User:Jake Orlowitz (Ocaasi)

Wikipedia editor and administrator. Lead Coordinator of The Wikipedia Library. Designer of The Wikipedia Adventure learning game. Board member of Wiki Project Med Foundation.

"And when people did help they were given a flattering name. They weren’t called “Wikipedia’s little helpers,” they were called “editors.” It was like a giant community leaf-raking project in which everyone was called a groundskeeper. Some brought very fancy professional metal rakes, or even back-mounted leaf-blowing systems, and some were just kids thrashing away with the sides of their feet or stuffing handfuls in the pockets of their sweatshirts, but all the leaves they brought to the pile were appreciated. And the pile grew and everyone jumped up and down in it having a wonderful time. And it grew some more, and it became the biggest leaf pile anyone had ever seen anywhere, a world wonder." —New York Review of Books