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'''Simon Edward Pulsifer''' (born September 11, 1981) is a Canadian contributor to the [[English Wikipedia|English-language Wikipedia]] whose participation made him a "minor media celebrity".<ref>{{cite news|last=Taylor |first=Lesley Ciarula | url=https://www.thestar.com/news/2009/11/23/thousands_of_editors_leaving_wikipedia.html | title=Thousands of editors leaving Wikipedia |newspaper=[[Toronto Star]] |date=23 November 2009}}</ref> |
'''Simon Edward Pulsifer''' (born September 11, 1981) is a Canadian contributor to the [[English Wikipedia|English-language Wikipedia]] whose prolific participation made him a "minor media celebrity".<ref>{{cite news|last=Taylor |first=Lesley Ciarula | url=https://www.thestar.com/news/2009/11/23/thousands_of_editors_leaving_wikipedia.html | title=Thousands of editors leaving Wikipedia |newspaper=[[Toronto Star]] |date=23 November 2009}}</ref> |
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==English Wikipedia== |
==English Wikipedia== |
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Pulsifer became an active contributor to the English |
Pulsifer became an active contributor to the English Wikipedia on December 10, 2001<ref name=ccl/> under the [[user (computing)|username]] ''[[User:SimonP|SimonP]]'', just after hearing about the site from ''[[The New York Times Magazine]]''.<ref name="citynews-2007-03-17">{{cite web | url=http://www.citynews.ca/blogs/insidepopnology_8691.aspx | title=Video: King of Wikipedia | date=12 March 2007 | accessdate=2007-03-27 | author=Amber MacArthur | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927024943/http://www.citynews.ca/blogs/insidepopnology_8691.aspx | archivedate=27 September 2007}}</ref> In 2006, he said he spent over 40 hours a week on the Wikipedia website.<ref name="usatoday"> |
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| url = https://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2006-02-27-wikipedians_x.htm?csp=N009 |
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| date = February 27, 2006 |
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| work = [[USA Today]] |
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⚫ | }}</ref> He is an [[Administrators (Wikipedia)|administrator]]<!-- since ?-->,<ref>{{Plainlink|url=//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:ListUsers/sysop&limit=2000|name=List of administrators}}</ref> and a former member of Wikipedia's [[Arbitration Committee (Wikipedia)|Arbitration Committee]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www2.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/opinion/story.html?id=2be22d54-7142-496e-9ac4-ee5089090a83&p=2 | title=Wikipedia's strength is openness | work=Ottawa Citizen | date=23 August 2007 | accessdate=2 December 2014 | author=Pulsifer, Simon | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303205605/http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/opinion/story.html?id=2be22d54-7142-496e-9ac4-ee5089090a83 | archivedate=3 March 2016 }}</ref> |
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Pulsifer's productivity at Wikipedia has made him the subject of [[human interest story|human interest stories]] in the local press.<ref name="globeandmail20060804"> |
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{{cite news |author=Alexandra Shimo |date=August 4, 2006 |title=Prolific Canadian is king of Wikipedia |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/prolific-canadian-is-king-of-wikipedia/article18169637/ |accessdate=2006-10-04 |work=[[The Globe and Mail]] |location=Toronto}} Copy of full text here [http://atowncalledpodunk.blogspot.com/2006/08/think-you-spend-too-much-time-on-net.html]</ref><ref name="utoronto"> |
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| url = https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/prolific-canadian-is-king-of-wikipedia/article18169637/ |
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| title = Prolific Canadian is king of Wikipedia |
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| author = Alexandra Shimo |
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| date = August 4, 2006 |
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| work = [[Globe and Mail]] |
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}} Copy of full text here [http://atowncalledpodunk.blogspot.com/2006/08/think-you-spend-too-much-time-on-net.html]</ref><ref name="utoronto"> |
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| url = http://www.magazine.utoronto.ca/all-about-alumni/wikipedia-editors-simon-pulsifer/ |
| url = http://www.magazine.utoronto.ca/all-about-alumni/wikipedia-editors-simon-pulsifer/ |
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| date = Winter 2006 |
| date = Winter 2006 |
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| work = University of Toronto Magazine |
