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This is an archive of Wikipedians in order of arrival in 2001.
January 2001
- WojPob (inactive since June 2003)
- AstroNomer (semi-active since 2011)
- Josh Grosse ( inactive since 2006)
- AyeSpy (inactive since before the move to phase III)
- RoseParks (inactive since 2009)
- Tim Shell - And I can prove it :) (inactive since 2006)
- BryceHarrington - Joined up with Wikipedia after the brief GNUPedia episode and its mention on Slashdot. Did some of the first Britannica copying. Pimped wikipedia a bit on Indymedia and some other sites. (inactive since 2017)
- Larry Sanger (earliest edits as LarrySanger)
- Jimbo Wales (Founder)
February 2001
March 2001
- Stephen Gilbert
- Rob Salzman (inactive as RobSalzman since August 2003 - but still (semi)-active as justrob)
- Geronimo Jones (inactive since March 2001)
- Mathijs read about it in the newspaper (inactive since February 2002)
- Erdem Tüzün (inactive since prior to the move to phase III)
- Andre Engels
- Malcolm Farmer - after a slashdotting. Every other article back then was either an Atlas Shrugged or a Larry Sanger philosophy article. How far it's come since then...
- Phil Bordelon I'd be lying if I remembered why I came here originally; I hacked a bit on some Settlers of Catan stuff, went back to lurk mode, and only recently have started to really edit again.
- Gareth Owen Also can't remember why I came, but noticed it lacked my favourite musicians, so resolved to add them
April 2001
- Koyaanis Qatsi (based on the revision history of Bahrain. Followed over from a comment on slashdot)
- rmhermen -anonymously until May 10, came over from the link on Nupedia
- Kpjas (subscribed to wikipedia-l@nupedia.com on Mon, 9 Apr 2001 14:12:51 -0700)
May 2001
- Mjausson (based on Wikipedia Announcements/May 2001) (inactive since prior to the move to phase III)
- Wathiik (based on Wikipedia Announcements/May 2001)
- LA2 (based on Wikipedia Announcements/May 2001)
- sjc
- Tim Chambers
July 2001
- TwoOneTwo
- The Cunctator (July 26, the day of the big Slashdotting)
- AxelBoldt (July 26, the day of the big Slashdotting)
- BrantEaton (July 26, Slashdot effect was my first article!)
- Dmerrill, another one from the Slashdotting
- James F., yet another Slashdotter (though the account is newer)
- Tim Goodwin (guess which well-known blog appears on my Personal Toolbar)
- Simon J Kissane (thinks he arrived just before slashdotting)
- Kowloonese as anonymous 24.4.254.xxx et al. (since first week of July, 2001)
- Claudine not from Slashdot, but from the Kuro5hin article that might have led to it
- snoyes (k5 article)
- DrBob Due to either the Kuro5hin or Slashdot articles
August 2001
- sodium sometime in august.
- LC
- MichaelTinkler (it was before school started...)
- Zundark (on 6th or 7th, not sure which)
- Anatoly Vorobey (arrived probably during the slashdotting, first contribution early August)
- BenBaker (2nd wave of slashdotting, 1st or 2nd, I think.)
- Alan Millar the big slashdotting...
- Bryan Derksen
- THERESA KNOTT now known as theresa knott from a post by someone (I forget who) on usenet (sci.physics)
- Jagged first contribution listed on 15 August, 2001.
September 2001
- Chuck Smith (discovered in March, started contributing now)
- Tsja
- JHK
- Eob (after reading the article in the New York Times, September 20)
- Bignose
- Manning I was here a day or two before JHK... I thought it was earlier than September, but maybe not.
October 2001
- Paul Melville Austin
- the Epopt
- Dreamyshade (at least that's when I first contributed)
- The Anome
- Mark - as an anon, but the account Mark Ryan didn't come for another 3 months, in January 2002.
- Wesley (must have been early to middle of 2001 - how it's changed since then)
November 2001
- Wayne Hardman November 23rd
- Jzcool
- Xaonon
- Goochelaar
- Chenyu
- Joel Schlosberg
- Ed Poor
- Derek Ross (However October 134.132.xxx.xxx postings were me too)
- Jmc ( November 16)
December 2001
- Slrubenstein ( died March 2012)
- Tuxisuau
- Edgar
- David Parker (Dec. 12)
- little_guru
- SimonP (Dec. 9 - from segment in New York Times Magazine)
- user:Szopen (probably since beginning of December or end of November 2001)
- Robert Merkel - probably earlier, but I can't tell exactly when I arrived.
