Wikipedist

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A Wikipedian (person who contributes to Wikipedia). rare

    "It has of course the brilliant let-out that it does not seek to prove that its statements are true, but only that they are “verifiable”. This principle is relatively weak: Wikipedists are supposed to be able to source their remarks."

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"It has of course the brilliant let-out that it does not seek to prove that its statements are true, but only that they are “verifiable”. This principle is relatively weak: Wikipedists are supposed to be able to source their remarks."

Etymology

From Wikipedia + -ist, likely by analogy with encyclopedist.

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