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}}</ref><ref name="ottawa">''[[The Ottawa Citizen]]'' August 11, 2005 p. A2 and ''[[The Ottawa Citizen]]'' December 13, 2005 p. A13</ref> Together with [[Jimmy Wales]] |
}}</ref><ref name="ottawa">''[[The Ottawa Citizen]]'' August 11, 2005 p. A2 and ''[[The Ottawa Citizen]]'' December 13, 2005 p. A13</ref> Together with [[Jimmy Wales]] he appeared on the ''[[On Point]]'' show on August 2, 2006.<ref name="williampatry"> |
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| url = http://onpoint.legacy.wbur.org/2006/08/02/wikipedia-open-intelligence |
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In December 2006, ''[[Time (magazine)| |
In December 2006, ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]''{{'}}s annual "[[Time Magazine Person of the Year|Person of the Year]]" issue contained a feature about Pulsifer.<ref name="grossman">{{cite magazine |
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| url = http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1570732,00.html |
| url = http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1570732,00.html |
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| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070210120348/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0%2C9171%2C1570732%2C00.html |
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| title = Simon Pulsifer: The Duke of Data |
| title = Simon Pulsifer: The Duke of Data |
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| accessdate = 2007-01-05 |
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| date = December 16, 2006 |
| date = December 16, 2006 |
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| magazine = [[Time (magazine)|TIME]]}}</ref> On February 6, 2011, Wikimedia's Executive Director [[Sue Gardner]] presented him with a token of appreciation from the Wikipedia community for being one of their most prolific writers and editors.<ref name="Toronto">{{Cite video |
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| url = http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:IMG_1600.OGG |
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| people = [[Sue Gardner]] and Simon Pulsifer |
| people = [[Sue Gardner]] and Simon Pulsifer |
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==Personal== |
==Personal life== |
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Pulsifer was born in [[Halifax, Nova Scotia |
Pulsifer was born in [[Halifax, Nova Scotia]], and was raised in [[Ottawa]], [[Ontario]].<ref name="grossman"/><ref name=ccl>{{cite web | url=http://www.ccl-cca.ca/CCL/Newsroom/Profiles/PILSimonPulsifer.html | title=Simon Pulsifer: Canada's Wikipedia Wonder Boy takes his talents to market | work=Canadian Council on Learning | date=20 September 2007 | accessdate=4 April 2015 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130501082506/http://www.ccl-cca.ca/CCL/Newsroom/Profiles/PILSimonPulsifer.html | archivedate=1 May 2013 }}</ref> He has a brother, Andrew.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://torontoist.com/2010/01/streetcar_warrior/ | title=Streetcar Warrior | work=Torontoist | date=5 January 2010 | accessdate=20 August 2015 | author=Michalowitz, Stephen}}</ref> In June 2000, he graduated from [[Lisgar Collegiate Institute]],<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.lisgar.net/newsletter/AlereFlammamSpring2011.pdf | title=Lisgar's Wikipedian | work=Alere Flammam | date=2011 | accessdate=5 December 2014 | pages=5 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141219155111/http://www.lisgar.net/newsletter/AlereFlammamSpring2011.pdf | archivedate=19 December 2014 }}</ref> and went on to study [[history]] at the [[University of Toronto]], [[Victoria College, Toronto|Victoria College]].<ref name=utoronto/> |
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Residing in Toronto (as of 2007), he lived in Ottawa for many years. He has worked for the political campaigns of politicians in both cities—[[Paul Dewar]] ([[Ottawa Centre]]) and [[Olivia Chow]] ([[ |
Residing in Toronto (as of 2007), he lived in Ottawa for many years. He has worked for the political campaigns of politicians in both cities—[[Paul Dewar]] ([[Ottawa Centre (federal electoral district)|Ottawa Centre]]) and [[Olivia Chow]] ([[Trinity—Spadina (federal electoral district)|Trinity—Spadina]])—and was the database manager for 2006 [[Ottawa mayor]]al candidate [[Alex Munter]].<ref name="CitizenPulsifer">{{cite news |
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}}</ref><ref name="Macleans">{{cite web | url=http://www.macleans.ca/article.jsp?content=20060814_131596_131596 | title=Meet Mr. Know-it-all: Simon Pulsifer | publisher=[[Maclean's]] | date=August 15, 2006 | accessdate=2006-10-04 | last=Gulli | first=Cathy | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320052152/http://www.macleans.ca/article.jsp?content=20060814_131596_131596 | archivedate=March 20, 2012}}</ref> |
