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Wikipedian

Wikipedian

1 5.5
A person who edits or adds information to Wikipedia
  • noun
  • /ˌwɪkɪˈpiːdiən/
  • Jargon
: wikipedista
  • As a dedicated Wikipedian, she works every day to improve the accuracy of online articles.

These are principles that all the Wikipedians sign on to and foremost among them is is accuracy and objective truth.

Examples

  • Now she works as an ethnographer at Ushahidi, where she is studying how online communities understand and perform verification or confirmation of reports contributed by the "crowd" and how Wikipedians manage and debate sources on the encyclopedia.

    Blog text (2)

  • Believing Wikipedians such as myself...

    Blog text (30)

  • And the Wikipedians strive to write such an article.

  • Experienced Wikipedians are good at knowing these templates, but you can see why that is daunting to a new user.

    Blog text (27)

  • Already, Wikipedians have begun contributing to the pages I created just a few weeks ago. -- Rebecca Shaykin.

    Blog text (27)

  • Lori, user:HstryQT, from Indianapolis, has just given a presentation at the Children's Museum about her time so far as the "Wikipedian in Residence" there.

    Blog text (27)

  • Wikipedians researching the topic came across articles as secondary sources that drew parallels between Silk and Anatole Broyard.

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  • Many Wikipedians collaborate on projects to ensure that information is freely available for everyone.

  • During the conference, several Wikipedians shared their experiences in writing and editing articles.

Synonyms

contributor
vsWikipedian
193 3.6

A person who gives articles or ideas to magazines and websites

works specifically for the online encyclopedia rather than many publication types
encyclopedist
vsWikipedian
1 8.8

A person who writes or edits detailed articles for a big book of facts

focuses on contributing specifically to the large online encyclopedia

How Active

administrator
266 3.7
Wikipedian
  • Jargon
1 5.5
reader
91 1.0

Surface Forms

Wikipedian singular
Wikipedians plural

Morphology

Wikipedian = Wikipedia (transparent) = Wikipedia + ian

Formed directly from the name 'Wikipedia' with the agentive/adjectival suffix '-ian', so the meaning 'person associated with Wikipedia' is transparent.

Etymology

Wikipedian comes from Wikipedia, a name made from wiki ('quick' in Hawaiian) and -pedia (as in encyclopedia, meaning 'learning'). A Wikipedian is a person who edits or adds information to that online encyclopedia, which is why the word means a Wikipedia contributor.