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Simon Pulsifer
File:PulsiferLargerWiki.jpgSimon Pulsifer in the stacks of the University of Ottawa library. Photo by Paul Couvrette
Born (1981-09-11) September 11, 1981 (age 43)
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
OccupationWriter
EmployerQuillsoft
WebsiteMisplaced Pages userpage

Simon Edward Pulsifer (born September 11, 1981 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada) is a contributor to the English-language Misplaced Pages whose prolific participation made him a subject of many human interest stories in the media beginning in 2005.

Misplaced Pages

Pulsifer became an active contributor of Misplaced Pages on December 12 2001 under the username SimonP, just after hearing about the site from The New York Times Magazine. While studying for his bachelor's degree he said he spent over six hours a day on the Misplaced Pages web site. As of 2007As of September 2007, Pulsifer has made more than 94,000 edits and started more than 2,000 articles at Misplaced Pages. He has successfully nominated 10 "featured" articles.

Pulsifer's level of quality productivity at Misplaced Pages has resulted in his becoming a subject for human interest stories in the local press. Together with Misplaced Pages co-founder Jimmy Wales, Pulsifer made an appearance on the On Point show, on August 2, 2006. In December 2006 Time Magazine published its annual "Person of the Year" issue. In light of the rapid gains in user-generated content, Time did not choose an actual person and instead named "You". The issue had a feature about Pulsifer. The article mentioned that he was unemployed and this led to a reader extending a job offer to him. Pulsifer spoke at Wikimania 2006.

Personal

Pulsifer grew up in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. His father is Dr. Cameron Pulsifer, from the Canadian War Museum's Research and Exhibitions department, Special Projects. His mother, Diana Pepall, works at the Ottawa Public Library, acting as manager of collection development services. His younger brother Andrew is a member of the Ottawa area band, Place.

He attended the French immersion programme at Rockcliffe Park Public School from kindergarten to grade 6. He recalls he was never active in sports. In June 2000, he graduated from Lisgar Collegiate Institute, and went on to study History at the University of Toronto.

Now residing in Toronto, he lived in Ottawa for many years. He has worked for the political campaigns of politicians in both cities; Paul Dewar (Ottawa Centre), Olivia Chow (Trinity Spadina), and most recently was the computer systems manager for Ottawa mayoral candidate Alex Munter.

References

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  2. Amber MacArthur (12 March 2007). "Video: King of Misplaced Pages". Retrieved 2007-03-27. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  3. Gaudiano, Nicole (February 27 2006). ""Inside the world of Wikipedians, there's drama, politics and love"". USA Today (Gannet News Service). Retrieved 2006-10-04. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  4. Alexandra Shimo (4 August 2006). ""Prolific Canadian is king of Misplaced Pages"". Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2006-10-04. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help) Copy of full text here
  5. Rundle, Lisa (Winter 2006). ""Misplaced Pages Wonderboy"". University of Toronto Magazine. Retrieved 2006-10-04.
  6. The Ottawa Citizen August 11 2005 p. A2 and The Ottawa Citizen December 13 2005 p. A13
  7. Ashbrook, Tom (August 2006). ""Misplaced Pages: Open Intelligence"". WBUR/NPR. Retrieved 2006-10-04.
  8. Grossman, Lev (16 December 2006). ""Simon Pulsifer"". Time Magazine. Retrieved 2006-12-17. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  9. ^ Bray, Richard (2007-01-18). "The Disciple and the prophet". The Ottawa Citizen. Retrieved 2007-01-18.
  10. Grossman, Lev (December 16 2006). Profile "Simon Pulsifer: The Duke of Data". Time Magazine. Retrieved 2007-01-05. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help); Check date values in: |date= (help)
  11. "Ottawa Buzz: My Dad Vs Yours Usher In Spring". Canada's Walk of Fame. May 8 2006. Retrieved 2007-07-17. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  12. "Canadian War Museum Staff Directory". Canadian War Museum. Retrieved 2007-03-13.
  13. Gulli, Cathy (August 15 2006). ""Meet Mr. Know-it-all: Simon Pulsifer"". Maclean's. Retrieved 2006-10-04. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

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