Meet the man behind a third of what's on Wikipedia

[@TheArmchairHistorian]

Teachers HATE him. Click here to learn his SECRETS.

[@Mode-Selektor]

Link doesn't work.

[@thomasrobinette3227]

Hahahaha

[@Alexzw92]

Lol!

[@jacksonporter6720]

Hey I know you

[@waxmaster-c]

loool

[@TheOGDominic]

The most plagiarized man on Earth

[@The_NSeven]

Haha

[@WASTHATABULLET]

Hahaha

[@santaclaus9654]

He LITERALLY did my schoolwork.

[@viniciusdomenighi6439]

Ele fez nada do trabalho apresentado nos artigos, apenas pegou de pessoas que já os fizeram e colocou lá.

[@squeakersthegryphon5338]

Thanks for knowledge and so long!

[@jash6105]

This man is literally trying his hardest to convert all historical information onto a worldwide accessible data base. He’s a legend (oh yeah yeah)

[@andreasnorstrom9759]

About a thousand likes and No comments, unacceptable.

[@vgrepairs]

www.gofundme.com/thank-you-steven-pruitt

[@eclipsexfade9522]

@@vgrepairs Jus

[@vgrepairs]

@@eclipsexfade9522 Sus

[@tommypetraglia4688]

Can you trust what he decides what makes it in and what is rejected with one of his edits...and why? I can't. This is exactly why you can rely on un vetted and not peer reviewed open source websites

[@Dell-ol6hb]

This dude has to be easily one of the most influential human beings that has lived in recent history.

[@inspectorjavert5563]

And has never touched a breast.

[@Dell-ol6hb]

Inspector Javert yes?

[@zander2473]

@@inspectorjavert5563 How would you know

[@KolchaksGhost]

@@inspectorjavert5563 Javert, have you captured 24601 yet?

[@human3213]

Nah he wrote a trash biased site

[@heysiri4935]

I don’t see him as crazy. I think he’s doing something very honorable and respectable

[@theshiznut]

Or a guy with a lot of time on his hands

[@Bart-Did-it]

Hey Siri leaving a legacy

[@dmcgee3]

Completely agree. We’re all surfing the Internet, at least he’s being productive with his down time. It sounds like it’s his hobby and he enjoys it. I bet he would have a fascinating TED talk if he hasn’t already done one.

[@Freemouse159]

@@theshiznut Haha like both of us using up precious time writing a pointless comment, what a lot of time waste

[@QueenRenne]

Hey Siri... YES! Very true. 😎👍🏾

[@williambrannstrom6637]

So he basically wrote all my essays?

[@laqueeshous1813]

yes

[@saosaosson6139]

William Brännström dina och många många andras

[@appualliyanaa]

Sao Saosson haha, mushi mushi hudukki hoobera

[@appualliyanaa]

👍👍👍

[@grixern5092]

William Brännström or edited them

[@DJayAce4]

This guy deserves a gofundme. He's dedicated his life for free knowledge, it's incredible. Nothing but respect coming from me

[@supreetsahu1964]

Respect is ok, but he does open a gofundme some money should also come from you.

[@davaymyaso7816]

That's true, people are so profit-driven these days. No one will even move his toe without being paid for it. And he has made a lot of effort and not even got any reward. This is the definition of humanity.

[@davaymyaso7816]

Here you go: www.gofundme.com/thank-you-steven-pruitt

[@greenmidgetyoda1401]

@@meliohe5080 It's a saying, a way to emphasize something, in this case the respect given. Basically Jason is saying that he respects the guy alot for what he is doing, not that the only thing he would give to him is respect.

[@notalaeyt784]

@@meliohe5080 Lol i don't think thats what he meant with that

[@eckzotic]

hey man, if you're reading this, i hope no one ever makes you feel that you are crazy or a nut, that is nonsense. you are an incredible human who has helped and made a lasting, positive impact on humanity. more power to you steven.

[@yrok244]

eckzotic Thanks man

[@mariamwarsama4037]

❤️

[@federicobarriosretta6211]

oh thanks, I really needed to hear something like that :"D

[@bldjln3158]

Yrok24 Not cool.

[@pumba3368]

ikr i've actually talked to him

[@ajeetalbert91]

If he would have made money out of it, the world will be calling him a genius. When he does it for free, the world is calling him crazy.

[@MrGamelover23]

Of course, doing something like that without money involved is weird. And awesome.

[@AveryHallPL]

Facts

[@J_M3444]

Your talents and skills aren't free

[@ScubaSteveM45]

Jimmy Wales is a multimillionaire, this guy is crazy in a sense since ordinarily this would be a paying job for any other venue

[@lyrimetacurl0]

Sounds like a nice clickbait title

[@valarmorghulis5575]

The man who allowed me to graduate. Thanks bruh!

[@lowcountryadventures5549]

wait how tf did u graduate using Wikipedia.... no schools allow that XD

[@gwiz6955]

Lowcountry Adventures What do you mean schools don't allow it? Since when have schools banned something like wikipedia. That is pointless.

[@ncdozer3103]

Gwiz my school does not allow any paper that needs links to use Wikipedia.

[@sinu0us]

@Ioannis Ioannis this guy knows what's up :D

[@vlad1846]

Lowcountry Adventures what kind of school did u go to tf

[@TampaTec]

He would destroy everyone on Jeopardy. A Walking encyclopedia.

[@maanman3573]

Tampatec Every time i see your comments I think you're Tobuscus

[@MrThe1234guy]

That was what I was thinking

[@MediQate]

Tampatec At a glance, I thought you were Tobuscus.

