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href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AD%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A8_%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%9F" title="স্টিভেন প্রুইট – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="স্টিভেন প্রুইট" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%82%D1%8B%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BD_%D0%9F%D1%80%D1%83%D1%96%D1%82" title="Стывен Пруіт – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Стывен Пруіт" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%B2%D1%8A%D0%BD_%D0%9F%D1%80%D1%8E%D0%B8%D1%82" title="Стивън Прюит – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Стивън Прюит" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Pruitt" title="Steven Pruitt – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Steven Pruitt" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Pruitt" title="Steven Pruitt – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Steven Pruitt" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Pruitt" title="Steven Pruitt – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Steven Pruitt" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Pruitt" title="Steven Pruitt – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Steven Pruitt" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%DB%8C%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%BE%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A6%DB%8C%D8%AA" title="استیون پروئیت – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="استیون پروئیت" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Pruitt" title="Steven Pruitt – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Steven Pruitt" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Pruitt" title="Steven Pruitt – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Steven Pruitt" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ki mw-list-item"><a href="https://ki.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Pruitt" title="Steven Pruitt – Kikuyu" lang="ki" hreflang="ki" data-title="Steven Pruitt" data-language-autonym="Gĩkũyũ" data-language-local-name="Kikuyu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gĩkũyũ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gu mw-list-item"><a href="https://gu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AA%B8%E0%AB%8D%E0%AA%9F%E0%AB%80%E0%AA%B5%E0%AA%A8_%E0%AA%AA%E0%AB%8D%E0%AA%B0%E0%AB%81%E0%AA%87%E0%AA%9F" title="સ્ટીવન પ્રુઇટ – Gujarati" lang="gu" hreflang="gu" data-title="સ્ટીવન પ્રુઇટ" data-language-autonym="ગુજરાતી" data-language-local-name="Gujarati" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ગુજરાતી</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%8A%A4%ED%8B%B0%EB%B8%90_%ED%94%84%EB%A3%A8%EC%9D%B4%ED%8A%B8" title="스티븐 프루이트 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="스티븐 프루이트" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ha mw-list-item"><a href="https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Pruitt" title="Steven Pruitt – Hausa" lang="ha" hreflang="ha" data-title="Steven Pruitt" data-language-autonym="Hausa" data-language-local-name="Hausa" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hausa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9F%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%A8_%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%87%E0%A4%9F" title="स्टीवन प्रुइट – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="स्टीवन प्रुइट" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Pruitt" title="Steven Pruitt – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Steven Pruitt" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Pruitt" title="Steven Pruitt – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Steven Pruitt" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A1%D7%98%D7%99%D7%91%D7%9F_%D7%A4%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%90%D7%99%D7%98" title="סטיבן פרואיט – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="סטיבן פרואיט" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Pruitt" title="Steven Pruitt – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Steven Pruitt" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Pruitt" title="Steven Pruitt – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Steven Pruitt" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B1%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B1%E0%B5%80%E0%B4%B5%E0%B5%BB_%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B0%E0%B5%88%E0%B4%B1%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B1%E0%B5%8D" title="സ്റ്റീവൻ പ്രൈറ്റ് – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="സ്റ്റീവൻ പ്രൈറ്റ്" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%86_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AA" title="ستيفن بروت – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="ستيفن بروت" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Pruitt" title="Steven Pruitt – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Steven Pruitt" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Pruitt" title="Steven Pruitt – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Steven Pruitt" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Pruitt" title="Steven Pruitt – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Steven Pruitt" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Pruitt" title="Steven