English edit

Etymology edit

Blend of meta +‎ Wikipedian.

Noun edit

metapedian (plural metapedians)

  1. (Wikimedia jargon) A Wikipedia editor who focuses on the social side of the project, such as participating in discussions or community events, rather than editing articles and contributing content.
    Coordinate terms: exopedian, mesopedian
    • 2015, Kim Osman, Wikipedia: Access and participation in an open encyclopaedia[1] (thesis), Brisbane, Queensland: Queensland University of Technology, page 99:
      Users also move among different communities as they move from being a new user to an active user, or choose at any stage to exit the platform. Indeed it is not uncommon for many active users and metapedians to suffer burnout.

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