editathon

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noun

A collaborative group session of contributing edits to a wiki.

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Meanings

nouneditathon (plural editathons)

plural editathons · alternative edit-a-thon

  1. InternetA 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
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    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

    Minister for Foreign Affairs, Margot Wallström, was so impressed with the success of the India–Sweden Wikipedia editathon in 2017 that she announced the #WikiGap editathons in March 2018 in 54 of its embassies […]

    2021, Danny Burns, Jo Howard, Sonia M. Ospina, The SAGE Handbook of Participatory Research and Inquiry, page 529

Origin

From edit + -athon.

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APA

editathon. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/editathon

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“editathon.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/editathon. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “editathon,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/editathon.

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