[@ericbeal7284]

Someone already made this joke

[@calviincalifornia4048]

wikipedia started in january 2001. if he has made 3m edits, that would be, at 12 hours per day every single day all 365 days per year never once missing a beat for 18 years straight, 38 edits per hour. 38 edits per hour 12 hour days 365 days per year 18 years never. missing. a. single. day. and those are just his supposed edits. horseshit?

[@justinztan]

Man, he gave us so much for free. He could've made a lot of money, but what a selfless, humble man!

[@AnalyticalReckoner]

There are many selfless people out there but the greedy and money hungry get the spotlight more often.

[@ranyl7744]

@@AnalyticalReckoner they control the spotlight

[@nima4797]

@RJ DA and you are?

[@golirasmonk]

@@nima4797 and you are?

[@orbitalsteak841man5]

@@golirasmonk i know you are but what am i

[@mathieuclement8011]

This man helped you through school more than teachers did

[@andrickgutierrez4757]

@Saiyan Seeds says the kid with the vegeta icon.....

[@Daniel-xp4yg]

Saiyan Seeds he works a government job but ok

[@lilgill7348]

@Saiyan Seeds because wikipedia has millions of pages of things that most teachers dont even know

[@lilgill7348]

@Saiyan Seeds You sound like a stubborn grandpa. Education and the world technology is changing keep up

[@kevinhuus2739]

@Saiyan Seeds you're really cool

[@rizqiefajar]

He doesn't earn anything from this?! Unbelievable. What a hero.

[@andre-li7qo]

Yeah, wikipedia is for volunteers, but i think he should win a nobel or something like that

[@claf7889]

Wikipedia is a volunteer site, yet they have messages that pop up, ALL YEAR, ASKING FOR DONATIONS TO KEEP THE SITE RUNNING. Its obvious how its being ran and taking advantage of people.

[@claf7889]

@dalfie Use your brain now, re-read what was said and what I typed... You can do it! I know it!

[@claf7889]

@dalfie Actually my bad, realizing that you couldn't understand the point in the first post made me realize that getting you to actually re-read what i said was close to impossible. As you are looking for a conflict, have fun nobody!

[@davidmirth]

C LaF I used to be a wikipedist, though I recently moved to a similar volunteer platform for medical students, but I’ll try to give you a small insight - the main work on the articles is done by volunteers, but I can think of many things that need payment: 1) you have to pay the webmasters, PR specialists, administration workers etc., who make it possible for us to edit 2) there are all the servers where Wikipedia is saved - each of the articles is saved in every historical copy, plus each article has a discussion page, there are tons of pages describing the tables, navigation boxes etc... 3) advertisement, legal issues, ... 4) even though we are volunteers, there is a possibility to participate on meetings of the community, which are payed by Wikipedia So, I do not feel sad for not recieving anything :)

[@ultimategotea]

He cited himself on school essays.

[@PrepYT]

This deserves top comment 😂

[@chakravarthyshanker4040]

ultimategotea it’s a rule that you must cite your own work if you’ve posted it earlier or it’s considered plagiarism

[@alfiepicton1339]

@@chakravarthyshanker4040it was a joke dude...

[@mugswrld]

ultimategotea underrated comment😂

[@pekoken]

@@alfiepicton1339 that's the joke

[@blunew467]

I wonder how many times he has changed "is" to "was" 10 minutes after a celebrity died.

[@TPRM1]

Yes.

[@WestsideGunnnn]

Find and replace, and Emails from news sources announcing deaths.

[@kylejohnson8462]

That’s literally insane to go to any Wikipedia page and have a 33% chance of it being edited by this guy

[@theisisreincarnate]

It's not true they have a team of editors who've been working for free ... See head to head Aljazeera when they interviewed the owner of Wikipedia. He's probably just one of the editors

[@Vanessa-el2le]

Has to be in English

[@MetalDetectingRussia]

@@Vanessa-el2le maybe he edits russian articles too. I don't know if he speaks russian

[@tash5540]

PLUS GENDER INEQUALITY AM I RIGHT?

[@Vanessa-el2le]

@@MetalDetectingRussia watch at 1:58

[@Tetratronic]

Wouldn't this guy destroy all quiz shows ever?

[@Tim_Marshall73]

Affirmative

[@TheWitchOvAgnesi]

Chuck Norris asks him for information on Martial Arts.

[@zombieeibmoz747]

he will beat GOD himself

[@AbdullahDakhaikh]

Oh god.. Your profile picture is more important than this video!!

[@TheFourthWinchester]

Not really.

[@ParisDylan1]

Yo, Wikipedia seriously needs to give this guy something; a new computer, or free coffee, or those carpal tunnel wrist guards...

[@silvernode]

He probably wouldn't be happy if he got paid since that would ruin the charm. He did say that he is fascinated by the fact that it's free.

[@ParisDylan1]

@@silvernode totally. i just mean as a nice gesture from Wikipedia, as a "Thank You". Give him some of those glasses that protect your eyes for ppl who stare at screens all day! Something! lol

[@Vysair]

Maybe a physical certificate from Wikipedia or award like KZbin Diamond thing.

[@SarahKDB]

They could give him a job.

[@ryuranzou]

Jimmy Wales needs that money though.

[@Hadi_saad]

he somehow remind me of Samwell Tarly from Game of Thorns, a noble respectful seeking knowledge man.

[@rrpdsks]

Very serious here. I kept thinking he reminded me of someone and couldn't figure it out! Yeeeesssss!

[@artempokhilyuk]

was looking for this comment) a bit surprised this is not top-3 comment

[@Aethyea]

He reminds me of Lester Crest from GTA V. (Not intended to mock him) They are both geniuses.

