What is the identity of the man who posted 2.7 million articles on Wikipedia alone?
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Sverker Johansson, a physicist working at the University of Daraluna in Sweden, has created 2.7 million articles on Wikipedia over the past seven years and 10,000 articles on a good day in just one day. .. The Wall Street Journal reveals behind the scenes why Johansson continues to write so many articles on Wikipedia.
For This Author, 10,000 Wikipedia Articles Is a Good Day's Work --WSJ
https://www.wsj.com/articles/for-this-author-10-000-wikipedia-articles-is-a-good-days-work-1405305001
Johansson uses his own computer program to create a large number of articles on Wikipedia every day, and in the last seven years he has created 2.7 million articles, which is 8.5% of the total Wikipedia. is. Johansson writes a lot of articles such as 'Unfamiliar Animals and Insects', which he says he is proud of, especially in the Philippines. .. In fact, one-third of the articles created by Mr. Johannsson are posted in Swedish, but the rest of the articles are posted in Filipino.
The program created by Johansson is a bot called 'Lsjbot' that creates articles by removing unnecessary information from the database and other digital information. 'Lsjbot' has been active in both article writing and article editing for a long time, and recently it is becoming more and more popular to write articles about various contents, says Johannsson.
Some people aren't happy with the work of Johannsson, who holds linguistics, civil engineering, economics, and particle physics, especially among Wikipedia purists who insist that Wikipedia should be made by hand. Many people complain to Mr. Johannsson. The reason for this is very clear: Johannsson uses a computer program to create an article on Wikipedia. Critics of Johansson's work claim that 'bots keep out creative writing that humans can create.'
Wikipedia fan Achim, who likes to write articles in deep detail, says, 'I'm against writing articles with bots.' Achim seems to be often frustrated by Johansson's automatic article creation bot, and he feels that articles that emphasize quantity rather than quality of 'Lsjbot' will not help readers.
By Martin Kenny
Johansson continues to write Wikipedia articles without giving in to these criticisms because he believes that 'Wikipedia will eventually be able to teach everything to all human beings.' Johansson said that he created 'Lsjbot' to realize this dream as soon as possible, and even if it is an article that contains only basic information, he has tried to create many articles.
Also, Johansson is well aware that articles created by his bot tend to be boring, but he commented that the articles created by Lsjbot are still more than enough worth. .. For example, the article about the Philippine city 'Basey' , created by 'Lsjbot' in Swedish on Wikipedia in 2012, is a simple article that includes the coordinates and population of the city, as well as other detailed data. At the top it is stated that 'this article was made by a bot'. This article was read by many Swedes when a typhoon struck Yolanda in Southeast Asia in 2013, and those who saw the article were able to see information such as the location and size of the city, 'Lsjbot' Claims the usefulness of the article created by.
Johansson also says that articles with only basic information can be a basis for people who are more familiar with the subject to fill in additional information later.
Many of the articles on Wikipedia are made by white 'nerds,' says Johannsson. For example, on Wikipedia in Swedish, there are more than 150 individual articles for each character appearing in the Lord of the Rings, while not 10 people write articles related to the Vietnam War. That is. 'Lsjbot' has also contributed to reducing such 'article bias' on Wikipedia, and people who are interested in the subject matter will edit and strengthen the articles created by 'Lsjbot' in the future. If you do, Johannsson says.
Many people who have been skeptical of Johansson's activities have endorsed Johansson, as Lennart Gulbrandsson, head of Wikipedia in Sweden, says, 'Johansson's actions show its value.' It seems that it is supposed to do. The true meaning of Johansson's production of a large number of Filipino Wikipedia articles is unknown, but his wife is Filipino.
Compared to fields such as medicine and science, the Japanese version of Wikipedia has a bias that articles related to subculture are horribly rich, so it seems that the situation is the same for Wikipedia in every country.
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