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Bryan Henderson
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|birth_date= 1966
|birth_place= [[Olympia, Washington]], [[U.S.]]
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|residence = [[San Jose, California]], U.S.
|other_names= Giraffedata (Wikipedia username)
|nationality=[[Americans|American]]
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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 ais [[user name]] is "Giraffedata". In February 2015, his edits for changing "comprised of" became national news in the US. Most media coverage liked his edits as a "[[wikt:unique|uniquely]] effort for correctness",<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/he-might-be-a-pedantic-oddity-but-wikipedias-grammar-crusader-is-my-modernday-hero-10026420.html|title=He might be a pedantic oddity, but Wikipedia's grammar crusader is my modern-day hero|author=Simon Kelner|authorlink=Simon Kelner|newspaper=The Independent|date=5 February 2015|accessdate=7 February 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=https://gizmodo.com/mans-wikipedia-edits-mostly-consist-(contracted; show full)}}</ref><ref>{{cite news
|url=http://www.vox.com/2015/2/10/8013509/comprise-vs-compose
|title=This guy edited 50,000 Wikipedia articles to fix a grammar error that's not even an error
|author=Matthew Yglesias 
|authorlink=Matthew Yglesias
|newspaper=Vox
|date=10 February 2015
|accessdate=10 February 2015}}</ref> By August 2010, Henderson removed all &ndash; around 18,000 &ndash; occurrences of the term. He 
has since monitors any edits using "comprised of" and removes themcontinues to monitor new content for instances of "comprised of" and removes them, except when occurring within a quotation. As per Wikipedia logs, he has made over 47,000 edits to the English Wikipedia.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/wikipedia-editor-has-made-some-47000-corrections-to-online-database-10024355.html|title=Wikipedia editor has made some 47,000 corrections to online database|newspaper=The Independent|date=4 February 2015|author=Adam Lusher}}</ref>

==References==
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==Further reading==
*{{cite web|url=https://medium.com/backchannel/meet-the-ultimate-wikignome-10508842caad|title=One Man’s Quest to Rid Wikipedia of Exactly One Grammatical Mistake|website=Medium|author=Andrew McMillen|date=3 February 2015}}

==Other websites==
*[[:en:User:Giraffedata/comprised_of|Bryan Henderson's personal page on English Wikipedia explaining the reasons and motivations for his work]]

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