editathon

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Etymology

From edit +‎ -athon.

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Noun

editathon (plural editathons)

  1. (Internet) A collaborative group session of contributing edits to a wiki.
    • 2014, Silvia Orlandi, Raffaella Santucci, Vittore Casarosa, Information Technologies for Epigraphy and Cultural Heritage, page 196:
      Usability and easiness are two key factors for users, as we noticed during the Ljubljana “editathon” and in individual and group test cases carried out.
    • 2020, Mike Hodson, Julia Kasmire, Andrew McMeekin, Urban Platforms and the Future City:
      In September 2018, we brought together a group of 12 young women living in a slum resettlement colony in Delhi's urban edge to participate in a Wikipedia editathon.
    • 2021, Danny Burns, Jo Howard, Sonia M. Ospina, The SAGE Handbook of Participatory Research and Inquiry, page 529:
      Minister for Foreign Affairs, Margot Wallström, was so impressed with the success of the India–Sweden Wikipedia editathon in 2017 that she announced the #WikiGap editathons in March 2018 in 54 of its embassies []