Meanings
- 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 Times1 more example
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
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