Taufik Rosman, 24, is the first South-east Asian to earn the Wikimedian of the Year award. Read more at straitstimes.com.
SINGAPORE – It was a niggling sense of needing to right a factual error in a Wikipedia article that started Mr Taufik Rosman, at eight years old, on the path to becoming one of the most prolific editors of the free online encyclopaedia used by millions daily.
The Sabahan with the username Tofeiku is the first person from South-east Asia to earn the main award started by Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales in 2011 to honour the most impactful Wikimedia editors and contributors. He is waiting to be posted to a public secondary school where he will be teaching English.
While the bulk of his contributions are Malay translations of articles from other languages, Mr Taufik also contributes to articles on news stories, such asor historical events like the Malaysian king’s wedding in 1956. “It’s not anything difficult. You just need to know the interface, which button you need to press, and then you can start editing,” Mr Taufik said, adding that he spends around 10 minutes on verifying information.The seemingly low barriers of entry for editors have raised doubts over the reliability and accuracy of information on these sites.
Mr Taufik said seasoned editors usually monitor for “vandals”, users who may add erroneous information out of malice or as a practical joke, adding that the pages belonging to politicians tend to be prime targets for such information vandalism.
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