[@ThembaMbuyisa]

I kept on thinking the same while watching this .

[@andrewt3417]

I had this guy as a teacher every year in high school

[@TheWitchOvAgnesi]

@@YoYo-xr3ew You should paste this on every comment here.

[@Name-nw9uj]

@@nr655321 scam

[@MattMatrixJohnson]

@tamabo I think a balance is necessary. There's alot of life and things that wouldn't get done without a mix of different types of ppl

[@vgrepairs]

@@TheWitchOvAgnesi why dont you help out? We all now have access to the same link, do your part

[@marlandt.renhoek9853]

Did he let you cite his website

[@aerohk]

The dude can probably win who wanna be a millionaire.

[@rocketdogticker]

You mean write it lol

[@americansniper1641]

Aerohk to be 100 percent honest he could have some sort of algorithm that scans articles 24 hours a day while he jerks off

[@mickeyrube6623]

Ah yes. My favourite game show. "Who wanna be a millionaire".

[@kevinarzola4781]

Are you saying he finna be a millionaire if he goes on?

[@B-Durry]

shiiyt i wanna be a millionaire dawg

[@d0lvl0]

This guy is a god damned hero. Wikipedia is one of the greatest contributions to humanity that we've produced in the 21st century.

[@cams.3287]

d0lvl0 yet we cant cite it for essays etc due to it being unreliable

[@ninepuchar1]

@@cams.3287 😂😂😂😂so true

[@MajinMist603]

history is unreliable too ( for solid facts) because it change and we find more info on it or the school are just changing it or don’t tell the full story like Columbus and were taught that he was the first person to find Americans and he was alright guy but later grades you what he did to the south Indes, it’s only 100% true if you were there with your own eyes because people who were there can lie, miss commutation or have to kinda fill it in or if it’s war to busy fighting etc.

[@cams.3287]

Bikko sorry that you didn’t understand me the first time. the teachers wont allow us to use this as a reliable site to cite for our assigned papers! it absurd but at the same time i understand their reasoning.

[@mikkel6183]

@@cams.3287 if you scroll down on wiki sites, there are sources. Wikipedia is objectively at least as reliable as any other articles that has sources.

[@MeggieGranger]

He seems like a really selfless and nice person. I wish I could have his spirit.

[@bobthabuilda1525]

Who you are is a product of what you repeatedly do. You can be anything you want, I believe in you.

[@AV144K]

@@bobthabuilda1525 man shut up and let the person salute the wiz. You arent as influential as the wizard of wiki. So apply your own advice.

[@bobthabuilda1525]

@@AV144K Why are you so offended by someone being kind and supportive of someone else?

[@bobthabuilda1525]

@@AV144K Since I will apparently receive no answer, I just want to say that I hope whatever ruined your day and lead to you taking out your frustrations on me is resolved. You can do anything you set your mind to as well, just as I said to the OP. I hope you find the fulfillment you seek. ❤️

[@itube0047]

You can

[@ivan1usa]

This man makes 0$ for helping humanity stay informed. While Kardashians making millions rotting the world.

[@arealbigboss]

calm down mr social revolutionary

[@manonthemoon2815]

“rotting the world” lol

[@7of21]

Facts of our lives now😓

[@bytemaniak8328]

we live in a society

[@ScubaSteveM45]

He works for free so people like Jimmy Wales can be multimillionaires, copy editing IS a paid job for most folks you know.

[@AidanCooper]

This guy has probably made more information accessible to humanity than anybody else in history. Sir, we salute you.

[@6subswith0vids80]

@@pie-sn3nd that never works and you know it. Stop commenting that

[@maxwellcooper2]

This guy and Gutenberg, the inventor of the printing press ;) and maybe the people who ran the libraries at Alexandria or some place whatever. He's definitely in the running to be the number 1 guy.

[@thorsten8790]

The information was still acessible before him. Wikipedia isn't the only way to get internet information.

[@alvallac2171]

@@thorsten8790 *accessible

[@smash4560]

@@thorsten8790 Knowledge is mostly contained in books and books are almost always not freely accessible.

[@gunngator588]

He is a hero. He does it for free because he believes knowledge should be free. Wish universities and colleges had the same thought as him

[@Kanal7Indonesia]

Capitalism says no lol

[@letshearit6219]

You are not entitled to $hit.

[@gunngator588]

@@letshearit6219 lol, I'm entitled to my opinion, I don't need your permission to post something

[@letshearit6219]

@@gunngator588 You like free stuff, don't you?

[@ItzhakEthanEskimo]

Education is a right, schooling is a privilege

[@kiardothefirst8011]

the teachers who criticise Wikipedia really do this guy a disservice,

[@RobotboyX2]

idk about your teachers but my tutors only criticise the way your average student uses wikipedia, not wikipedia itself

[@ivanlagrossemoule]

I always got the feeling a lot of them were simply annoyed because we didn't have to go to the library to dig through books to find even basic information and could just google it.

[@manawa3832]

well its a white christian dude controlling the world view given by most of the general information on the internet. so yeah theres that

[@manawa3832]

hurr more biased sources behold the power of my white circular control of information. poo poo on you

[@kuokublaikhan]

@@RobotboyX2 As a teacher I'd agree with that. Wikipedia is great as a jumping off point - it can give you a skimming overview of a subject that you could then use as a foundation to pursue further (or not, if it's something you don't need to know in that much detail). That's the whole point of it, it's an encyclopedia, it was never meant to be truly in depth, just an overview, like every encyclopedia. So it's doing exactly what it set out to do, nothing wrong with that. Of course there are inaccuracies on it from time to time, but I've seen plenty of glaring errors in books too. I'd just caution against thinking that a Wikipedia article contains everything there is to know on a subject.

