I was considering learning more about him, but then again, I don't really care
Justin Anthony Knapp (born November 18, 1982)[1] is an American Wikipedia user from Indianapolis, Indiana, who was the first person to contribute more than one million edits to Wikipedia.[2] He also works at a pizza shop, at a crisis line, at the American Friends Service Committee, and at a grocery co-op.[3] He is currently ranked #1 of the most active Wikipedia contributors of all time, as of May, 2015.
Knapp, who holds degrees in philosophy and political science from Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis, has been submitting on average 385 edits a day since signing up in March 2005; about his performance he had to say: "Being suddenly and involuntarily unemployed will do that to you."[4] His Wikipedia username, Koavf, was chosen as an acronym for "King of all Vext Fans", a reference to a contest Knapp entered for the comic book Vext in the 1990s.[5] Knapp was a significant contributor to Wikipedia's entry on George Orwell,[6] and he has also made many edits involving the categorization of albums through Wikipedia's category structure.[7] Jimmy Wales congratulated Knapp for his work and presented him with the site's highest award for his achievement[8] by declaring that April 20 would be Justin Knapp Day.[9] As of 2013, Knapp was pursuing a nursing degree at Indiana University.[6] In a 2014 interview with Business Insider, Knapp said that "there is no typical day" with regard to his Wikipedia editing, and that his "go-to edits are small style and typo fixes." He also argued that the declining number of Wikipedia editors is "not necessarily a problem."[3]
On July 21, 2014, his editing was the subject of a question on the BBC quiz show University Challenge.[10]
Activism[edit]
In 2005, at the United Nations Sixtieth General Assembly, Knapp advocated for the Sahrawi people and spoke about the situation then in Western Sahara.[11] He has also done community organizing for a Restore the Fourth rally in 2013.[12]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin_Knapp