Pruitt – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Steven Pruitt" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D1%80%D1%8E%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%82,_%D0%A1%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BD" title="Прюитт, Стивен – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Прюитт, Стивен" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Pruitt" title="Steven Pruitt – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Steven Pruitt" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%AA%DB%8C%DA%A4%D9%86_%D9%BE%D8%B1%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%AA" title="ستیڤن پرویت – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="ستیڤن پرویت" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>کوردی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BD_%D0%9F%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B8%D1%82" title="Стивен Пруит – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Стивен Пруит" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Pruitt" title="Steven Pruitt – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Steven Pruitt" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Pruitt" title="Steven Pruitt – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Steven Pruitt" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tl mw-list-item"><a href="https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Pruitt" title="Steven Pruitt – Tagalog" lang="tl" hreflang="tl" data-title="Steven Pruitt" data-language-autonym="Tagalog" data-language-local-name="Tagalog" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tagalog</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-te mw-list-item"><a href="https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%B8%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%9F%E0%B1%80%E0%B0%B5%E0%B1%86%E0%B0%A8%E0%B1%8D_%E0%B0%AA%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%B0%E0%B1%82%E0%B0%9F%E0%B1%8D" title="స్టీవెన్ ప్రూట్ – Telugu" lang="te" hreflang="te" data-title="స్టీవెన్ ప్రూట్" data-language-autonym="తెలుగు" data-language-local-name="Telugu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>తెలుగు</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%AA%E0%B8%95%E0%B8%B5%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%99_%E0%B8%9E%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%95" title="สตีเวน พริวอิต – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="สตีเวน พริวอิต" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Pruitt" title="Steven Pruitt – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Steven Pruitt" 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He is a middle-aged man with dark blond hair wearing an orange collar shirt." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Steven_Pruitt_-_Depths_of_Wikipedia_DC_-_2022-05-27_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-Steven_Pruitt_-_Depths_of_Wikipedia_DC_-_2022-05-27_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Steven_Pruitt_-_Depths_of_Wikipedia_DC_-_2022-05-27_%28cropped%29.jpg/330px-Steven_Pruitt_-_Depths_of_Wikipedia_DC_-_2022-05-27_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Steven_Pruitt_-_Depths_of_Wikipedia_DC_-_2022-05-27_%28cropped%29.jpg/440px-Steven_Pruitt_-_Depths_of_Wikipedia_DC_-_2022-05-27_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2339" data-file-height="3118" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Pruitt in 2022</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1984-04-17</span>) </span>April 17, 1984<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 40)</span><br /><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace"><a href="/wiki/San_Antonio" title="San Antonio">San Antonio, Texas</a>, U.S.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Alma mater</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/College_of_William_%26_Mary" title="College of William & Mary">College of William & Mary</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts">BA</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Years active</th><td class="infobox-data">2004–present</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Known for</th><td class="infobox-data">Most edits on <a href="/wiki/English_Wikipedia" title="English Wikipedia">English Wikipedia</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Relatives</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Peter_Francisco" title="Peter Francisco">Peter Francisco</a> (6th great-grandfather)<sup id="cite_ref-CBS_News-2019_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CBS_News-2019-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Honors</th><td class="infobox-data"><i><a href="/wiki/Time_(magazine)" title="Time (magazine)">Time</a></i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s "The 25 Most Influential People on the Internet" (2017)</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Steven Pruitt</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'p' in 'pie'">p</span><span title="'r' in 'rye'">r</span><span title="/uː/: 'oo' in 'goose'">uː</span><span title="/ɪ/: 'i' in 'kit'">ɪ</span><span title="'t' in 'tie'">t</span></span>/</a></span></span>  <span class="noprint"><span class="ext-phonos"><span data-nosnippet="" id="ooui-php-1" class="ext-phonos-PhonosButton noexcerpt ext-phonos-PhonosButton-emptylabel oo-ui-widget oo-ui-widget-enabled oo-ui-buttonElement oo-ui-buttonElement-frameless oo-ui-iconElement oo-ui-buttonWidget" data-ooui="{"_":"mw.Phonos.PhonosButton","href":"\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/transcoded\/4\/49\/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Flame%2C_not_lame-Pruitt.wav\/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Flame%2C_not_lame-Pruitt.wav.mp3","rel":["nofollow"],"framed":false,"icon":"volumeUp","data":{"ipa":"","text":"","lang":"en","wikibase":"","file":"LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Pruitt.wav"},"classes":["ext-phonos-PhonosButton","noexcerpt","ext-phonos-PhonosButton-emptylabel"]}"><a role="button" tabindex="0" href="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/49/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Flame%2C_not_lame-Pruitt.