oh I need an edit button the fact they dont edit everyday does devalue their effort either.
should say "the fact they dont edit everyday* doesnt *devalue their effort either." On Tue, 1 Aug 2023 at 22:36, Gnangarra <gnanga...@gmail.com> wrote: > I think sometimes we do get too wrapped up in the numbers because we can > count them, and compare them, as a measure this is ever so slightly better > than edit counts. Let's be honest, anyone who can survive multiple weeks on > en.wp probably deserves a medal depending on the topics they haunt. > > Looking at my own I see some streaks are interrupted by swapping between > projects and back again. Then as others mentioned before interruptions by > travel a lot of which has been to support, promote, encourage newcomers, or > do affiliate related work that isn't marked in machine readable boxes. I > would say there are many people who have similar commitments, the fact they > dont edit everyday does devalue their effort either. > > Lets enjoy the novelty value, let's value the effort it takes to have a > long streak while remembering it's taken a lot of dedicated people over 20 > odd years to get to where we are, and the movement will need many more > dedicated people well into the future. > > On Tue, 1 Aug 2023 at 22:11, Yaroslav Blanter <ymb...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Indeed I believe my last break of an edit streak was when I was on a >> plane / connection without wifi for more than 24h (going from Europe to >> Japan). I normally edit every day since I have joined (15-ish years now), >> but I am not so much addicted to edit-count so that I would plan my travel >> taking this into account or pay for the internet during the flight when I >> do not need it otherwise. Still, nice to have these streaks having been >> acknowledged sometimes. >> >> Best >> Yaroslav >> >> On Tue, Aug 1, 2023 at 12:19 PM Peter Southwood < >> peter.southw...@telkomsa.net> wrote: >> >>> This is a bit like edit counts, in that it indicates nothing about the >>> value of the edits. In a way it is impressive that someone is so dedicated, >>> but all the guy at the top of the list needs to do to crash and burn is a >>> couple of days of inability to edit for reasons out of their control, so >>> some luck is involved. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> >>> Peter >>> >>> >>> >>> *From:* Yaroslav Blanter [mailto:ymb...@gmail.com] >>> *Sent:* 28 July 2023 18:56 >>> *To:* Wikimedia Mailing List >>> *Subject:* [Wikimedia-l] Re: Who is the editor with the longest editing >>> streak? Find out! >>> >>> >>> >>> Thanks, interesting, I am apparently a human #19 in the list. >>> >>> >>> >>> Best >>> >>> Yaroslav >>> >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Jul 28, 2023 at 6:43 PM F. Xavier Dengra i Grau via Wikimedia-l < >>> wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org> wrote: >>> >>> Bon dia / Hi, >>> >>> >>> >>> Is there any available tool to precisely count how many days in a row a >>> Wikimedian from a specifif project has been editing? The source that is >>> linked in the Diffs page ( >>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Database_reports/Longest_active_user_editing_streaks)is >>> only within the English Wikipedia… >>> >>> >>> >>> Has anyone checked that there is no other user in the rest of the >>> other projects (hundreds of them) with a similar or better streak, so that >>> the sentence “the Wikimedian with the longest editing streak” is fully >>> accurate regarding both language and Wikimedia project? >>> >>> >>> >>> Gràcies! / Thank you! >>> >>> >>> >>> Xavier Dengra >>> >>> >>> >>> El dv, 28 jul., 2023 a 17:15, Natalia Szafran-Kozakowska < >>> nszaf...@wikimedia.org> va escriure: >>> >>> *Read in عربي, bahasa Indonesia, français, Deutsch, español, Kiswahili, >>> and Polish **on Diff >>> <https://diff.wikimedia.org/2023/07/28/more-than-5700-days-with-wikipedia-meet-the-editor-who-has-been-editing-each-day-for-15-years/>. >>> * >>> >>> >>> >>> Johnny Au <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Johnny_Au>has been >>> editing every single day since November 11, 2007, which makes him the >>> Wikimedian with the longest editing streak. That's more than 15 years or - >>> more precisely - 5733 days of continuous editing! >>> >>> >>> Each day Johnny checks his extensive watchlist, which includes articles >>> related to his beloved hometown Toronto. From local sports teams and art >>> galleries, to Toronto transit system – Johnny is passionate about all >>> things Toronto-related, and carefully watches over Wikipedia articles about >>> it. He specializes in minor, maintenance edits: correcting spelling and >>> language, reverting vandalisms, adding images and correcting mistakes. >>> >>> >>> >>> The daily habit of editing and the pure love for Wikipedia, and passion >>> for free knowledge, is what keeps him going. When asked about advice to >>> share with other editors, he says: *Never give up. Fight the good >>> fight. We must fight against misinformation and disinformation.* >>> >>> >>> >>> Learn more about Johnny, his work (and this one time when his editing >>> streak almost broke!) on Diff >>> <https://diff.wikimedia.org/2023/07/28/more-than-5700-days-with-wikipedia-meet-the-editor-who-has-been-editing-each-day-for-15-years/>or >>> on Meta >>> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Communications/WikiCelebrate/Johnny_Au>, >>> as we WikiCelebrate >>> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Communications/WikiCelebrate>his >>> incredible dedication to free knowledge. You can also leave some kind words >>> for Johnny on the meta page >>> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Communications/WikiCelebrate/Johnny_Au> >>> and congratulate him on his amazing achievement! >>> >>> >>> >>> Johnny is one of the great people that have contributed so much to >>> bringing us to where we are today, and continue to do so. Each month we >>> WikiCelebrate a different Wikimedian, acknowledging the amazing community, >>> the pillars of our movement. We warmly invite you to write about the people >>> celebrated each month. If you know them, share some wiki love. 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