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editathon

editathon noun: a collaborative group session of contributing edits to a wiki.

Noun

editathon (plural editathons)

  1. (Internet) A collaborative group session of contributing edits to a wiki.
    • 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.2014, Silvia Orlandi, Raffaella Santucci, Vittore Casarosa, Information Technologies for Epigraphy and Cultural Heritage, page 196
    • 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.2020, Mike Hodson, Julia Kasmire, Andrew McMeekin, Urban Platforms and the Future City

Forms of editathon

pluraleditathons
alternative formedit-a-thon

Origin of editathon

From edit + -athon.

Questions about editathon

What does editathon mean?
Editathon means a collaborative group session of contributing edits to a wiki.
What part of speech is editathon?
Editathon is a noun.
What is the plural of editathon?
The plural of editathon is editathons.

Words near editathon in the dictionary

  1. edit-warring
  2. edit-wars
  3. edit.
  4. editability
  5. editable
  6. editathon
  7. editathons
  8. editcountitis
  9. edited
  10. edited book
  11. edited books

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Adapted from Wiktionary: editathon (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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