Seven Years, One Million Edits, Zero Dollars: Wikipedia’s Flat Broke Superstar
Nearly 4 million entries on Wikipedia are all written and edited by volunteers. On April 19, Justin Knapp—user name koavf—became the first person to complete 1,000,000 edits on the massive, online, open-source encyclopedia. For his efforts, he hasn’t gotten paid one red cent. An editor like Knapp is the lifeblood of Wikipedia, an increasingly vital…
