Jason Moore (Wikipedia editor)
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Jason Moore (born {{birth based on age as of date|35|2020|08|07|noage=1}}) is an American Wikipedia editor among the English Wikipedia's most active contributors by edit count. Editing since 2007 as "Another Believer", he has specialized in current events, with coverage including the COVID-19 pandemic, George Floyd protests, and the culture of Portland, Oregon, where he is based. On Wikipedia, Moore has created and developed editor affinity groups for joint work on these topics. As an organizer in the Wikimedia movement, Moore has hosted meet-ups and edit-a-thons to train new editors.
Wikipedia
Moore is among the most active editors by edit count on the English Wikipedia.{{r|CNN}}{{cite journal |last1=Gedye |first1=Grace |title=When the Capitol Was Attacked, Wikipedia Went to Work |journal=Washington Monthly |date=February 4, 2021 |url=https://washingtonmonthly.com/2021/02/04/when-the-capitol-was-attacked-wikipedia-went-to-work/ |access-date=February 4, 2021 |archive-date=March 2, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210302112005/https://washingtonmonthly.com/2021/02/04/when-the-capitol-was-attacked-wikipedia-went-to-work/ |url-status=live }} Across his half-million edits{{r|CNN}} under the username "Another Believer"{{r|Andrews}} since 2007,{{cite journal |last1=Pasternack |first1=Alex |title=As a mob attacked the Capitol, Wikipedia struggled to find the right words |journal=Fast Company |date=January 14, 2021 |url=https://www.fastcompany.com/90593176/wikipedia-capitol-attack-name |access-date=January 14, 2021 |archive-date=January 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210115160128/https://www.fastcompany.com/90593176/wikipedia-capitol-attack-name |url-status=live }} Moore has created thousands of pages, including articles on current events, natural disasters, and terrorist attacks. Some of these articles include the 2021 United States Capitol attack, the 2022 Buffalo shooting, and the 2022 Laguna Woods shooting.{{r|CNN}} On the English Wikipedia, Moore has created editor affinity groups ("WikiProjects") dedicated to improving Wikipedia's coverage of current events such as the COVID-19 pandemic.{{Cite news|url=https://elpais.com/elpais/2020/11/25/eps/1606311755_749214.html|title=¿Y tú te fiarías de la Wikipedia en 2020?|work=El País|date=November 28, 2020|first=Karelia|last=Vázquez|language=Spanish|accessdate=June 1, 2022|archive-date=May 21, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220521182455/https://elpais.com/elpais/2020/11/25/eps/1606311755_749214.html|url-status=live}} During COVID-19, he documented the pandemic's burgeoning reach across multiple U.S. states, business sectors, and communities.{{r|Harrison}} He was a major contributor to articles about the protests following the murder of George Floyd.{{r|CNN}} Upon starting the entry on the 2021 United States Capitol attack, he and other editors stewarded the article's influx of new content as the event developed in real time.{{r|FC}}
File:Art+Feminism Edit-a-Thon in Portland, Oregon 05.jpg edit-a-thon in Portland, Oregon, 2016]]
He has additionally written about topics in Portland, Oregon, such as horse rings, roses, the Yale Union Laundry Building, and the 2011 Oregon Symphony recording Music for a Time of War.{{r|Stabler}} Moore's first featured article—the encyclopedia's highest quality rating—was about the 2007 album Rufus Does Judy at Carnegie Hall.{{r|Stabler}} He has described being motivated by "the instant gratification of making the Internet better so easily"{{r|Andrews}} and the satisfaction of "sharing information with the world".{{r|Stabler}} CNN Business described Moore as a "Wikipedia influencer".
