Death and Wikipedia

Biographical information in Wikipedia

Sydwhunte was the first to update the Elizabeth II Wikipedia article following her death.[1][2]

Death and Wikipedia describes how Wikipedia editors present the death of public figures.

Wikipedia editors update Wikipedia articles with information about deaths quickly after people die.[3][4] Web developer and Wikipedia editor Hay Kranen coined the term "deaditor" to refer to these editors.[5] Articles about people often have large spikes in views just after they die. For example, the article about designer Kate Spade averaged 2,117 views in 48-hour periods before her death. In the 48 hours after her death, it got 3,417,416, an increase of 161,427%.[6][7][8]

The media have remarked on the site's quick updates after the deaths of people such as Michael Jackson[9] and Elizabeth II.[10][11][12]

In 2009, English-language Wikipedia adopted new quality control measures to verify information on the biographies of living people, including claims of death.[13]

When a biographee dies of a disease, the progress of that disease may also be described.[14]

## References[edit]

1. ^ Rauwerda, Annie (September 9, 2022). "Who the hell updated Queen Elizabeth II's Wikipedia page so quickly?". Input. Archived from the original on 20 October 2022. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
2. ^ Mannix, Liam (September 13, 2022). "Evidence suggests Wikipedia is accurate and reliable. When are we going to start taking it seriously?". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
3. ^ Harrison, Stephen (16 August 2018). "Meet the People Who Quickly Update Wikipedia Pages When a Celebrity Like Aretha Franklin Dies". Slate Magazine.
4. ^ Thomas, Rhys (5 October 2022). "Inside the world of Wikipedia's deaditors". The Face.
5. ^ McNamee, Kai (2022-09-15). "Fastest 'was' in the West: Inside Wikipedia's race to cover the queen's death". NPR. Archived from the original on 2023-01-15. Retrieved 2023-01-22.
6. ^ Samora, Russell (August 2018). "Life After Death on Wikipedia". The Pudding. Retrieved 2023-01-14.
7. ^ Goldenberg, Russell (August 2018). "Life After Death on Wikipedia". The Pudding.
8. ^ Rosen, Rebecca J. (6 February 2013). "If You Want Your Wikipedia Page to Get a Ton of Traffic, Die While Performing at the Super Bowl Half-Time Show". The Atlantic.
9. ^ Steiner, Thomas; van Hooland, Seth; Summers, Ed (13 May 2013). "MJ no more: Using concurrent wikipedia edit spikes with social network plausibility checks for breaking news detection". Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on World Wide Web. pp. 791–794. doi:10.1145/2487788.2488049. ISBN 9781450320382. S2CID 15540545.
10. ^ McNamee, Kai (15 September 2022). "Fastest 'was' in the West: Inside Wikipedia's race to cover the queen's death". NPR.org.
11. ^ Lukpat, Alyssa (18 September 2022). "When Queen Elizabeth II Died, Wikipedia's 'Deaditors' Were Ready". Wall Street Journal.
12. ^ Parsons, Jeff (9 September 2022). "How Wikipedia responded when news of the Queen's death broke". Metro.
13. ^ Cohen, Noam (24 August 2009). "Wikipedia to Limit Changes to Articles on People". The New York Times.
14. ^ Mahroum, Naim; Bragazzi, Nicola Luigi; Sharif, Kassem; Gianfredi, Vincenza; Nucci, Daniele; Rosselli, Roberto; Brigo, Francesco; Adawi, Mohammad; Amital, Howard; Watad, Abdulla (June 2018). "Leveraging Google Trends, Twitter, and Wikipedia to Investigate the Impact of a Celebrityʼs Death From Rheumatoid Arthritis". JCR: Journal of Clinical Rheumatology. 24 (4): 188–192. doi:10.1097/RHU.0000000000000692. PMID 29461342. S2CID 3442166.

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