Wadewitz

Proper noun

Wadewitz

1. A surname.
   • Adrianne Wadewitz, a scholar of 18th-century British literature who became one of the most prolific and influential editors of the online encyclopedia Wikipedia, died on April 8 in Palm Springs, Calif. She was 37.2014 April 19, Noam Cohen, “Adrianne Wadewitz, 37, Wikipedia Editor, Dies in Rock Climbing Fall”, in The New York Times
   • When Adrianne Wadewitz became a Wikipedia contributor 10 years ago she decided to use a pseudonym, certain that fellow scholars at Indiana University would frown on writing for the often-maligned "free encyclopedia that anyone can edit."2014 April 23, Elaine Woo, “Adrianne Wadewitz dies at 37; helped diversify Wikipedia”, in Los Angeles Times