In addition to editing, Moore has participated in building the Wikimedia movement by organizing local meet-ups and training new editors. A 2013 edit-a-thon he organized at the Portland Art Museum{{cite news|last=Hallett|first=Alison|title=Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon Aims to Improve Crowd-Sourced Local Arts Coverage|url=http://www.portlandmercury.com/BlogtownPDX/archives/2013/10/11/wikipedia-edit-a-thon-aims-to-improve-crowd-sourced-local-arts-coverage|accessdate=March 11, 2016|work=Portland Mercury|date=October 11, 2013|archive-date=September 6, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906074817/http://www.portlandmercury.com/BlogtownPDX/archives/2013/10/11/wikipedia-edit-a-thon-aims-to-improve-crowd-sourced-local-arts-coverage|url-status=live}}{{cite news |last1=Stabler |first1=David |title=Reel Music Festival, a Wiki edit-athon, August Wilson Monologue Competition: arts roundup |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/performance/2013/10/reel_music_festival_a_wiki_edi.html |work=The Oregonian |date=October 9, 2013 |access-date=April 2, 2019 |archive-date=April 2, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190402141705/https://www.oregonlive.com/performance/2013/10/reel_music_festival_a_wiki_edi.html |url-status=live}} invited people to use institutional resources to improve coverage of local artists, arts organizations, and public art.{{cite news|last=Hallett|first=Alison|title=Oregon Arts Project: A Wiki-Based Approach to Local Arts Coverage|url=http://www.portlandmercury.com/portland/oregon-arts-project/Content?oid=10779486|accessdate=March 12, 2016|work=Portland Mercury|date=October 16, 2013|archive-date=September 5, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905224308/http://www.portlandmercury.com/portland/oregon-arts-project/Content?oid=10779486|url-status=live}} He continued to host Portland-area events, especially to improve Wikipedia's coverage of Portland arts and women artists.{{cite news|last1=Hallett|first1=Alison|title=Wikipedia Arts + Feminism Edit-a-Thon|url=http://www.portlandmercury.com/BlogtownPDX/archives/2014/01/15/wikipedia-arts-feminism-edit-a-thon|accessdate=March 18, 2016|work=Portland Mercury|date=January 15, 2014|archive-date=September 18, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150918183808/http://www.portlandmercury.com/BlogtownPDX/archives/2014/01/15/wikipedia-arts-feminism-edit-a-thon|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last1=Solomon|first1=Molly|title=Portland Edit-a-Thon Aims to Close Wikipedia Gender Gap|url=http://www.opb.org/news/article/portland-edit-a-thon-close-wikipedia-gender-gap/|accessdate=March 19, 2017|publisher=Oregon Public Broadcasting|date=March 18, 2017|archive-date=March 19, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170319072110/http://www.opb.org/news/article/portland-edit-a-thon-close-wikipedia-gender-gap/|url-status=live}} Moore has also helped organize an LGBT-specific outreach affiliate of the Wikimedia Foundation{{cite book|last1=Wexelbaum|first1=Rachel|last2=Herzog|first2=Katie|last3=Rasberry|first3=Lane|editor1-last=Wexelbaum|editor1-first=Rachel|title=Queers Online: LGBT Digital Practices in Libraries, Archives, and Museums|date=2015|publisher=Litwin Books|location=Sacramento, California|isbn=978-1936117796|page=67|chapter=Queering Wikipedia|chapter-url=http://repository.stcloudstate.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1049&context=lrs_facpubs|accessdate=March 18, 2017|archive-date=October 3, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151003025012/http://repository.stcloudstate.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1049&context=lrs_facpubs|url-status=live}}{{cite book |last1=Wexelbaum |first1=Rachel |chapter=Coming Out of the Closet: Librarian Advocacy to Advance LGBTQ+ Wikipedia Engagement |date=May 1, 2019 |publisher=Emerald Group Publishing |title=LGBTQ+ Librarianship in the 21st Century: Emerging Directions of Advocacy and Community Engagement in Diverse Information Environments |page=118 |isbn=9781787564756 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XhOUDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT118 |accessdate=August 18, 2019 |editor-first=Bharat |editor-last=Mehra |archive-date=June 11, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200611110213/https://books.google.com/books?id=XhOUDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT118&lpg=PT118&dq |url-status=live}} and its Wiki Loves Pride campaign to improve LGBT culture and history-related coverage.