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edit warrior

edit warrior noun: one who engages in an edit war.

Noun

edit warrior (plural edit warriors)

  1. (wiki jargon) One who engages in an edit war.
    • As Wikipedia has grown, Wales has been forced to impose some more centralized, policelike measures–to guard against “edit warriors,” “point-of-view warriors,” “revert warriors,” and all those who have difficulty playing well with others.2006, Brendan I. Koerner, The Best of Technology Writing 2006, →ISBN, page 113
    • Amid the scores of single-issue edit-warriors with screen names like PalestineRemembered, HumusSapiens, and G-Dett, two Wikipedians stand out for their tenacity and influence, and for the resourcefulness of their wikilawyering: Jayjg and SlimVirgin.2007, Bidoun: A Quarterly Forum for Middle Eastern Talent, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 60

Examples of edit warrior in a sentence

  • Edit warriors, however, are more often than not myopic in their view of Wikipedia, believing that a “wrong” version should not be allowed to stand on Wikipedia—even for a day!2008, Phoebe Ayers, Charles Matthews, Ben Yates, How Wikipedia Works: And how You Can be a Part of it, →ISBN, page 389:
  • As the volume of work and of disputes grew, a Mediation Committee aiming to find common ground between edit warriors was established; it had no coercive power.2009, Mathieu O'Neil, Cyberchiefs: Autonomy and Authority in Online Tribes, →ISBN, page 157:

Forms of edit warrior

pluraledit warriors

Origin of edit warrior

From edit + warrior.

Questions about edit warrior

What does edit warrior mean?
Edit warrior means one who engages in an edit war.
How do you use edit warrior in a sentence?
Edit warriors, however, are more often than not myopic in their view of Wikipedia, believing that a “wrong” version should not be allowed to stand on Wikipedia—even for a day!
What part of speech is edit warrior?
Edit warrior is a noun.
What is the plural of edit warrior?
The plural of edit warrior is edit warriors.

Words near edit warrior in the dictionary

  1. edit in
  2. edit out
  3. edit war
  4. edit warred
  5. edit warring
  6. edit warrior
  7. edit warriors
  8. edit wars
  9. edit-a-thon
  10. edit-a-thons
  11. edit-war

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