metapedian
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English
Etymology
Blend of meta + Wikipedian.
Noun
metapedian (plural metapedians)
- (Wikimedia jargon) A Wikipedia editor who focuses on the social side of the project, such as participating in discussions or community events, rather than editing articles and contributing content.
- Coordinate terms: exopedian, mesopedian
- 2015, Kim Osman, Wikipedia: Access and participation in an open encyclopaedia (thesis), Brisbane, Queensland: Queensland University of Technology, page 99:
- Users also move among different communities as they move from being a new user to an active user, or choose at any stage to exit the platform. Indeed it is not uncommon for many active users and metapedians to suffer burnout.
Further reading
Metapedianism on Meta-Wiki.Meta-Wiki