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Flame%2C_not_lame-Pruitt.wav.mp3" rel="nofollow" aria-label="Play audio" title="Play audio" class="oo-ui-buttonElement-button"><span class="oo-ui-iconElement-icon oo-ui-icon-volumeUp"></span><span class="oo-ui-labelElement-label"></span><span class="oo-ui-indicatorElement-indicator oo-ui-indicatorElement-noIndicator"></span></a></span><sup class="ext-phonos-attribution noexcerpt navigation-not-searchable"><a href="/wiki/File:LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-Pruitt.wav" title="File:LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Pruitt.wav">ⓘ</a></sup></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key" title="Help:Pronunciation respelling key"><i title="English pronunciation respelling"><span style="font-size:90%">PROO</span>-it</i></a>; born April 17, 1984) is an American <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia_community" title="Wikipedia community">Wikipedia editor</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia_administrators" title="Wikipedia administrators">administrator</a> with the largest number of edits made to <a href="/wiki/English_Wikipedia" title="English Wikipedia">English Wikipedia</a>, at over 6 million, having made at least one edit to one-third of all articles in the <a href="/wiki/List_of_Wikipedias" title="List of Wikipedias"> edition</a>. Pruitt first began editing Wikipedia in 2004.<sup id="cite_ref-Harrison-2021_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Harrison-2021-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NVM-2021_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NVM-2021-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-CBS_News-2019_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CBS_News-2019-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He has also created more than 33,000 Wikipedia articles.<sup id="cite_ref-NVM-2021_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NVM-2021-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Pruitt was named as one of the 25 most important influencers on the Internet by <i><a href="/wiki/Time_(magazine)" title="Time (magazine)">Time</a></i> magazine in 2017.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Pruitt edits under the <a href="/wiki/Pseudonym" title="Pseudonym">pseudonym</a> <b>Ser Amantio di Nicolao</b>, which is a reference to a minor character in <a href="/wiki/Giacomo_Puccini" title="Giacomo Puccini">Giacomo Puccini</a>'s 1918 opera <i><a href="/wiki/Gianni_Schicchi" title="Gianni Schicchi">Gianni Schicchi</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Brown-2016_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Brown-2016-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He has stated that he aims to fight <a href="/wiki/Gender_bias_on_Wikipedia" title="Gender bias on Wikipedia">gender bias on Wikipedia</a>, promoting the inclusion of women via the <a href="/wiki/Women_in_Red" title="Women in Red">Women in Red</a> project.<sup id="cite_ref-Malloy-2018_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Malloy-2018-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2></div> <p>Pruitt was born on April 17, 1984, in <a href="/wiki/San_Antonio" title="San Antonio">San Antonio, Texas</a>, the only child of Alla Pruitt, a <a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_in_Russia" title="History of the Jews in Russia">Russian Jewish</a> immigrant, and Donald Pruitt of <a href="/wiki/Richmond,_Virginia" title="Richmond, Virginia">Richmond, Virginia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-NVM-2021_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NVM-2021-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Eshleman-2018_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Eshleman-2018-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His mother emigrated from the <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a> under the <a href="/wiki/1970s_Soviet_Union_aliyah" title="1970s Soviet Union aliyah">loosening of the policy of Jewish migration</a> under <a href="/wiki/Leonid_Brezhnev" title="Leonid Brezhnev">Leonid Brezhnev</a>, while his father worked as a college professor in Virginia.