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"Crocker stumbled across Wikipedia early on. There were gaping holes in the encyclopedias content, so he pitched in. As a semiprofessional poker player, he wrote the sites original poker article. As a fan of the martini, he wrote about that topic. "In the early days, it was pretty easy to find topics that needed to be covered," Crocker said. "Its not that easy today. Its pretty complete." Crocker wrote entries about Ken Kesey, Walter Annenberg, the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis and dozens of other topics. "Nowadays Im not as active, but I still write," he said. "I spent a couple of hours on Wikipedia every day for a long time." In addition to writing articles, Crocker wrote new wiki software when the original program proved too slow to handle the sites growing popularity. Crocker embraced Wikipedia because he believes information should be free."
Lee Daniel Crocker
