deaditor

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English

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Etymology

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Blend of dead +‎ editor, from being an editor who contributes about the recently dead.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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deaditor (plural deaditors)

  1. (Internet slang) A person who edits information related to a recent death, especially on biographical pages on wikis such as Wikipedia.
    • 2018 June 15, Hay Kranen, “The 'deaditors' of Wikipedia”, in HayKranen.nl[1]:
      For those 26 articles there were 26 different deaditors. And what was surprising: two-thirds of those edits were done by anonymous users.
    • 2018 August 16, Stephen Harrison, “Who Updates Celebrity Deaths on Wikipedia?”, in Slate[2]:
      Since two-thirds of these deaditors were anonymous, it seemed unlikely that I would ever track them down. But I tried to find some of the remaining one-third.
    • 2022 September 9, Jody Serrano, “How Wikipedia's 'Deaditors' Sprang Into Action on Queen Elizabeth II's Page After Her Death”, in Gizmodo[3]:
      How Wikipedia's 'Deaditors' Sprang Into Action on Queen Elizabeth II's Page After Her Death [title]
    • [2022 September 13, Liam Mannix, “Evidence suggests Wikipedia is accurate and reliable. When are we going to start taking it seriously?”, in The Sydney Morning Herald[4]:
      The editor who broke the news, Sydwhunte, remains anonymous. Indeed, after adding in the death note, they barely made another edit. The community calls such accounts Deaditors or WikiJackals – people who seem to prize being the first to announce a death.]