[@bidcar87]

This man indirectly did millions of people’s homework

[@petermarin]

This guy did something incredibly difficult and useful TRULY FOR FREE, without ANY AGENDA. He should be celebrated as a national hero!

[@Wuozlinga]

*International hero

[@ericbattista9341]

Peter “you’re a hero! You post definitions of words!!

[@linkdude600]

Mr Phuckit Exactly...?

[@winter4265]

@@ericbattista9341 Oh wow, you learned how to trivialize an achievement. You're on par with middle schoolers. Clearly you don't value knowledge and its obvious importance and you proved so with such an ignorant comment.

[@bootykraken7177]

How do you know there is no agenda?

[@fipeke]

This man. This is my real teacher. I salute you, Wizard of Wikipedia.

[@vanhoumin]

This dude could win on "Who wants to be a millionaire" anytime.

[@keeperofeurobeat8421]

Hes probably banned from the show

[@alabaster6005]

This isnt even his final form.

[@Unorthodox666]

he only tapped into 1% of his power

[@paulgoogol2652]

the final form of a human is a skeletton...

[@kymmzej9173]

You're right, this isn't his final form -- because he's still making revisions.

[@mattihaapoja8203]

Yeah let's see what happens when he finally moves out of the basement

[@dord4453]

@@mattihaapoja8203 aww jealous much?

[@lordbrain5263]

Not the hero we deserve, but the hero we need

[@FutureAbe]

and the hero we have

[@melbatoast667]

No one is concerned that some fedora living at home is the one responsible for 1/3 of the content you see on WikiPedia? That doesn't undermine its credibility at all?

[@eeurr1306]

@@melbatoast667 Well there are many languages and he sure cant speak all languages. And the video said he edited a third of english content. Im not english and also Wikipedia is always being corrected.

[@marlandt.renhoek9853]

He may run 33.3% of Wikipedia, but he only uses 1% of his power to do so. Edit: god damn I’ve never got this many likes

[@andrew5744]

Not even shaggy could withstand his full potential

[@jale5587]

@@andrew5744 ok thats 2 far

[@Mr.Elliott]

Lmfa9

[@frank_yang]

@@jale5587 .05% too far

[@jinds2242]

Haters Hangout Thanos in his human form, destiny still arrives

[@callum9999]

The interviewer is the perfect personification of America. How much money do you make? None. Why on Earth would you ever do anything without trying to make a profit from someone else!?

[@Dofri98]

Oh child. It's rather simple, without making any money you have to rely on someone else to pay for your stuff, like living with your parents.... which he does. If you don't make any money from the thing you do. Dedicating 3 hours a day to something after you finish your day job means you have a great interest in it for some reason, and it is interesting to know what drives him to keep on editing and making articles.

[@ALiJ4LIFE]

And near the end he says 'he ACTUALLY has friends'! What a harsh thing say!

[@blackdiamond2775]

No, I wouldn’t blame the interviewer I think he does a great job bringing attention to him. He probably already knew he made no money before he asked the question. He merely wanted highlight his altruistic intentions.

[@MikhaelAhava]

Not really, I think they have briefings on that and it could’ve been emphasised on how he does it for free. Anyways, we all do need money.

[@techhelpportalextras3007]

@@Dofri98 he is also a customs agent

[@neckpepe1404]

This dude saved my school year a couple times

[@jackharris1398]

Neck Pepe yeah the good ol fashion copy and paste the entire article

[@Rewelsworld]

Seems odd,Wikipedia has never helped me mostly slader and Quizlet

[@lucianolizana446]

What a cool guy, imagine if every habitant on earth were this dedicated and generous, this will be a better place

[@HisMajestyDD]

Nah, we need this balance.

[@Dead_Goat]

You mean people that like to sit there and force their lies across the web? Nah we do not need more white knights

[@adamnohnson6276]

But we need to reproduce

[@Semos]

@@Dead_Goat I bet you contribute a lot to society eh?

[@trihard7442]

AMEN LUCIANO

[@commonsense31]

Let me put it this way! Maybe 80% of English users of Wikipedia have read something by him. That makes him the most read editor/author on the planet

[@timdehaan629]

Sadly its probably the Bible or the Qur'an

[@commonsense31]

@@timdehaan629 Yeah maybe :D

[@marcd7332]

Kaas Boer Who’s the author of the Bible? He said the most read author not book

[@him12672]

@@marcd7332

[@ayyy3606]

Guy Pseudonym The Bible says that, but it was most likely written by multiple men under a very short time.

[@LetsGoGetThem]

It's the real-life Samwell Tarly from GoT!

[@qwirnn]

You may not like it, but this is what peak male performance looks like

[@Slyngbom]

yeet

[@thebropoppy1293]

Peak human, not male

[@RoadRageRadio]

If he could apply some knowledge to his physical well-being.

[@TheHelix123]

Qwirnn ooh we are still doing that??

[@hallohey8995]

Did you just assume his gender?

[@fressh]

I remember him, he was my teacher from 1st to 12th grade.

[@ForumArcade]

I get it.

[@krmunoz2169]

@@ForumArcade I didn't get it until you said I get it.

[@itsjustbre.5677]

Fressh 😂

[@miembrosgibran]

HE RAPED ME.

[@michaellara695]

@@krmunoz2169 I thought I was the only one lol

[@pearl1357]

Thank you Steven for your service to humanity. God bless.

