Revo Soekatno

Revo Arka Giri Soekatno (born 2 August 1975) is an Indonesian researcher, entrepreneur, and Wikipedia enthusiast. He uses the name Meursault2004.

In this Indonesian name, there is no family name nor a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Revo.
Revo Arka Giri Soekatno
Revo during Wikimania in Alexandria, Egypt (2008)
Born
Revo Arka Giri Soekatno

(1975-08-02) 2 August 1975
Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia
NationalityIndonesia
Other namesRevo Soekatno
Revi Soekatno
Alma materErasmus University Rotterdam
Universiteit Leiden
OccupationLecturer, entrepreneur, writer
WebsiteProfile in Facebook

Revo received recognition in the media as one of the Indonesian Wikipedia pioneers as his profile was published in nationally circulated newspaper Kompas on 26 December 2006[1][2] following TIME's article person of the year "You" (2006).[3] Previously in 2004, Tempo had printed a story about Wikipedia as "encyclopedia that came from a boarding house", where Revo became the source person for the story, representing the Indonesian Wikipedia. His contribution then (2004) was recorded to be over a thousand new articles.[4] On 2006, it rose to 6,500 new articles.[5]

Education

Born in Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia, Revo's parents were native Javanese from Surakarta, Central Java.[5] Revo has been moving from town to town in Indonesia and abroad following his father assignment.[5] He speaks Dutch, German, English, Indonesian, and Javanese.[6] Since junior high school (1986), he has lived and studied in the Netherlands where he is pursued his doctorate degree in Old Javanese Literature at the University of Leiden (2006).[5]

Wikipedia

His first encounter with Indonesian Wikipedia was in 2003, when he found the site and described it as "ugly" and "lack of information".

Revo soon found out that the website can be edited and has been contributing ever since.[5] In 2004 Revo became the resource person and actively advocated Indonesian media about Wikipedia in general or Indonesian Wikipedia in particular. On a Tempo article, he stated that although everyone can contribute anything, Wikipedia is still trying to be a serious encyclopedia, vandalism usually does not last long since it can be corrected by anyone.[4] During his brief return to Indonesia on 2007, he was interviewed by Chic Magazine (female magazine), where he encouraged more women to write for Wikipedia.[7] Revo also featured on Metro TV as an active contributor to the Indonesian Wikipedia.[8] He also became a speaker in Wikipedia seminars, one of them was sponsored by the Indonesian Ministry of Communication and Information during ICT Award 2007,[9] where interested participants received an "on hand training" on how to edit and write in Wikipedia. During an interview with Indonesia's news agency Antara, Revo stated that the challenge for the Indonesian Wikipedia in the future will be to maintain its information accuracy. In 2006 Indonesian Wikipedia had become Asia's third fastest-growing of local version after Japan and China.[9] As of 10 October 2020, he is a bureaucrat in the Indonesian Wikipedia and has made 43,771 edits.

References
  1. (in Indonesian) Kompas: Revo, Perintis Wikipedia Bahasa Indonesia Archived 29 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  2. (in Indonesian) Copy of Kompas article in Wikipedia Bahasa Indonesia user REX Archive
  3. TIME: Time's Person of the Year: You
  4. (in Indonesian) Tempo Magazine: Encyclopedia from the boarding house Archived 6 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  5. (in Indonesian) TokohIndonesia.com: Revo Arka Giri Soekatno
  6. (in Indonesian) Tempo magazine: Encyclopedia from boarding house Archived 6 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  7. Picture of Revo for Figure article in Chic Magazine February–March 2007 edition
  8. YouTube: Record of Metro TV Jendela Dunia featuring Revo for Indonesian Wikipedia
  9. (in Indonesian) Antara: Indonesian Wikipedia: Third largest in Asia Archived 4 November 2008 at the Wayback Machine
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