WikiGnome

Noun

WikiGnome (plural WikiGnomes)

1. (chiefly Wikimedia jargon) A wiki editor (such as Wikipedia) that primarily makes minor and uncontroversial edits such as fixing typos and grammar mistakes.
   • To meet its goal of encapsulating the sum of human knowledge, Wikipedia draws on the talents of different kinds of editors. [Bryan] Henderson is an archetypical WikiGnome, a contributor who specializes in fixing typos, repairing broken links, adding categories and, yes, correcting grammar.2015 February 3, Andrew McMillen, “Meet the Ultimate WikiGnome”, in Wired, San Francisco, C.A.: Condé Nast Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 20 Mar 2023
   • On another front, one of the site's most prolific editors has made thousands of revisions, almost all of them correcting perceived misusages of the phrase "comprised of" across the site's millions of articles. Far from being treated as an eccentric outlier, this editor is celebrated, recognized as...2015 February 18, Jacob Brogan, “Han Solo Shot First”, in James Bennet, editor, The Atlantic, Washington, D.C.: The Atlantic Monthly Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 19 Feb 2015

   Synonyms:

   WikiGardener