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wikilawyering en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

Etymology

From wiki + lawyering.

Meanings

  1. (taxonomic:Wikimedia jargon, uncountable) Engaging in legalistic arguments on a wiki.
    • What, and be buried in wikilawyering designed to keep actual subject matter experts out and leave wp safely in the hands of the wikieditor cliques? 2012, Graham Nye, “Four killed in US when train hits float carrying veterans”, in uk.railway (Usenet):
    • […] comments like these about "Jew-baiting" are very rare on even the most contentious of "discussion" and "mediation" pages. What one finds there instead is wikilawyering — cryptic, acronym-laden debate invoking protocol and precedent. 2007, Bidoun: A Quarterly Forum for Middle Eastern Talent:

wikilawyering en · VERB · etymology 2

Pronunciation

Etymology

From wikilawyer + -ing.

Meanings

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of wikilawyer
    form of wikilawyer