Justin Knapp

1 among the most active Wikipedia contributors of all time from April 18, 2012, to November 1, 2015, when he was surpassed by Steven Pruitt.

[4] At the time, he had been submitting on average 385 edits a day since signing up in March 2005; about his performance he said: "Being suddenly and involuntarily unemployed will do that to you.

[14] Knapp, who has been the subject of multiple blocks/bans from editing Wikipedia,[15] said in a 2015 interview with technology journalist Zachary Crockett that he "wouldn't be surprised if I've been banned more than anyone".

[16] As of November 2024, Knapp is serving a minimum one-year ban from editing Wikipedia imposed on July 24, 2024, for "persistent disruptive and combative behavior over a prolonged period, and exhausting the community's patience".

[17] In 2005, at the United Nations Sixtieth General Assembly, Knapp advocated for the Sahrawi people and spoke about the situation in Western Sahara.

Knapp (third from left) at a Wikipedia training session in 2011