Wikiholic
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[edit]- IPA(key): /ˌwɪkɪˈhɒlɪk/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
[edit]Wikiholic (plural Wikiholics)
- (Wikimedia jargon) Someone who is addicted to editing Wikipedia or another wiki.
- Hyponym: Wikipediholic
- 2005 November 27, Karen Lofstrom, “Peeve: Iranian Shi'a”, in rec.arts.sf.fandom (Usenet):
- I'm a Wikipedia editor. A Wikiholic. I have some 500 articles on my watchlist (!!!) and I edit some of the more controversial articles on WP: the Islam-related articles. For many months, I have been butting heads with some Iranian Shi'a editors...
- 2005, Richard Quinn, as quoted by David Dyer-Bennet, “Re: Charlie Stross: Wikipedian Extraordinaire” (April 8), rec.arts.sf.written, Usenet
- I was blessed with insight, that rare moment of lucidity which can truly validate the Buddhist belief in a path to enlightenment: Charles Stross is a Wikiholic!
- 2006 August 9, “Gary Younge reports on Wiki-mania, and Wikipedia vandalism”, in The Guardian Unlimited:
- "A lot of them are probably the sort of people who would have social problems in real life," said one wikimaniac over lunch, as though being a "wikiholic" suggested a full and active life.
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[edit]person who devotes lots of time to a wiki-based project
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