<sup id="cite_ref-Malloy-2018_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Malloy-2018-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They met when they were both teachers in the <a href="/wiki/Defense_Language_Institute" title="Defense Language Institute">Defense Language Institute</a>'s Russian Department at <a href="/wiki/Lackland_Air_Force_Base" title="Lackland Air Force Base">Lackland Air Force Base</a>, close to <a href="/wiki/San_Antonio" title="San Antonio">San Antonio</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Eshleman-2018_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Eshleman-2018-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>While growing up, Pruitt was a reader of <a href="/wiki/Classical_literature" class="mw-redirect" title="Classical literature">classical literature</a> and mystery stories by <a href="/wiki/Agatha_Christie" title="Agatha Christie">Agatha Christie</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ngaio_Marsh" title="Ngaio Marsh">Ngaio Marsh</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Eshleman-2018_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Eshleman-2018-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Pruitt has credited his love of knowledge to his mother's stories of growing up in the Soviet Union.<sup id="cite_ref-NVM-2021_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NVM-2021-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Pruitt graduated from <a href="/wiki/St._Stephen%27s_%26_St._Agnes_School" title="St. Stephen's & St. Agnes School">St. Stephen's & St. Agnes School</a> in <a href="/wiki/Alexandria,_Virginia" title="Alexandria, Virginia">Alexandria, Virginia</a>, in 2002.<sup id="cite_ref-StStevens_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-StStevens-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He attended the <a href="/wiki/College_of_William_%26_Mary" title="College of William & Mary">College of William & Mary</a>, where he sang as part of a <a href="/wiki/Choir" title="Choir">choir</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Malloy-2018_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Malloy-2018-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and he graduated in 2006 with a degree in <a href="/wiki/Art_history" title="Art history">art history</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Eshleman-2018_7-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Eshleman-2018-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2></div> <p>In 2017, Pruitt was a <a href="/wiki/Subcontractor" title="Subcontractor">contractor</a> for <a href="/wiki/U.S._Customs_and_Border_Protection" title="U.S. Customs and Border Protection">U.S. Customs and Border Protection</a>, where he worked with records and information.<sup id="cite_ref-Time-2017_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Time-2017-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Brown-2016_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Brown-2016-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2020, he became a records manager at the <a href="/wiki/Defense_Health_Agency" title="Defense Health Agency">Defense Health Agency</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of 2021, he works for Chenega IT Enterprise Services, a contractor for the Defense Health Agency.<sup id="cite_ref-NVM-2021_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NVM-2021-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Wikipedia_editing">Wikipedia editing</h2></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Self-portrait_taken_with_laptop,_March,_2018.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Pruitt wearing a suit looking forward" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Self-portrait_taken_with_laptop%2C_March%2C_2018.jpg/220px-Self-portrait_taken_with_laptop%2C_March%2C_2018.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="260" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Self-portrait_taken_with_laptop%2C_March%2C_2018.jpg/330px-Self-portrait_taken_with_laptop%2C_March%2C_2018.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Self-portrait_taken_with_laptop%2C_March%2C_2018.jpg/440px-Self-portrait_taken_with_laptop%2C_March%2C_2018.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1106" data-file-height="1307" /></a><figcaption>Pruitt in 2018</figcaption></figure> <p>Pruitt began editing Wikipedia in June 2004.<sup id="cite_ref-NVM-2021_3-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NVM-2021-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Brown-2016_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Brown-2016-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-StStevens_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-StStevens-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His first Wikipedia article was about his great-great-grandfather,<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Peter_Francisco" title="Peter Francisco">Peter Francisco</a>, a Portuguese-born <a href="/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War" title="American Revolutionary War">American Revolutionary War</a> hero known as the "Virginia Hercules".<sup id="cite_ref-Eshleman-2018_7-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Eshleman-2018-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Harrison-2018_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Harrison-2018-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-CBS_News-2019_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CBS_News-2019-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His favorite article to work on is for the <a href="/wiki/Pohick_Church" title="Pohick Church">Pohick Church</a> in Virginia.<sup id="cite_ref-Harrison-2018_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Harrison-2018-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He created his current account in January 2006 while a senior at the College of William & Mary.