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Lee Daniel Crocker, a Common card
Lee Daniel Crocker is an American computer programmer who rewrote the software upon which Wikipedia runs to address scalability problems.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 43
- DEF
- 18
- Power
- 61
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 5,100
Power 61 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 5 % of WikiCards cards.
Lee Daniel Crocker quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Lee Daniel Crocker card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
MediaWiki's code ______ was still named "phase3" until the move from Subversion to Git in March 2012.
Answer
repository. MediaWiki's code repository was still named "phase3" until the move from Subversion to Git in March 2012. From the Lee Daniel Crocker article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
This software, originally known as "Phase III", went live in July ____ and became the foundation of what is now called MediaWiki.
Answer
2000s. This software, originally known as "Phase III", went live in July 2002 and became the foundation of what is now called MediaWiki. From the Lee Daniel Crocker article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Triality. Triality 49 · Lee Daniel Crocker 43 · Eugen Langen 39 · Truth window 31 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- This software, originally known as "Phase III", went live in July 2002 and became the foundation of what is now called MediaWiki.
- MediaWiki's code repository was still named "phase3" until the move from Subversion to Git in March 2012.
- He is a co-author of the PNG specification, and was also involved in the creation of the GIF and JPEG image file formats.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Lee Daniel Crocker article was read about 5,100 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 43 and blocks with 18: each hit it takes is cut by 7 %.
How to get Lee Daniel Crocker
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Lee Daniel Crocker (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Cowtung, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.

