve made some contributions to Wikipedia. You can find my user page [here](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Disbomber) I wrote a couple short articles about San Diego sports earlier this year; made some edits on other San Diego-related articles; NPOVed some articles about cults (or “NRMs” if you like); contributed some information on the media coverage of the recent Summit of the Americas; made contributions to articles about the 1918 World Series and the modern wild card in playoffs; recently, made a small number of contributions and fixes to various articles regarding Judaism, Ladino (the language of the Spanish Jews) and some other linguistics things. I do a pretty fair number of grammar and NPOV edits while I’m clicking around. I guess you’re not asking for a full list, but you can have it [here](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Disbomber) if you want, anyway. I didn’t know about the Teemings Millions list–thanks **Eurograff**! ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2005, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-here-contributed-to-wikipedia/332287/13 "2005-11-22T19:41:33Z")
A professor of mine is having the students do an interesting assignment: write about a topic (germane to the class material) that is not covered well or at all on Wikipedia, and upload it to Wikipedia yourself. Great idea – one that I’ll incorporate into a class I teach. BTW, he asks us to send him a copy of what you wrote, in case it is changed or erased by the time he has a chance to see it online. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2005, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-here-contributed-to-wikipedia/332287/14 "2005-11-22T19:44:04Z")
I expanded and clarified the article on GSM frequency ranges. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![aldiboronti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2005, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-here-contributed-to-wikipedia/332287/15 "2005-11-22T19:54:19Z")
Yeah, changed a bit here, added a bit there, mainly in the field of English Lit. I’m far too lazy to get deeply involved. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2005, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-here-contributed-to-wikipedia/332287/16 "2005-11-22T20:06:45Z")
I’ve added a few things. Corrected a few and expanded a few. Baseball & Sci-Fi mainly. I also sent a check. Jim ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2005, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-here-contributed-to-wikipedia/332287/17 "2005-11-22T20:10:42Z")
Of course, there was that whole ugly incident with regards to The Andy Griffith Show. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2005, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-here-contributed-to-wikipedia/332287/18 "2005-11-22T20:35:21Z")
This is my article. [TEDA](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TEDA) ---
**Author:** ![ianzin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ed655f/32.png) [@ianzin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ianzin)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2005, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-here-contributed-to-wikipedia/332287/19 "2005-11-22T21:56:51Z")
I’m **in** Wikipedia, but I don’t know why or how I came to be there. What’s written is vaguely accurate but very misleading and out of date. And I’m only a stub. I’m not sure if I want to be more than a stub (I can’t see the point) but if I did I wouldn’t know how to achieve this. [Here be the stub](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Rowland) ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2005, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-here-contributed-to-wikipedia/332287/20 "2005-11-22T22:22:04Z")
I have made minor edits. I am a registered user. I intend to write a wikibook. 🙂 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-here-contributed-to-wikipedia/332287.md?page=2)