}}</ref><ref name="Macleans">{{cite web | url=http://www.macleans.ca/article.jsp?content=20060814_131596_131596 | title=Meet Mr. Know-it-all: Simon Pulsifer | publisher=[[Maclean's]] | date=August 15, 2006 | accessdate=2006-10-04 | last=Gulli | first=Cathy | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320052152/http://www.macleans.ca/article.jsp?content=20060814_131596_131596 | archivedate=March 20, 2012}}</ref> |
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Pulsifer is also a member of the [[UrbanToronto]] forum.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://urbantoronto.ca/forum/members/3653/|title=SimonP - UrbanToronto|website=urbantoronto.ca}}</ref> |
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Born | Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada | September 11, 1981
Other names | SimonP |
Occupation | Writer |
Employer | New Democratic Party of Ontario |
Simon Edward Pulsifer (born September 11, 1981) is a Canadian contributor to the English-language Wikipedia whose prolific participation made him a "minor media celebrity".[1]
English Wikipedia
Pulsifer became an active contributor to the English Wikipedia on December 10, 2001[2] under the username SimonP, just after hearing about the site from The New York Times Magazine.[3] In 2006, he said he spent over 40 hours a week on the Wikipedia website.[4] He is an administrator,[5] and a former member of Wikipedia's Arbitration Committee.[6]
Pulsifer's productivity at Wikipedia has made him the subject of human interest stories in the local press.[7][8][9] Together with Jimmy Wales he appeared on the On Point show on August 2, 2006.[10] In December 2006, Time's annual "Person of the Year" issue contained a feature about Pulsifer.[11] On February 6, 2011, Wikimedia's Executive Director Sue Gardner presented him with a token of appreciation from the Wikipedia community for being one of their most prolific writers and editors.[12]
Personal life
Pulsifer was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and was raised in Ottawa, Ontario.[11][2] He has a brother, Andrew.[13] In June 2000, he graduated from Lisgar Collegiate Institute,[14] and went on to study history at the University of Toronto, Victoria College.[8]
Residing in Toronto (as of 2007), he lived in Ottawa for many years. He has worked for the political campaigns of politicians in both cities—Paul Dewar (Ottawa Centre) and Olivia Chow (Trinity—Spadina)—and was the database manager for 2006 Ottawa mayoral candidate Alex Munter.[15][16]
See also
References
- ^ Taylor, Lesley Ciarula (23 November 2009). "Thousands of editors leaving Wikipedia". Toronto Star.
- ^ a b "Simon Pulsifer: Canada's Wikipedia Wonder Boy takes his talents to market". Canadian Council on Learning. 20 September 2007. Archived from the original on 1 May 2013. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
- ^ Amber MacArthur (12 March 2007). "Video: King of Wikipedia". Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 2007-03-27.
- ^ Gaudiano, Nicole (February 27, 2006). "Inside the world of Wikipedians, there's drama, politics and love". USA Today. Retrieved 2006-10-04.
- ^ List of administrators
- ^ Pulsifer, Simon (23 August 2007). "Wikipedia's strength is openness". Ottawa Citizen. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 2 December 2014.
- ^ Alexandra Shimo (August 4, 2006). "Prolific Canadian is king of Wikipedia". The Globe and Mail. Toronto. Retrieved 2006-10-04. Copy of full text here [1]
- ^ a b Rundle, Lisa (Winter 2006). "Wikipedia Wonderboy". University of Toronto Magazine. Retrieved 2006-10-04.
- ^ The Ottawa Citizen August 11, 2005 p. A2 and The Ottawa Citizen December 13, 2005 p. A13
- ^ Ashbrook, Tom (August 2006). "Wikipedia: Open Intelligence". WBUR/NPR. Retrieved 2006-10-04.
- ^ a b Grossman, Lev (December 16, 2006). "Simon Pulsifer: The Duke of Data". TIME. Archived from the original on February 10, 2007. Retrieved 2007-01-05.
- ^ Sue Gardner and Simon Pulsifer (6 February 2011). Sue Gardner comes to Toronto (video). Toronto, Ontario: Wikicommons.
- ^ Michalowitz, Stephen (5 January 2010). "Streetcar Warrior". Torontoist. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
- ^ "Lisgar's Wikipedian" (PDF). Alere Flammam. 2011. p. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 December 2014. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
- ^ Bray, Richard (2007-01-18). "The Disciple and the prophet". The Ottawa Citizen. Archived from the original on 2008-01-29. Retrieved 2007-01-18.
- ^ Gulli, Cathy (August 15, 2006). "Meet Mr. Know-it-all: Simon Pulsifer". Maclean's. Archived from the original on March 20, 2012. Retrieved 2006-10-04.
External links
- Simon Pulsifer's Wikipedia user page
- Proudfoot, Shannon (September 28, 2006). "'Nobodies' need not apply to Wikipedia". CanWest News Service. Archived from the original on January 29, 2008. Retrieved 2006-10-04.
- Lofaro, Tony (May 15, 2006). "Free online encyclopedia wants you for Ottawa page". The Ottawa Citizen. Archived from the original on January 29, 2008. Retrieved 2006-10-04.