First man hits a MILLION Wikipedia edits after averaging an incredible 385 per day for seven years
- Encyclopedia edited by team of 90,000 volunteers
- 30-yr-old from Indianapolis edits pieces about politics, philosophy and pop culture
One of Wikipedia's crew of volunteer editors has become the first to edit the online encyclopedia a million times - averaging 385 edits per day since he began in 2005.
Justin Knapp, 30, of Indianapolis has edited pieces about politics, philosophy and pop culture.
Knapp said: 'Being suddenly and involuntarily unemployed will do that to you.'
Knapp's millionth edit was awarded this ironic 'Golden Wiki' by commenters on the site
Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales: Wales lauded Knapp's achievement on his own personal Wiki page
Knapp's millionth edit was flagged by Wikipedia chief Jimmy Wales.
Knapp said: 'To you and all who commented - it's more than mildly embarrassing, but very sweet of you.'
Knapp has degrees in philosophy and political science.
His closest rival is Neil Edwards from Wales, in the UK, who has more than 600,000 edits.
Knapp's achievement comes as it was revealed that up to 60% of corporate Wikipedia entries contain factual errors.
Companies complain that contacting Wikipedia editors is often nearly impossible.
Once a mistake had been spotted, getting it sorted posed further difficulties - one in four complaints to Wikipedia never received any type of response.
Others said it took ‘weeks’ to get an answer although Wikipedia itself claims all requests for corrections are dealt with between two and five days.
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Up to six in ten articles on Wikipedia, which can be edited by anyone, contain inaccuracies, according to new research.
The number of factual errors shows just how unreliable it can be to use the online resource as a sole means of digging up information.
Yet millions base everything from school homework to corporate presentations using facts and figures they have gleaned from the site.
A study into, specifically, company information on the massively popular website discovered 60 per cent of articles had factual errors.
Wikipedia pages are edited by the public and this leads to both human error in factual information as well as, occasionally, those who want to sabotage entries.
Results: The survey asked 1,284 public relations professionals to assess their working relationship with Wikipedia
But the site’s administrators themselves add to the problem by being too slow to react to those who complain about the errors, it said.
The research was conducted by the scholarly Public Relations Journal who quizzed 1,284 members about their clients' Wikipedia entries.
One in four of those questioned had not previously checked what Wikipedia said about their clients, lead researcher Professor Marcia DiStaso of Penn State University, said.
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