[@ayxzer3226]

Don't take the internet too seriously Stfu. He did this to help people. It’s more than just pushing buttons on a keyboard. Bet you don’t even volunteer.

[@mabooification]

more info about him: everipedia.org/wiki/lang_en/steven-pruitt-ser-amantio-di-nicolao/

[@thebayareastandout]

I thank him so much. He's sacrificing his fingers from all that typing by increasing his risk of athritis or carpel tunnel.

[@MJ-fs4ne]

Don't take the internet too seriously You did nothing to your life too when you said that. You're just as salty as the deep sea salt

[@PunjabiPlayboy]

Could have served himself a little better judging by the fact that he still lives in his parents basement at god knows what age

[@Danymok]

This dude is way too underappreciated by society.

[@MO-pn8ip]

The most underrated human alive

[@Dafootball6464]

can we make a gofundme page for this dude just to pay him back.

[@femmeNikita27]

Nice idea. Given how much he has contributed it would be nice to give him something back. Be it gofundme or Patreon or whatever.

[@20kilovolt]

He has a bang en olufsen monitor so I assume that he have enough money

[@NAT-turners-Revenge]

He works for the government and lives rent free...he has $$$

[@Dell-ol6hb]

Zach Dworsky I don’t think he’d want to payed honestly otherwise he would’ve stopped doing this a long time ago, plus he has a good government job, so he is probably doing quite good financially.

[@mascatrails661]

Have you donated to wikipedia? That's a place to start...

[@peteyclaxton1379]

So much respect to this guy. All for free too. Something you won't see much of now a days. Hats of too you my man keep it up

[@angelamarie341]

Well he lives with his parents, so probably doesn't need to worry about rent or mortgage payments, so he doesn't seem as urgently pressed as most of us would be to equate his valuable time contributions with monetary compensation. But hey, if he had been earning $20/hour, 3 hours a day, for the last 18 years he's been doing this... he'd have an extra $394k in his pocket.

[@themaggattack]

@@angelamarie341 Shining a light against ignorance is worth so much more.

[@JordanRants]

What a legend

[@mint8648]

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[@nerfisn]

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[@vasavpramesh1611]

pay $9.99 to unlock more

[@FOLIPE]

That's a service to mankind, it's important to acknowlege people like him, who do amazing stuff for passion.

[@porschecollector727]

F. OPE that's the beauty of the Jewish soul, the thrive to bring candle into a dark room. Darkness in physics is explained as absence of light.

[@hdtvcamera1]

Service to mankind to promote biased information that you support 😕

[@unvaultx7110]

This man helped all of us at one point let’s be honest

[@perserving1495]

WorldRecordEggo not really. Wikipedia has a lot of false information. Which is why I do not use it

[@davestroh8232]

I use it 2 times a day

[@paulgoogol2652]

@@perserving1495 Because it has a lot of false information we need people like him, who do proper research and edit Wikipedia pages. If you look for false information, you will find the internet is full of it. Wikipedia is very "clean" in comparison.

[@zerohour2703]

nice millions of articles about inventions, history, engineering, people, food classification, cloth types and airplane sizes so which topic we are going to discuss why 15% of articles are about women wow now there is wikipedia gender gap. What kind of ignorant thing is this.

[@Cronus1977]

@@perserving1495 Encyclopedias get updated quite frequently. Furthermore, not all wikipedia pages are edited equally. I remember watching an older documentary in the early 2000s that described the Tyrannosaurus as a lone hunter, because that's what scientists' research found to be true for decades on end. New research currently debunks that and defines the extinct species as haven been species that lived in groups. My point is information is always changing. How we understand science, history and culture is always changing and wikipedia is one of the worlds most accessible databases on information. The information is cited the vast majority of the time and provides knowledge that people in previous centuries would have never been able to obtain. Just because it's written in a book doesn't make it true. Anyone can write a book, Alex Jones, a man who makes stuff up for a living has written a book. Wikipedia is not so much as a definite source as it is a compilation of human thought and discovery.

[@OwaisSayani]

He seems like a very decent guy, and editing a third of pages on Wikipedia is no mean feat. Students, scholars and the general public should be and is grateful for his work.

[@Solmom03]

Owais Sayani um students can’t use Wikipedia. It’s not a reliable source!

[@P602-d2x]

@@Solmom03 exactly

[@kensmilepachi3313]

I'm a medical student and my life wouldn't be the same without Wiki, I'm so grateful!!! And people who say "Wiki isn't a good source" simply don't read that much

[@jakewhoskate]

@@Solmom03 They can use the sources that Wikipedia uses and lists on their pages ;)

[@Kanal7Indonesia]

@@Solmom03 u don't source directly from wiki u dumdumb, u source from the ref list in the bottom of the articles.

[@falcon010216]

His control over English language is extra ordinary. He is a brilliant man.

[@prodkwop]

He’s a very fat man

[@sofaking9404]

Both of your statements are correct

[@thunderball11111]

SooCrazy o_0 He would probably appreciate the accuracy

[@tuulosss]

Careful, he's a hero.

[@sosic172]

What is your profile picture? I've been seeing it everywhere and I want to know more.

[@khalidsaid5901]

Sosic look up maximillianmus

[@hassansaleh7728]

Oh yeah yeah

[@Vidhur]

@@sosic172 A tip for the next time you don't know an image: save the image or find a usable link to said image and then go to images.google.com (otherwise the "search by image" icon won't pop up), then use aforementioned search by image option (icon in the search bar on Google Images), then after that simply upload the file or provide the link and hit enter. Very handy if you have seen an image before but not know the history or story behind it.

