Wikimedian in Residence

noun

A Wikimedian who holds a visiting scholar position at an educational institution.

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Meanings

nounWikimedian in Residence (plural Wikimedians in Residence)

plural Wikimedians in Residence

  1. A Wikimedian who holds a visiting scholar position at an educational institution.

    To Alice White, Wikimedian in Residence, Wellcome Library, for guidance on finding images, locating Wellcome treasures, and warnings of 'weasel words' and 'peacock terms'.

    2018, Gianetta Rands, Women's Voices in Psychiatry: A Collection of Essays, page xi
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    Some Wikipedia Visiting Scholars have asked for closer collaboration with their host institutions, creating the stepping-stone for a Wikimedian in Residence type of position.

    2018, Merrilee Proffitt, Leveraging Wikipedia: Connecting Communities of Knowledge

    The students are supported by the University of Edinburgh's 'Wikimedian in residence'; a digital skills trainer employed by the university's information services division in partnership with, and supported by, Wikimedia UK as the nationalchapter of the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation.

    2019, Anna Comas-Quinn, Ana Beaven, Barbara Sawhill, New case studies of openness in and beyond the language classroom, page 86
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APA

Wikimedian in Residence. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Wikimedian%20in%20Residence

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Wikimedian in Residence,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Wikimedian%20in%20Residence.

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