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Wikipedians are the people who write and edit articles for Wikipedia. It has been suggested that Wikipedist would be a more appropriate name, as an encyclopedist is someone who contributes to an encyclopedia. "Wikipedian", though, suggests being part of a group, community or demonym. So in this sense, Wikipedians are people who form The Wikipedia Community.

The number of account holders has grown to more than eight million (currently and precisely 48,488,748—counting registered user accounts), plus an unknown, but relatively large, number of unregistered contributors. Most account holders are not regular contributors, however (see special:Listusers for a full list). Detailed statistical information about Wikipedia is available at Wikipedia:Statistics.

The diversity of Wikipedians renders it nearly impossible to make many categorical statements about Wikipedians as a whole. Information about individual Wikipedians is available on the user pages of Wikipedians who choose to create them.

Some Wikipedians welcome newcomers; some Wikipedians award those who they feel deserve awards. Some upload images; some work on history articles; some clean up grammar; and still others work on reverting vandalism. Many take on all of these tasks. Whatever one decides to do, every Wikipedian is valuable.


This page also contains lists of Wikipedians. All lists are strictly voluntary. Individual Wikipedians may add themselves to appropriate lists if they wish if yhu mah boo man dawq im so bored right if yhu think about it juhs sittin here listenin to chris brown on bookface and youtube yhu digg.. quess whta? I AM SO FUCKING BORED AND THIS JUHS SEEMED LIKE IT WOULD ENTERTAIN ME BT IT DIDNT.!! HAHAH YHU SO FUCKIN STUPPID WHY WOULD YHU KEEP READING DUM ASS! Bold text


Skills-based lists

We can all string a few words together (some better than others), but Wikipedia is in need of contributors with other skills. If you are proficient in any of the following skills, please add your technological distinctiveness to the collective.

Wikipedian associations

Some Wikipedians have formed voluntary associations to participate in various activities on Wikipedia. Consult their pages if you are interested in joining.

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