[@JosePerez-ok8ez]

@@sosic172 I thought it was terminator

[@tfg1835]

Carefully, he’s a hero.

[@schlongmaster7501]

penis

[@Robert-wv4jt]

Zade. fijih penis forth

[@jwelda1]

I like how they tried to shoe horn gender politics in a story that has absolutely nothing to do with gender. That guy is amazing. CBS is a joke.

[@chris2kostya]

What's wrong with mentioning that statistic? That's something I've always wondered about as well. Why don't they have more articles about women?

[@oliverlaroche3542]

@@chris2kostya because a lot less women deserve an article lol...

[@drackaris_]

It seems to be something this guy you say is amazing cares about as well. If we want things to change at a societal level these are things we need to talk about often. Do you have an issue with more women having articles written about them? Do you somehow feel threatened by the mere statistic being brought up? I really don't understand why people get offended whenever any topics of gender discrepancies comes up.

[@Live-Life-Freely]

@@oliverlaroche3542 Slow applause, my man!

[@Live-Life-Freely]

Here's an idea how about articles about notable people and not because of their genitals. You're 100% correct CBS = joke.

[@sheryloldham505]

I would not give them one cent! Wiki has changed many subjects to lies! Trust is broken

[@danielvella7939]

The man who shaped up my homework, literally.

[@alexdunhill4271]

next homework assignment: look up the definition of "literally"

[@Vx-1000]

this guy helped 50%+ of students in the US, true hero

[@MangoMotors]

More like 99%

[@Limpuls]

Not just US

[@hassannouh98]

In the world 🌎 ***

[@benja303]

@@hassannouh98 Americans think the world = the US lol

[@paulgoogol2652]

I'm from Germany and to be honest I always read English articles just because of this guy ;)

[@adepresseddanawhite4534]

He protecc He attacc But most importantly He edit bacc

[@nikibronson133]

😂😂

[@adriankapoor2657]

lol nice profile pic... you might want to replace Woodley with Cejudo now

[@turtul4258]

He doesn’t protecc or attacc tho? This doesn’t make sense, only trying to juice an overused meme on something that is irrelevant to the topic

[@cheekydaniel2119]

@@turtul4258 He proteccs wikipedia from false information and he attaccs ignorance.

[@rhyno8644]

😒 I just want to meet the man who's behind that third of whats never on Wikipedia..

[@mr.speyside5240]

“Living with his parents…” That’s all we needed to hear.

[@nathanseper8738]

This dude is so cultured and well-spoken. All scholars and historians should aspire to be this man.

[@dannynicastro3207]

Nathan Seper ...I had a dear neighbor that became a friend, back in 1988....he died in 2003. This man reminds me of a younger version of JG.

[@kai.sorensen]

This man deserves much respect. He truly cares about people and the quality of life.

[@thebrownbadger]

He's helped thousands, if not millions of students pass their classes.

[@norkiss03]

Zara Kayn facts affff

[@jadedgal05]

Reads video title. Looks closer at thumbnail. Checks out. He’s one of “those” people who remove legitimate edits to pages I’m sure. Even if the information is 100% spot on and you have links proving its validity. Give people like him a little power, it goes to their head like a strong drink…because he never had power before Wikipedia…

[@WestsideGunnnn]

Not really. He normally adds near-useless information to articles, which only really help other editors.

[@Larry]

[citation needed]

[@gwarchive]

[dubious -- discuss]

[@BNHSM]

[user:Larry Bundy Jr]] [[talk]]

[@plusxz821]

Many historian point [Which ones?] W͟o͟r͟d͟s͟ t͟o͟ a͟v͟o͟i͟d͟ w͟h͟e͟n͟ r͟e͟d͟a͟c͟t͟i͟n͟g͟ a͟n͟ a͟r͟t͟i͟c͟l͟e͟ that...

[@TPRM1]

Actually lol’d.

[@him6008]

This man holds society up.

[@jldrank1847]

@THE ACOUSTIC CAGE you're fun

[@albingrahn5576]

I thought this was an onion video after I read the title lol

[@brennanweiss4135]

Fuhq Boi no it sounds like something they’d make

[@alecity4877]

and remember, he is from virginia

[@bryanmartinez6600]

I sometimes think an onion video is real until I look it's from onion

[@timmd8766]

I thought this was me until I read the user name.

[@milotristan]

Mugi!

[@user-hq2jl6sm1n]

When teachers say Wikipedia isn't a good source but encourage using outdated books

[@i5-4670k]

Money talks.

[@StudioCluiss]

"iT cAN bE eDItEd bY aNYoNe" yea thats the point

[@Ahoto_papa_bi]

Old and verified information is better than new unverified information

[@wolfweiss7213]

@@Ahoto_papa_bi you know Wikipedia has sources, right? If you don't believe something, you can always check using the INCLUDED SOURCES.

[@newpaltzonian]

@@StudioCluiss yes that's the point, it can be edited by anyone & quality control exists, though it's evolving. That's why wiki is 100x larger than the largest stupid encyclopedia.

[@zvoidx]

Crowdfund some $ for this dude.

[@MrThe1234guy]

Why doesn't he just get his own website

[@hi-filuggage13]

Here it is: www.gofundme.com/steven-pruitt-quotthe-wizard-of-wikipediaquot-support

[@uItimatewarrior]

Yes exactly. Get this guy some dual monitors, maybe quadruple monitors and perhaps a few of those vertical standing ones that radiologists use. Get him one of those high tech mesh mechanical skeleton looking office chairs. Renovate his parent's house to include his own personal library. Get him one of those Minority Report user interfaces where he uses his hands to make things bigger and smaller, and bigger again. Unlock and maximize this man's potential!

