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Adrianne Wadewitz
(1977–2014) in a video (
full resolution
) discussing the workings of
Wikipedia
, created as part of the 2012 fundraiser. Wadewitz, an American
feminist
scholar of 18th-century
British literature
, first began editing the online encyclopedia in 2004. Though she first edited anonymously, Wadewitz later became a public face of Wikipedia and attempted to address
the website's gender bias
, and was quoted on the subject in the media. She died on April 8, 2014 after a fall while
rock climbing
in
Joshua Tree National Park
.
Video:
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