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Editors of the online encyclopedia Wikipedia tend to 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] Elizabeth II,^[5]^[10]^[11] and Henry Kissinger.^[12]^[13]

In January 2009, in response to false death reports on the English Wikipedia articles about Robert Byrd and Edward Kennedy, the site's co-founder Jimmy Wales proposed that pages be moderated using Flagged Revisions.^[14] A similar feature known as pending changes, a form of protection that only applies to selected articles, was first implemented in 2010, though by 2021 it was not widely used and was unmaintained.^[15]^[16]

When a subject of a biography dies of a disease, its progress may also be described.^[17]

References

^ Rauwerda, Annie (9 September 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.
^ Mannix, Liam (13 September 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.
^ Harrison, Stephen (16 August 2018). "Meet the People Who Quickly Update Wikipedia Pages When a Celebrity Like Aretha Franklin Dies". Slate Magazine.
^ Thomas, Rhys (5 October 2022). "Inside the world of Wikipedia's deaditors". The Face.
^ ^a ^b McNamee, Kai (15 September 2022). "Fastest 'was' in the West: Inside Wikipedia's race to cover the queen's death". NPR. Archived from the original on 15 January 2023. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
^ Samora, Russell (August 2018). "Life After Death on Wikipedia". The Pudding. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
^ Goldenberg, Russell (August 2018). "Life After Death on Wikipedia". The Pudding.
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ Lukpat, Alyssa (18 September 2022). "When Queen Elizabeth II Died, Wikipedia's 'Deaditors' Were Ready". The Wall Street Journal.
^ Parsons, Jeff (9 September 2022). "How Wikipedia responded when news of the Queen's death broke". Metro.
^ Huggins, Katherine (30 November 2023). "'I'd put that on my resume': Wikipedia editor brags she was 'the girl' who changed 'is' to 'was' on Henry Kissinger's page". The Daily Dot.
^ Rose, Janus (30 November 2023). "Wikipedia Editor Who First Noted Henry Kissinger's Death Has Become an 'Instant Legend'". Vice.
^ Snyder, Chris (26 January 2009). "Jimmy Wales Pushes For Flagged Revisions After Fake Death Reports". Wired. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
^ phoebe and HaeB (7 June 2010). ""Pending changes" trial to start on June 14".
^ Legoktm (31 January 2021). "The people who built Wikipedia, technically".
^ 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. PMC 9915341. PMID 29461342. S2CID 3442166.

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[Input-1] Rauwerda, Annie (9 September 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.

[Smh-2] Mannix, Liam (13 September 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.

[Thomas_2022-4] Thomas, Rhys (5 October 2022). "Inside the world of Wikipedia's deaditors". The Face.

[McNamee-5] McNamee, Kai (15 September 2022). "Fastest 'was' in the West: Inside Wikipedia's race to cover the queen's death". NPR. Archived from the original on 15 January 2023. Retrieved 22 January 2023.

[6] Samora, Russell (August 2018). "Life After Death on Wikipedia". The Pudding. Retrieved 14 January 2023.

[Goldenberg_2018-7] 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.

[Steiner_2013-9] 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] Lukpat, Alyssa (18 September 2022). "When Queen Elizabeth II Died, Wikipedia's 'Deaditors' Were Ready". The Wall Street Journal.

[11] Parsons, Jeff (9 September 2022). "How Wikipedia responded when news of the Queen's death broke". Metro.

[12] Huggins, Katherine (30 November 2023). "'I'd put that on my resume': Wikipedia editor brags she was 'the girl' who changed 'is' to 'was' on Henry Kissinger's page". The Daily Dot.

[13] Rose, Janus (30 November 2023). "Wikipedia Editor Who First Noted Henry Kissinger's Death Has Become an 'Instant Legend'". Vice.

[14] Snyder, Chris (26 January 2009). "Jimmy Wales Pushes For Flagged Revisions After Fake Death Reports". Wired. Retrieved 1 December 2023.

[15] HaeB (7 June 2010). ""Pending changes" trial to start on June 14".

[16] Legoktm (31 January 2021). "The people who built Wikipedia, technically".

[Mahroum_2018-17] 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. PMC 9915341. PMID 29461342. S2CID 3442166.

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+In January 2009, in response to false death reports on the English Wikipedia articles about [[Robert Byrd]] and [[Edward Kennedy]], the site's co-founder [[Jimmy Wales]] proposed that pages be moderated using [[Flagged Revisions]].<ref>{{cite magazine | url=https://www.wired.com/business/2009/01/jimbo-pushes-fl/ | title=Jimmy Wales Pushes For Flagged Revisions After Fake Death Reports | magazine=[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]] | date=26 January 2009 | accessdate=1 December 2023| author=Snyder, Chris}}</ref> A similar feature known as [[Wikipedia:Pending changes|pending changes]],  a form of protection that only applies to selected articles, was first implemented in 2010, though by 2021 it was not widely used and was unmaintained.<ref>{{cite news|title="Pending changes" trial to start on June 14|author=phoebe and HaeB|date=7 June 2010|title-link=Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2010-06-07/News_and_notes}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=The people who built Wikipedia, technically|author=Legoktm|date=31 January 2021|title-link=Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2021-01-31/Technology report}}</ref>
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