[@mojanusmubetker6444]

@@uItimatewarrior and the cure for midgetism.

[@zvoidx]

@@hi-filuggage13 Awesome, did you just make that?

[@aurum6246]

Lets all give him 3 dollars

[@ramuthra1]

I'm not even kidding, I think should set up a GoFundMe page for him, to get him more resources.

[@Chromatic45]

@@ramuthra1 do it and share the link.. Awesome idea..

[@VILL4IN]

do it

[@MrPicklekvGygA]

Ryan go do it

[@cannabiscountry4171]

Someone start it already.

[@TKOIII]

I love the story here but this title is very misleading. He is not "behind a third of what's on Wikipedia", he created 35,000 articles, representing about 0.5% of all articles, and has edited on a third of the pages. Just call him Wikipedia's top editor.

[@ianerixon]

Lol “He actually does have friends” but that’s just honestly not a cool little back and forth they had there. Nothing about this story gave any indication that he has no friends apart from the stereotype of a middle aged man who lives at his parents home and spends time on his computer.... but it’s 3 hours a day. Not 18. He doesn’t live in a hole. Like he’s clearly a really nice guy and they kinda just gave him that super nonchalant negative comment

[@MatthewPolitics]

ianericson i agree they were kind of rude, smuggly laughing at the and saying “hes a character!”

[@lukeschultz6886]

Extremely rude and out of touch. Not surprising though

[@lilnostrils881]

And he has a job too

[@evanw2195]

I spend 4 hours a day on wiki typically

[@joezw99]

What do u expect from liberals. If you have dark skin you are perpetually a misunderstood victim. If you have light skin (i.e. white, Asian) you are forever a pathetic loser.

[@SweatyBooch420]

*If everyone reading this were to donate $3, then Wikipedia would be thriving for years to come.* I mean... *Its less then the cost of a cup of coffee*

[@montyjayak]

SweatyBooch420 i didnt read this

[@thecousindeci1103]

I read this but not going to donate

[@themaximum9474]

Donate your money to WIkipedia today, so they can make people work for them, for free, for ever

[@brosephyolonarovichstalin2915]

Knowing that it pays that African lady to be a Vice President, and doesn’t pay Steven, I think I’ll skip the donation. In fact you can stick it right up your a$$!

[@Beyondourknowing]

gofundme.com/StevenPruitts

[@ZombieProdigyUS]

I know Wikipedia is ran by donations, but he should be paid for his work!!! 1/3 of all posts?!?!?! OMG.... at least 100k a year!!

[@dudz5825]

Zombie Prodigy eso is dead

[@themaggattack]

Maybe we should all donate to him.

[@hi-filuggage13]

Here is the official Gofundme: www.gofundme.com/steven-pruitt-quotthe-wizard-of-wikipediaquot-support

[@xXj3tbl4ckjun3Xx]

That dude has a good ASMR voice. I want him to teach me ancient history as I fall asleep

[@BossySwan]

WikipediaSMR

[@Dog-999i]

He sounds like Rich Evans from Redlettermedia.

[@RitzCracked]

Some people need Wikipedia, but this man IS Wikipedia.

[@rudrasingh6354]

he is 1/3rd Wikipedia, but he used only 1% of his power

[@samfederman7469]

I've been called google by some people, but this man is crazy

[@RitzCracked]

@@samfederman7469 nobody calls you google

[@Astro_Guy_1]

@@samfederman7469 hey google!

[@Astro_Guy_1]

@@RitzCracked what do you say now homeboy

[@ZimoNitrome]

Me: "Huh this guy has devoted his entire life to WIkipedia... and he looks a bit funny... but I bet he's pretty normal" Video: 0:58

[@AsianGreatness]

ZimoNitrome I cackled

[@mitchflowers717]

Im screaming

[@dylandunlap8118]

Audibly laughing

[@kekskejekelw490]

lmfao

[@unrealhit88]

Best comment

[@KunigasSuvirintojas]

How dare you compare him with Kardashians?

[@monsterlove2323]

Haven't you heard? Kardashians are the gold standard of erudition for today's America.

[@theawkwardcurrypot9556]

And Trump America ruins everything.

[@LadyDynamitez]

Well, i mean. That's how they stay up and relevant, people bitching about them and talking about them nonstop, so it's really all y'all that got their family there

[@barnacles1352]

@@andrewzcolvin what? trump isnt an "enemy of democracy" or "threat to free knowledge"

[@NiceuRiceu]

Man, it's nice of this news to get small time people like the Kardashians some exposure with the Wikipedia Wizard

[@Albanez39]

Ser Amantio, thank you for your incredible contribution. Wikipedia is my morning newspaper, I spend at least 1 hour every day reading about lots of different stuff on Wikipedia, and I'm sure you've written a big part of what I've read and loved.

[@tompeled6193]

Are you going to edit?

[@jasonderby7635]

This man doing more for education than the federal government.

[@SlippinJimmy4Life]

Dilly Billy for real man

[@asgiantsastros3695]

forreal, he's generating invaluable value for humankind

[@Harkness197]

Preach bro!

[@Dariusz1705]

Lowkey

[@jakewhoskate]

"WiKiPEdIa iSNt a gOOd SoUrCE.." DUH you cant specifically use "WIKIPEDIA" as a source. lol THERE ARE SOURCES AT THE BOTTOM. LEARN HOW TO READ THOSE.

[@LlamasAreBest]

J R You can actually.

[@Kanal7Indonesia]

Amen.

