editathon

editathon

English

Etymology

edit +‎ -athon

Noun

editathon (plural editathons)

1. (Internet) A collaborative group session of contributing edits to a wiki.
   • 2014, Silvia Orlandi, ‎Raffaella Santucci, ‎Vittore Casarosa, Information Technologies for Epigraphy and Cultural Heritage (page 196)

     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.

   • 2020, Mike Hodson, ‎Julia Kasmire, ‎Andrew McMeekin, Urban Platforms and the Future City

     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.

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

     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 […]