Meaning of deaditor | Babel Free

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A person who edits information related to a recent death, especially on biographical pages on wikis such as Wikipedia.

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“For those 26 articles there were 26 different deaditors. And what was surprising: two-thirds of those edits were done by anonymous users.”

“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.”

“How Wikipedia's 'Deaditors' Sprang Into Action on Queen Elizabeth II's Page After Her Death [title]”

“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.”

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