<sup id="cite_ref-NVM-2021_3-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NVM-2021-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Time-2017_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Time-2017-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Prior to creating his current account, he had edited under several accounts for which he kept forgetting the password.<sup id="cite_ref-NVM-2021_3-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NVM-2021-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Being unemployed during the <a href="/wiki/Financial_crisis_of_2007%E2%80%932008" class="mw-redirect" title="Financial crisis of 2007–2008">2008 financial crisis</a>, Pruitt spent hours editing. This activity sometimes prevented him from getting job interviews when potential interviewers confused the site with <a href="/wiki/Julian_Assange" title="Julian Assange">Julian Assange</a>'s <a href="/wiki/WikiLeaks" title="WikiLeaks">WikiLeaks</a>. In 2015, he surpassed editor <a href="/wiki/Justin_Knapp" title="Justin Knapp">Justin Knapp</a> for the most edits. The same year, he became an <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia_administrators" title="Wikipedia administrators">administrator</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Harrison-2018_12-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Harrison-2018-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By February 2019, Pruitt had made over three million edits to Wikipedia, more than any other editor on the <a href="/wiki/English_Wikipedia" title="English Wikipedia">English Wikipedia</a>, and he made over four million edits by February 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-Brown-2016_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Brown-2016-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Pruitt has also created more than 33,000 Wikipedia articles, the seventh-highest tally out of any Wikipedia editor.<sup id="cite_ref-NVM-2021_3-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NVM-2021-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to <i><a href="/wiki/Northern_Virginia_Magazine" title="Northern Virginia Magazine">Northern Virginia Magazine</a></i>, </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>Pruitt has not literally pressed the "edit" button 4.4 million times. One method he has used to achieve his astonishing numbers is a software tool that allows a user to make numerous identical edits simultaneously. For example, he could italicize every mention of <i>Northern Virginia</i> magazine across Wikipedia where it currently appears in standard font. Yet it is claimed he has not "cheated" his way to the top spot, since that software is also available to others.<sup id="cite_ref-NVM-2021_3-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NVM-2021-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p></blockquote> <p>As a contributing member of the <a href="/wiki/Women_in_Red" title="Women in Red">Women in Red</a> WikiProject,<sup id="cite_ref-Harrison-2018_12-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Harrison-2018-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> his Wikipedia edits have included creating articles on more than 600 women, in order to counter <a href="/wiki/Gender_bias_on_Wikipedia" title="Gender bias on Wikipedia">the site's gender gap</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Eshleman-2018_7-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Eshleman-2018-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-CBS_News-2019_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CBS_News-2019-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Even though the majority of his work is done alone,<sup id="cite_ref-Malloy-2018_6-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Malloy-2018-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> he is also a member of the <a href="/wiki/WikiProject" title="WikiProject">WikiProject</a> for Virginia. Pruitt identifies as an <a href="/wiki/Deletionism_and_inclusionism_in_Wikipedia" title="Deletionism and inclusionism in Wikipedia">inclusionist</a>, preferring to retain articles instead of deletion.<sup id="cite_ref-Harrison-2018_12-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Harrison-2018-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also considers himself a <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiGnome" title="Wikipedia:WikiGnome">WikiGnome</a>, a type of editor that makes small, behind-the-scenes edits.<sup id="cite_ref-Harrison-2021_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Harrison-2021-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Pruitt spends between three<sup id="cite_ref-Malloy-2018_6-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Malloy-2018-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and four hours daily editing, with more on the weekends.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The longest Pruitt has gone without editing Wikipedia since he began is two or three weeks.