[@frnciscob1]

True. Their bibliographies are superb. I use them all the time

[@GregoryCunningham]

J R You mean all those broken urls at the bottom? 😏

[@TheFlipsterGoodfella]

Yeah I have to agree with the other user who mentioned it but those URLs in bottom don't work. It looks legit but once you actually go down and look into it than it kinda eh.

[@RafinhaBastos]

Did someone listen his dad saying: “Oh Gosh... here we go”??? Hahahhehh!

[@jram7810]

How do people speak Mandarin, isnt that a fruit

[@LKYme]

Rafinha Bastos LMAO! Yes!! I played that clip over and over again! 🤣

[@imtypingwords]

@@LKYme same. His parents must be sick of him.

[@BradleyWelshTV]

lol

[@floppyD]

He probably listen to that music all the time huehuehue

[@Nikolajnen]

And people say people won't work with Universal Basic Income in place...

[@ghostcheddar1303]

Why doesnt wikipedia hire him or sponsor him wtf

[@ElihuNavon]

Because the site itself runs on donations - They can’t afford to sponsor editors and it isn’t fair to sponsor editors on a site that is based on good will. Microsoft tried to make a Wikipedia-like site while paying millions of dollars to professionals and professors but it failed miserably. You might wanna read about it a little, it’s fairly interesting really :)

[@combatenthusiast6297]

@@ElihuNavon Do they have an article about it on Wikipedia?

[@steveperez178]

@@combatenthusiast6297 That's where I'm heading to read up on it haha

[@Holiday_Ringo]

ghostcheddar maybe hes too smart to make an enormous profit off him

[@veganpenguin9857]

ghostcheddar look at him. I’m suprised ppl allow notre Dame out of his house let alone have a job

[@losjulbas]

I bet he would do well on Who Wants To Be a Millionaire

[@madjaster9620]

LosJulbas stolen comment

[@normalchristiano2276]

I'm really not proud of you ,you stole that comment you should be ashamed of yourself

[@normalchristiano2276]

@@madjaster9620 thanks for arresting criminals you're a hero

[@ChubbyChecker182]

But, as the video shows, he doesn't want to be :)

[@thattannerguy856]

I was thinking jeopardy, but yeah any trivia based game show!

[@user-kt1kb7rm7o]

i'm confused as to where the thousands of dislikes are coming from, this man is doing an incredible thing. sharing a wealth of information with virtually everyone on the internet, because he simply likes to do it? he deserves the nobel peace prize, so much respect.

[@feelslikebatman6091]

propaganda

[@kyraocity]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/n3S0lahqqr9-b8k

[@ThePontus1000]

They tried to shove in gender politics in a story that has absolutely nothing to do with gender.

[@psychedelicc]

@@ThePontus1000 he respects whamen

[@jameslisle7775]

Probably teachers.

[@spookyscaryskeletonsmith2840]

"That beautiful man is a national treasure and you will treat him as such!" - Sorrow TV, in reference to a commentor on KZbin calling this man ugly

[@imnotbatman6968]

Just recently I realized just how amazing Wikipedia is and their mission to make information free to all. Much respect to the founders and volunteers.

[@abbesnabbe9242]

Wow, what a god. But doesn't he look a little like Lester from GTA?

[@evancraven4784]

He does!

[@Leroyjr33]

@abbesnabbe ..damn you.. I'm here like looking through comments happy that people genuinely respecting this guys hard work and your comment pops up has me cracking up... lol so true though

[@AndresGarcia-cu6ou]

Yup

[@itzgnik1599]

Lester’s IQ < Steven’s IQ

[@grimsleeper5945]

sounds like him too

[@TheDaemon2142]

This man is civilized.

[@Alex00300]

How is it even possible I did not know this guy until today while every shthead around the corner gets medial attention? Insane.

[@jenovaizquierdo]

He is the boss of Wikipedia

[@mrviking5533]

Jenova Izq That’s How maffia works

[@j_soo]

I can seriously say that for myself and others born after 97 that Wikipedia has not only helped me with millions of school related things, but also any event/thing that you are curious about. Just type it in and boom everything you ever needed to know about anything. What a world we live in folks

[@jackoliver7506]

You're older then that joe Rogan

[@noahfigueroa9945]

1996 too

[@patrickfales4770]

Somebody please get this man a salary. Seriously he deserves our $3 donations more than Wikipedia does.

[@palegrayenoaz8780]

Patrick Fales both do

[@treeaboo]

He IS Wikipedia.

[@Palenial_Falcon]

The dude that bans you for putting something actually true

[@zzulm]

I'm sure he has helped with millions of homework 😂 so thanks from the parents

[@arserobinson7118]

I done a degree and thank goodness for Wikipedia. It made it so much easier, academic books just blab on and on, talking crap and it takes ages to get the info you need.

[@volare2013]

Wow he’s such a great guy. I’ve learned a lot from Wikipedia.

[@cabbagerollsandcoffee]

There's lots of fake stuff on there as well

[@Axvo420]

@@cabbagerollsandcoffee yeah man and people will swear wiki is a good source

[@quachhengtony7651]

Press (F) to respect

[@semajsoroj1569]

F

[@frenchfriesderp9103]

F

[@abdulkadiryilmaz4085]

f

[@sharkfacemlg]

F

[@jonathanalfred446]

F

[@MDM679]

I'm an avid opera lover and amateur wikipedia editor from Georgia and I'm so impressed to hear maestro singing an ancient Georgian song. Bravo, Steven, you are a wonderful man!

[@randomvideosandmusic1504]

I'm grateful for what you have done