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deaditor

UK/ˈdɛd.ɪ.tə//ˈdɛ.dɪ.dɚ/

deaditor noun: a person who edits information related to a recent death, especially on biographical pages on wikis such as Wikipedia.

Noun

deaditor (plural deaditors)

  1. (Internet) A person who edits information related to a recent death, especially on biographical pages on wikis such as Wikipedia.
    • For those 26 articles there were 26 different deaditors. And what was surprising: two-thirds of those edits were done by anonymous users.2018 June 15, Hay Kranen, “The 'deaditors' of Wikipedia”, in HayKranen.nl
    • Since two-thirds of these deaditors were anonymous, it seemed unlikely that I would ever track them down. But I tried to find some of the remaining one-third.2018 August 16, Stephen Harrison, “Who Updates Celebrity Deaths on Wikipedia?”, in Slate

Examples of deaditor in a sentence

  • How Wikipedia's 'Deaditors' Sprang Into Action on Queen Elizabeth II's Page After Her Death [title]2022 September 9, Jody Serrano, “How Wikipedia's 'Deaditors' Sprang Into Action on Queen Elizabeth II's Page After Her Death”, in Gizmodo:
  • The community calls such accounts Deaditors or WikiJackals – people who seem to prize being the first to announce a death.[2022 September 13, Liam Mannix, “Evidence suggests Wikipedia is accurate and reliable. When are we going to start taking it seriously?”...

Forms of deaditor

pluraldeaditors

Origin of deaditor

Blend of dead + editor.

Questions about deaditor

What does deaditor mean?
Deaditor means a person who edits information related to a recent death, especially on biographical pages on wikis such as Wikipedia.
How do you use deaditor in a sentence?
How Wikipedia's 'Deaditors' Sprang Into Action on Queen Elizabeth II's Page After Her Death [title]
What part of speech is deaditor?
Deaditor is a noun.
How do you pronounce deaditor?
Deaditor is pronounced /ˈdɛ.dɪ.dɚ/ (US).
What is the plural of deaditor?
The plural of deaditor is deaditors.

Words near deaditor in the dictionary

  1. deadhouse
  2. deadhouses
  3. deading
  4. deadish
  5. deadishness
  6. deaditor
  7. deaditors
  8. deadj.
  9. deadjectival
  10. deadjectivals
  11. deadland

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