{{cite book |last=Wexelbaum |first=Rachel |date=June 10, 2019 |editor-last1=Reagle |editor-first1=Joseph |editor-last2=Koerner |editor-first2=Jackie |title=Wikipedia @ 20: Stories of an Incomplete Revolution |publisher=MIT Press |chapter=Edit Loud, Edit Proud: LGBTIQ+ Wikimedians and Global Information Activism |chapter-url=https://wikipedia20.pubpub.org/pub/rdtfo5v8 |access-date=June 21, 2022 |archive-date=June 24, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190624185406/https://wikipedia20.pubpub.org/pub/rdtfo5v8 |url-status=live}}
Personal life and career
Moore was born in {{birth based on age as of date|35|2020|08|07|noage=1}}.{{r|Andrews}} Raised in Houston, he enjoyed book reports and science projects as a student.{{r|Stabler}} He lived in Portland, as of 2022, where he worked as a digital strategist{{r|Andrews|CNN}} and previously worked in the Oregon Symphony's fundraising department.{{r|Stabler}}
See also
References
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{{cite news |last1=Andrews |first1=Travis M. |title=Covid-19 is one of Wikipedia's biggest challenges ever. Here's how the site is handling it. |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/08/07/wikipedia-covid-coronavirus/ |accessdate=August 10, 2020 |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=August 7, 2020 |archive-date=August 9, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809103835/https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/08/07/wikipedia-covid-coronavirus/ |url-status=live }}
{{cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/20/tech/wikipedia-editors-breaking-news/index.html|title=Meet the Wikipedia editor who published the Buffalo shooting entry minutes after it started|date=May 20, 2022|first=Samantha Murphy|last=Kelly|work=CNN Business|accessdate=May 20, 2022|archive-date=May 20, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220520145747/https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/20/tech/wikipedia-editors-breaking-news/index.html|url-status=live}}
{{cite journal |last1=Pasternack |first1=Alex |title=As a mob attacked the Capitol, Wikipedia struggled to find the right words |journal=Fast Company |date=January 14, 2021 |url=https://www.fastcompany.com/90593176/wikipedia-capitol-attack-name |access-date=January 14, 2021 |archive-date=January 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210115160128/https://www.fastcompany.com/90593176/wikipedia-capitol-attack-name |url-status=live }}
{{cite journal |last1=Harrison |first1=Stephen |title=Future Historians Will Rely on Wikipedia's COVID-19 Coverage |journal=Slate |date=May 27, 2020 |url=https://slate.com/technology/2020/05/wikipedia-coronavirus-information-future-historians.html |accessdate=May 27, 2020 |archive-date=May 27, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200527165139/https://slate.com/technology/2020/05/wikipedia-coronavirus-information-future-historians.html |url-status=live }}
{{cite news|last=Stabler|first=David|title=Wikipedia a passion for Portland's Jason Moore|url=http://www.oregonlive.com/performance/index.ssf/2013/05/wikipedia_a_passion_for_portla.html|accessdate=March 11, 2016|work=The Oregonian|date=May 11, 2013|issn=8750-1317|location=Portland, Oregon|archive-date=March 14, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160314193051/http://www.oregonlive.com/performance/index.ssf/2013/05/wikipedia_a_passion_for_portla.html|url-status=live}}
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External links
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- {{srlink|User:Another Believer|Another Believer's userpage on Wikipedia}}
- {{cite web|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:The_Wikipedia_Library/Newsletter/November2013#Spotlight_on_people:_Another_Believer_and_Wiki_Loves_Libraries|work=Books & Bytes|volume=1|issue=2|date=November 2013|title=Spotlight on people: Another Believer and Wiki Loves Libraries|publisher=The Wikipedia Library, English Wikipedia}}
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