<sup id="cite_ref-NVM-2021_3-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NVM-2021-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He made the <a href="/wiki/Special:Diff/1000000000" title="Special:Diff/1000000000">one billionth edit</a> on the English Wikipedia on January 13, 2021, to the page "<a href="/wiki/Alec_Empire_discography#DJ_6666_feat._The_Illegals" title="Alec Empire discography">Death Breathing</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Interviews">Interviews</h3></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><span><video id="mwe_player_0" poster="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/WIN_20230317_16_40_06_Pro.webm/220px-seek%3D1.8-WIN_20230317_16_40_06_Pro.webm.jpg" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="220" height="124" data-durationhint="28" data-mwtitle="WIN_20230317_16_40_06_Pro.webm" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons" resource="/wiki/File:WIN_20230317_16_40_06_Pro.webm"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/02/WIN_20230317_16_40_06_Pro.webm/WIN_20230317_16_40_06_Pro.webm.480p.vp9.webm#t=00:00:01.800" type="video/webm; codecs="vp9, opus"" data-transcodekey="480p.vp9.webm" data-width="854" data-height="480" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/02/WIN_20230317_16_40_06_Pro.webm/WIN_20230317_16_40_06_Pro.webm.720p.vp9.webm#t=00:00:01.800" type="video/webm; codecs="vp9, opus"" data-transcodekey="720p.vp9.webm" data-width="1280" data-height="720" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/02/WIN_20230317_16_40_06_Pro.webm#t=00:00:01.800" type="video/webm; codecs="vp9, opus"" data-width="1280" data-height="720" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/02/WIN_20230317_16_40_06_Pro.webm/WIN_20230317_16_40_06_Pro.webm.240p.vp9.webm#t=00:00:01.800" type="video/webm; codecs="vp9, opus"" data-transcodekey="240p.vp9.webm" data-width="426" data-height="240" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/02/WIN_20230317_16_40_06_Pro.webm/WIN_20230317_16_40_06_Pro.webm.360p.vp9.webm#t=00:00:01.800" type="video/webm; codecs="vp9, opus"" data-transcodekey="360p.vp9.webm" data-width="640" data-height="360" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/02/WIN_20230317_16_40_06_Pro.webm/WIN_20230317_16_40_06_Pro.webm.360p.webm#t=00:00:01.800" type="video/webm; codecs="vp8, vorbis"" data-transcodekey="360p.webm" data-width="640" data-height="360" /></video></span><figcaption>Pruitt giving a self-introduction</figcaption></figure> <p>Pruitt was featured on <i><a href="/wiki/CBS_This_Morning" title="CBS This Morning">CBS This Morning</a></i> in January 2019. In the interview, Pruitt described the first article he worked on about Francisco,<sup id="cite_ref-Eshleman-2018_7-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Eshleman-2018-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as well as his commitment to help boost Wikipedia's coverage of notable women.<sup id="cite_ref-CBS_News-2019_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CBS_News-2019-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Pruitt's focus on women artists, composers, and historical figures reflects his interest in shedding light on lesser-known and often overlooked subjects. He has actively contributed to addressing the gender gap on Wikipedia, recognizing that the representation of biographical articles about women has seen growth, from around 14% to the current figure of nearly 18%, due in part to his efforts and the creation of initiatives such as the <a href="/wiki/Women_in_Red" title="Women in Red">Women in Red</a> project. He mentioned this in one of his interviews.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2></div> <p>Pruitt's non-Wikipedia-related interests include the <a href="/wiki/Capitol_Hill_Chorale" title="Capitol Hill Chorale">Capitol Hill Chorale</a>, in which he sings. He is a fan of <a href="/wiki/Opera" title="Opera">opera</a>, which started from his parents' inculcation at an early age,<sup id="cite_ref-Malloy-2018_6-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Malloy-2018-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and this passion provided inspiration for his Wikipedia username "Ser Amantio di Nicolao" — after a minor character in the 1918 <a href="/wiki/Giacomo_Puccini" title="Giacomo Puccini">Puccini</a> opera <i><a href="/wiki/Gianni_Schicchi" title="Gianni Schicchi">Gianni Schicchi</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Eshleman-2018_7-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Eshleman-2018-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Pruitt is also a fan of <a href="/wiki/Classical_music" title="Classical music">classical music</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-NVM-2021_3-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NVM-2021-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of 2018, he is single and living with his parents as their caregiver due to the high costs of <a href="/wiki/Housing_in_Washington,_D.C.#Affordability" title="Housing in Washington, D.C.">housing in the Washington, D.C., area</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Malloy-2018_6-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Malloy-2018-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Distinctions">Distinctions</h2></div> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Time_(magazine)" title="Time (magazine)">Time</a></i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s "The 25 Most Influential People on the Internet" (2017)<sup id="cite_ref-Time-2017_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Time-2017-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2></div> <ul><li><a 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