Jason Moore (born ) is an American Wikipedia editor among the

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's most active contributors by edit count. Editing since 2007 as "Another Believer", he has specialized in current events, with coverage including the

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, and the culture of

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, where he is based. On Wikipedia, Moore has created and developed editor affinity groups for joint work on these topics. As an organizer in the

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, Moore has hosted meet-ups and

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s to train new editors.

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Moore is among the most active editors by edit count on the

. Across his half-million edits under the username " Another Believer" since 2007, Moore has created thousands of pages, including articles on current events, natural disasters, and terrorist attacks. Some of these articles include the

2021 United States Capitol attack On January 6, 2021, following the defeat of then-United States President, U.S. President Donald Trump in the 2020 United States presidential election, 2020 presidential election, a mob of his supporters attacked the United States Capitol, U ...

, the

2022 Buffalo shooting On May 14, 2022, a mass shooting occurred in Buffalo, New York, United States, at a Tops Friendly Markets supermarket in the East Side neighborhood. Ten people, all of whom were Black, were murdered and three were injured. The shooter, identi ...

, and the

2022 Laguna Woods shooting On May 15, 2022, a mass shooting occurred at the Geneva Presbyterian Church in Laguna Woods, California, United States. The Orange County church was hosting a congregation of the Irvine Taiwanese Presbyterian Church for Sunday services. The sh ...

. On the English Wikipedia, Moore has created editor affinity groups (" WikiProjects") dedicated to improving Wikipedia's coverage of current events such as the

. During COVID-19, he documented the pandemic's burgeoning reach across multiple U.S. states, business sectors, and communities. He was a major contributor to articles about the protests following the

murder of George Floyd On , George Floyd, a 46-year-old black man, was murdered in the U.S. city of Minneapolis by Derek Chauvin, a 44-year-old white police officer. Floyd had been arrested on suspicion of using a counterfeit $20 bill. Chauvin knelt on Floyd's n ...

. Upon starting the entry on the 2021 United States Capitol attack, he and other editors stewarded the article's influx of new content as the event developed in real time. Art+Feminism Edit-a-Thon in Portland, Oregon 05

Art+Feminism Edit-a-Thon in Portland, Oregon 05

He has additionally written about topics in

, such as horse rings,

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, the Yale Union Laundry Building, and the 2011

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recording '' Music for a Time of War''. Moore's first featured article was about the 2007 album ''

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''. He has described being motivated by "the instant gratification of making the Internet better so easily" and the satisfaction of "sharing information with the world".

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described Moore as a "Wikipedia influencer". In addition to editing, Moore has participated in building the

by organizing local meet-ups and training new editors. A 2013

he organized at the

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invited people to use institutional resources to improve coverage of local artists, arts organizations, and public art. He continued to host Portland-area events, especially to improve Wikipedia's coverage of Portland arts and women artists. Moore has also helped organize an LGBT-specific outreach affiliate of the

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and its Wiki Loves Pride campaign to improve LGBT culture and history-related coverage.

Personal life and career

Moore was born in . Raised in

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, he enjoyed

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s and

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s as a student. He lived in Portland, as of 2022, where he worked as a digital strategist and previously worked in the Oregon Symphony's fundraising department.

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Personal life and career

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