WikiIslam:Meet the Editors
This page lists notable, past and present editors, contributors and translators of WikiIslam. A short biography and some brief details of their activities on the website are included when available.
Editors
Axius
Axius is an atheist humanist from the Americas. He is also the founder and lead administrator of WikiIslam. He has about 18,000 edits (approximately 20% of all edits; the 2nd highest) for various pages, many of them related to maintenance, administration, site interface and help. He is heavily involved in community building and decision-making.
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Claustrum began as a translator, translating numerous English articles into Russian. He is now the administrator of the Russian WikiIslam, the site's first sub-domain, and maintains most of its articles. He has also been of great help providing technical and other invaluable assistance for making sure both the English and Russian sub-domains keep operating smoothly and can support their growing traffic.
Lightyears
- Lightyears (talk | contribs), Status: Active
Lightyears created in-depth and original articles for several different topics, including Dhul-Qarnayn. In his own words, he is "not interested in causing people who are happy believing in Islam to doubt their faith," but hopes that his work "will dissuade some Muslims from spreading mistaken claims and flawed arguments about science or mathematical miracles in the Qur’an."
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Sahab is a former Sunni Muslim now agnostic from South Asia who joined the wiki in April 2009 and became an administrator in 2011. Although not a Christian himself, his "positive experiences with them have left a lasting impression" and he considers Jesus Christ to be "the height of moral excellence." Politically he is "left-leaning" and responsible for the site's coverage of LGBT issues. He edited heavily for 5 years (from April 2009 to April 2014), accumulating over 47,000 edits (50% of all edits) that touched almost every page on the site. He created several hundred original articles, various original media files and templates and many original series that span several hundred more pages. As an administrator, he quality-controlled most of the site's edits (copy-editing, correcting and expanding as necessary), helped with decision-making, guiding newer editors and dealt with many other day-to-day duties. He helped to formulate and write the majority of the site's policies and guidelines, created its easy-to-navigate structure (site map, links, hub/core pages, layered categories, etc.) and helped shape its general direction. Offsite, he helped promote the wiki and networked with others to import several hundred more pages worth of articles (most of these were also copy-edited, corrected and/or expanded by him). In short, he is the most significant contributor to the site as of August 2014 and basically made WikiIslam into what it is today.
Atheistig
Atheistig is (as the name suggests) an atheist with two university degrees in Science. He has a strong interest in science and history, with the former being his profession and the latter his hobby. His interest in Islam lay within the 6th-7th century Syriac and Arabic legends and mythology and how they influenced the author of the Qur'an. Likewise, his contributions were concentrated on legends such as the Alexander Romance, the Seven Sleepers of Ephesus and issues concerning the historicity of Prophet Muhammad.
Al-Qaum
Al-Qaum is a close friend of Sahab's and also a former Sunni Muslim from South Asia. He is a devout Christian. He took charge of editing the "Islam in the News" section on the front page (which is currently inactive). This was a massive task that involved sifting through hundreds of news articles on a weekly basis in order to stay on top of current affairs across the globe. Other articles he worked on include the "Persecution" and media related pages.
Sanitarium
Sanitarium is an atheist feminist from Australia. She administered the site over several years and contributed heavily to female-related articles. She also wrote the "Islamic Prophecies" series, did the necessary research behind the "Revelational Circumstances of the Qur'an" series and recruited other editors such as Sahab.
Farside
Prophet Farside sometimes claims to be the founder of "Farsideology – the ultimate belief system." In reality, Farside is the original inspiration behind the site. He is the creator of the satirical "Farsideology" series on Islam and is one of the earliest editors of WikiIslam.
Natassia
Natassia is a Christian. Her contributions to WikiIslam concentrated on Islam's history, its attitude towards women, and its treatment of minorities such as Christians and Jews.
Selfworm
Selfworm is an atheist mathematician and computer scientist. He was an early contributor to WikiIslam and started the "Qur'an, Hadith and Scholars" (QHS) series which now spans almost eighty pages.
Careylj
Careylj is an ordained Christian minister with a Master’s degree who has studied Islam for over a decade, and has been teaching Islam at the college level for several years. His contributions to WikiIslam (which include the article, "Muhammad's Just In Time Revelations") focused primarily on Prophet Muhammad's ethics.
Maqsoodshah
- Maqsoodshah01 (talk | contribs), Status: Inactive/Unknown
Maqsoodshah is a much-respected member of WikiIslam and a practicing Muslim from South Asia. He studies genealogy and issues surrounding his faith as a hobby. He speaks several different languages, including; English, Urdu, Persian, Balochi, Pashto, Punjabi, Sindhi and Brahui. He has created many of the pro-Islamic articles hosted at WikiIslam.
Contributors
Khalil
- User's List of Major Works, Status: Inactive/Unknown
Khalil is a former Sufi Muslim now atheist from the Middle East. He left Islam after witnessing a public, Shari'ah-sanctioned beheading. Although no longer a believer in the existence of gods, he retains a deep admiration for spiritual figures such as Jesus Christ and Gautama Buddha. His contributions to WikiIslam focused on religious violence during Prophet Muhammad's liftime and his relationship with his child-bride, Aisha. He also helped with Arabic analysis within various articles.
THHuxley
- User's List of Major Works, Status: Inactive/Unknown
THHuxley is a Scientific Deist and a prolific online debater who often argues for the validity of evolutionary science over creationism. His work centers around the scientific field and so do his numerous contributions to WikiIslam. He once emailed Dr. William W. Hay concerning the infamous "This Is The Truth" video and received a prompt, personal reply informing him that Hay's beliefs had been misrepresented and his words cut and pasted out-of-context.
Hector
- User's List of Major Works, Status: Inactive/Unknown
Hector is an atheist. Like THHuxley, he is a prolific online debater and much of his contributions to WikiIslam center around the scientific field. Notable contributions outside of the scientific field include, "Aisha's Age of Consummation," and "Refutation of Modern Apologetics Against Aisha's Age".
Translators
Altarbey
Altarbey worked on some Turkish translations.
Rustam
Rustam did most of the work on Russian translations. Other notable Russian editors include: Bruce Lee, Vadim and of course Claustrum (mentioned above).
El Majusi
El Majusi is a Zoroastrian originating from Algeria. He worked on many of the French translations. Other notable French language editors include: Regulus.
Neceseco
Neceseco worked on some Italian translations. Other notable Italian editors include: Hood4
Therider
Therider is responsible for several German translations.
Shrimp
Shrimp worked on several Uzbek translations. Other notable Uzbek editors include: Axmed.
Animus
Animus worked on several Czech translations.
Damaskin
Damaskin worked on most of the Bulgarian translations.
Sekulyarizm
Sekulyarizm.org is a secular website that approaches secularism from a non-western, Azerbaijani perspective. As fans of WikiIslam, they have translated what they personally feel are the best articles on the site into Azerbaijani.