# Wikipedia: I cracked the top 10,000! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 26, 2017, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wikipedia-i-cracked-the-top-10-000/805307 "2017-12-26T13:41:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2017, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wikipedia-i-cracked-the-top-10-000/805307/1 "2017-12-26T13:41:05Z")
I’ve never felt so accepted in all my life. These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the number of posts I’ve made. \ [Wikipedians Top 10,000](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_Wikipedians_by_number_of_edits/5001%E2%80%9310000#9001%E2%80%9310000) ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2017, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wikipedia-i-cracked-the-top-10-000/805307/2 "2017-12-26T14:55:34Z")
It’s the little things that matter. Congrats! ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2017, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wikipedia-i-cracked-the-top-10-000/805307/3 "2017-12-26T19:02:09Z")
What’s your user name there? I searched for “piper” and only got one hit and it wasn’t Northern Piper. Or did the list get updated and you got bumped? ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2017, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wikipedia-i-cracked-the-top-10-000/805307/4 "2017-12-26T19:39:47Z")
I’ve wondered before how many Dopers were also wiki editors. I suspect it’s quite a few. ---
**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:** [December 26, 2017, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wikipedia-i-cracked-the-top-10-000/805307/5 "2017-12-26T19:42:54Z")
> [@FoieGrasIsEvil](#): > > I’ve wondered before how many Dopers were also wiki editors. I suspect it’s quite a few. You mean to tell me there isn’t a wikipedia page devoted to that?? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2017, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wikipedia-i-cracked-the-top-10-000/805307/6 "2017-12-26T20:53:09Z")
I only edited one article, so I don’t think I’ll be cracking any barriers soon. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2017, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wikipedia-i-cracked-the-top-10-000/805307/7 "2017-12-27T02:55:27Z")
Well, but if you go all anal compulsive and make 9000 edits to one article … ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2017, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wikipedia-i-cracked-the-top-10-000/805307/8 "2017-12-27T02:56:57Z")
> [@dtilque](#): > > What’s your user name there? I searched for “piper” and only got one hit and it wasn’t Northern Piper. Or did the list get updated and you got bumped? Mr Serjeant Buzfuz (Points if you get the reference without looking it up on Wikipedia. 😃 ) ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2017, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wikipedia-i-cracked-the-top-10-000/805307/9 "2017-12-28T00:06:24Z")
I mostly fix up images and grammar and markup mistakes. It’s feel kinda like coloring–a somewhat mind numbing but relaxing activity. I gave up direct editing, as having to argued to defend everything I did was just too stressful. Though I did translate half an article from another Wiki. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2017, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wikipedia-i-cracked-the-top-10-000/805307/10 "2017-12-28T01:18:09Z")
Does that mean we get to call you the Honourary Mr Serjeant Buzfuz? ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2017, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wikipedia-i-cracked-the-top-10-000/805307/11 "2017-12-28T14:42:01Z")
Well, since the last Serjeant died almost a century ago, I guess it must be honourary! ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2017, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wikipedia-i-cracked-the-top-10-000/805307/12 "2017-12-28T16:36:18Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > I only edited one article, so I don’t think I’ll be cracking any barriers soon. I edited one once and my contribution was deleted within seconds. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2017, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wikipedia-i-cracked-the-top-10-000/805307/13 "2017-12-29T14:15:41Z")
As an occasional Wikipedia editor, I am simply in awe, **Northern Piper**. Good on ya! ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2017, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wikipedia-i-cracked-the-top-10-000/805307/14 "2017-12-29T19:37:23Z")
Thanks! I’m currently working on a major project. When it’s up, I’ll post links. ---
**Author:** ![Number](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/number/32/242_2.png) [@Number](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Number)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2017, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wikipedia-i-cracked-the-top-10-000/805307/15 "2017-12-31T03:31:59Z")
Congratulations! I’m mostly a [WikiGnome](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiGnome) myself, though lately I’ve been translating articles from Spanish Wikipedia into English. It’s pretty easy - Google does most of the work, but requires a fair bit of cleaning up. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2017, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wikipedia-i-cracked-the-top-10-000/805307/16 "2017-12-31T03:58:15Z")
Seems I’ve only edited around 500 times, and many of those are constant adjustments trying to fix formatting errors. I wouldn’t hit the top half-million editors. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2018, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wikipedia-i-cracked-the-top-10-000/805307/17 "2018-01-03T22:33:24Z")
Finished my project and just posted the links in a new thread: [Ask the guy who wikified the electoral history of the Canadian Prime Ministers!](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=846131) ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2018, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wikipedia-i-cracked-the-top-10-000/805307/18 "2018-01-04T00:57:30Z")
> [@FoieGrasIsEvil](#): > > I’ve wondered before how many Dopers were also wiki editors. I suspect it’s quite a few. I used to do it, but nowadays if you edit wikipedia someone just comes along and deletes everything. So I don’t even bother anymore. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2018, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wikipedia-i-cracked-the-top-10-000/805307/19 "2018-01-04T04:17:27Z")
I think it really depends on the topics you’re editing. I’ve heard that from other people, but I’ve not experienced it myself. ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2018, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wikipedia-i-cracked-the-top-10-000/805307/20 "2018-01-04T17:11:55Z")
> [@Wesley\_Clark](#): > > I used to do it, but nowadays if you edit wikipedia someone just comes along and deletes everything. So I don’t even bother anymore. > [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > I think it really depends on the topics you’re editing. I’ve heard that from other people, but I’ve not experienced it myself. It is topic-specific, IME, but the phenomenon **Wesley Clark** reported is very much alive and well. And why I don’t really bother with wiki-editing any more either. Once you run into an aggressive and territorial editor, you understand just what “anyone” really means in the motto “The Free Encyclopedia Anyone Can Edit”. (It means “not you”) The other thing I used to do for fun was vandal-whacking, but that’s just a thankless and never-ending chore.