Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

editathon

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ed-i-tathon
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A collaborative group session of contributing edits to a wiki.

Example Sentences

"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."
"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."
"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 […]"

Etymology

From edit + -athon.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: edit

Inflected Forms

editathons (plural) edit-a-thon (alternative)

Questions

What does editathon mean?: A collaborative group session of contributing edits to a wiki.
Where does editathon come from?: From edit + -athon.

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