Thanks. :-) I'll pass this on to them - I'm not sure they'll get any better answers.
Mike On 18 Mar 2011, at 17:15, Rod Ward wrote: > Its difficult to know who counts as an academic (with usernames & people only > declaring what they want to declare on their user pages), & whether you mean > editcounts or number of FA, GA etc but thinking about those I interact with > who might fit the bill... > > User:Malleus Fatuorum (Manchester) over 100,000 edits > User:Bencherlite (London/Oxford) over 30,000 edits (but also has several > alternate accounts ) > > User:Rodw (me – therefore bias) (Bristol & Somerset) over 50,000 edits > > But I’m sure there must be others...? > > Rod > > > > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Michael Peel > Sent: 18 March 2011 16:44 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Searching for academic Wikimedians > > Probably in terms of edit count / contributions to Wikipedia. > > Thanks, > Mike > > On 18 Mar 2011, at 16:42, Deryck Chan wrote: > > > Do you mean generally top in the academia, or the top UK academic in terms > > of Wikipedia edit count? > > > > On 18 March 2011 16:38, Michael Peel <[email protected]> wrote: > > One further question from them, which is a rather interesting one: > > > > "Is there any way at all knowing who the TOP UK academic author is?" > > > > Thanks, > > Mike > > > > On 18 Mar 2011, at 16:28, Michael Peel wrote: > > > > > Thanks for everyone's recommendations; I've passed as many of them on as > > > I could. I also talked to them for about 30 mins about my edits to > > > Wikipedia (although I keep forgetting how small my enwp edit count is, > > > considering how much time I spend on Wikimedia...) and everything that > > > the UK community + WMUK's trying to do with education at the moment. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Mike > > > > > > On 18 Mar 2011, at 07:28, Michael Peel wrote: > > > > > >> Hi all, > > >> > > >> The Guardian Education Supplement's planning on writing an article on > > >> the use of Wikipedia in academia, and they're looking for Wikimedians > > >> who are also UK-based academics that they can talk to (and also > > >> academics that have an aversion to Wikipedia). If you think you'd fit > > >> the bill, or know someone that might, please could you get in touch > > >> asap? They need to talk to someone today ideally... > > >> > > >> Thanks, > > >> Mike > > >> > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia UK mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > > WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia UK mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > > WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org > > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 10.0.1204 / Virus Database: 1498/3514 - Release Date: 03/18/11 > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org _______________________________________________ Wikimedia UK mailing list [email protected] http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
