Pronunciations (3)
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/ˈdɛ.dɪ.dɚ/
Pronunciation notes
- General-American
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/ˈdɛ.də.dɚ/
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- General-American
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/ˈdɛd.ɪ.tə/
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- Received-Pronunciation
Noun
A person who edits information related to a recent death, especially on biographical pages on wikis such as Wikipedia.
Usage- Internet
- Examples
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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.
More examples (2)
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.