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|birth_date= 1966
|birth_place= [[Olympia, Washington]], [[U.S.]]
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|residence = [[San Jose]], [[California]], [[United States]]U.S.
|other_names= Giraffedata (Wikipedia username)
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'''Bryan Henderson''' is an [[Americans|American]] [[Wikipedia editor]]. He is known for changing "[[wikt:comprised of|comprised of]]" on the [[English Wikipedia]]. On Wikipedia, he uses a [[user name]] "Giraffedata". In February 2015, his edits for changing "comprised of" became national news. Most media coverage liked his edits as "[[wikt:unique|uniquely]] effort for correctness",<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/he-might-be-a-pedantic-oddity-but-wikipedias-grammar-crusader-is-m(contracted; show full)
}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/wikipedia/11394066/Pedants-of-the-world-we-salute-you.html|title=Pedants of the world, we salute you|author=Christopher Howse|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=5 February 2015|accessdate=7 February 2015
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}}</ref> while others [[critic|criticized]] it as being wrong.<ref>Mark Liberman, "[http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=17636 Can 50,000 Wikipedia edits be wrong?]", [[Language Log]], 8 February 2015. Retrieved 11 February 2015.</ref><ref>{{cite news
|url=http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/feb/05/why-wikipedias-grammar-vigilante-is-wrong
|title=Why Wikipedia's grammar vigilante is wrong
|author=David Shariatmadari
|newspaper=The Guardian
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION = Wikipedia editor
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