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| This page is currently inactive and is retained for
historical reference. Either the page is no longer relevant or consensus on its purpose has become unclear. To revive discussion, seek broader input via a forum such as the village pump. |
This is an archive of Wikipedians in order of arrival in 2001.
January 2001
- WojPob (inactive since June 2003)
- AstroNomer (semi-active since 2011)
- Josh Grosse ( inactive since 2006)
- AyeSpy (inactive since before the move to phase III)
- RoseParks (inactive since 2009)
- Tim Shell - And I can prove it :) (inactive since 2006)
- BryceHarrington - Joined up with Wikipedia after the brief GNUPedia episode and its mention on Slashdot. Did some of the first Britannica copying. Pimped wikipedia a bit on Indymedia and some other sites. (inactive since 2017)
- Larry Sanger (earliest edits as LarrySanger)
- Jimbo Wales (Founder)
February 2001
March 2001
- Stephen Gilbert
- Rob Salzman (inactive as RobSalzman since August 2003 - but still (semi)-active as justrob)
- Geronimo Jones (inactive since March 2001)
- Mathijs read about it in the newspaper (inactive since February 2002)
- Erdem Tüzün (inactive since prior to the move to phase III)
- Andre Engels
- Malcolm Farmer - after a slashdotting. Every other article back then was either an Atlas Shrugged or a Larry Sanger philosophy article. How far it's come since then...
- Phil Bordelon I'd be lying if I remembered why I came here originally; I hacked a bit on some Settlers of Catan stuff, went back to lurk mode, and only recently have started to really edit again.
- Gareth Owen Also can't remember why I came, but noticed it lacked my favourite musicians, so resolved to add them
April 2001
- Koyaanis Qatsi (based on the revision history of Bahrain. Followed over from a comment on slashdot)
- rmhermen -anonymously until May 10, came over from the link on Nupedia
- Kpjas (subscribed to wikipedia-l@nupedia.com on Mon, 9 Apr 2001 14:12:51 -0700)
May 2001
- Mjausson (based on Wikipedia Announcements/May 2001) (inactive since prior to the move to phase III)
- Wathiik (based on Wikipedia Announcements/May 2001)
- LA2 (based on Wikipedia Announcements/May 2001)
- sjc
- Tim Chambers
July 2001
- TwoOneTwo
- The Cunctator (July 26, the day of the big Slashdotting)
- AxelBoldt (July 26, the day of the big Slashdotting)
- BrantEaton (July 26, Slashdot effect was my first article!)
- Dmerrill, another one from the Slashdotting
- James F., yet another Slashdotter (though the account is newer)
- Tim Goodwin (guess which well-known blog appears on my Personal Toolbar)
- Simon J Kissane (thinks he arrived just before slashdotting)
- Kowloonese as anonymous 24.4.254.xxx et al. (since first week of July, 2001)
- Claudine not from Slashdot, but from the Kuro5hin article that might have led to it
- snoyes (k5 article)
- DrBob Due to either the Kuro5hin or Slashdot articles
August 2001
- sodium sometime in august.
- LC
- MichaelTinkler (it was before school started...)
- Zundark (on 6th or 7th, not sure which)
- Anatoly Vorobey (arrived probably during the slashdotting, first contribution early August)
- BenBaker (2nd wave of slashdotting, 1st or 2nd, I think.)
- Alan Millar the big slashdotting...
- Bryan Derksen
- THERESA KNOTT now known as theresa knott from a post by someone (I forget who) on usenet (sci.physics)
- Jagged first contribution listed on 15 August, 2001.
September 2001
- Chuck Smith (discovered in March, started contributing now)
- Tsja
- JHK
- Eob (after reading the article in the New York Times, September 20)
- Bignose
- Manning I was here a day or two before JHK... I thought it was earlier than September, but maybe not.
October 2001
- Paul Melville Austin
- the Epopt
- Dreamyshade (at least that's when I first contributed)
- The Anome
- Mark - as an anon, but the account Mark Ryan didn't come for another 3 months, in January 2002.
- Wesley (must have been early to middle of 2001 - how it's changed since then)
November 2001
- Wayne Hardman November 23rd
- Jzcool
- Xaonon
- Goochelaar
- Chenyu
- Joel Schlosberg
- Ed Poor
- Derek Ross (However October 134.132.xxx.xxx postings were me too)
- Jmc ( November 16)
December 2001
- Slrubenstein ( died March 2012)
- Tuxisuau
- Edgar
- David Parker (Dec. 12)
- little_guru
- SimonP (Dec. 9 - from segment in New York Times Magazine)
- user:Szopen (probably since beginning of December or end of November 2001)
- Robert Merkel - probably earlier, but I can't tell exactly when I arrived.