editathon

English

Alternative forms

• edit-a-thon

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 […]