wikilawyering

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noun

Engaging in legalistic arguments on a wiki.

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Meanings

wikilawyering1

nounwikilawyering (uncountable)
  1. uncountableEngaging in legalistic arguments on a wiki.

    What, and be buried in wikilawyering designed to keep actual subject matter experts out and leave wp safely in the hands of the wikieditor cliques?

    2012, Graham Nye, “Four killed in US when train hits float carrying veterans”, in uk.railway (Usenet)
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    […] comments like these about "Jew-baiting" are very rare on even the most contentious of "discussion" and "mediation" pages. What one finds there instead is wikilawyering — cryptic, acronym-laden debate invoking protocol and precedent.

    2007, Bidoun: A Quarterly Forum for Middle Eastern Talent

wikilawyering2

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of wikilawyer

Origin

wikilawyering · noun

From wiki + lawyering.

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wikilawyering · verb

From wikilawyer + -ing.

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Cite this entry
APA

wikilawyering. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wikilawyering

MLA

“wikilawyering.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wikilawyering. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wikilawyering,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wikilawyering.

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