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THE EDITORS

A novel inspired by Wikipedia

Stephen Harrison

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Agenda

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  • Background about the book
  • Short reading
  • Any questions?

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  • Covered Wikipedia since 2018
  • Slate column “Source Notes” since 2019
  • News reporting, features, and profiles

Journalism�background

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  • Setting
  • Characters
  • Representation of internet culture in fiction

�Why a novel?

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  • Started in February 2020, concluding developmental editing in December 2023
  • Wikimedian Beta Readers
  • Infopendium draws inspiration from Wikipedia, but fictionalized

�Writing process

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  • Logline “a thriller set around an online encyclopedia.”
  • Viewpoint characters
    • Morgan
    • Alex
    • Ed
    • Nevin

�Storyline

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�����Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license.�Attribution: © Vyacheslav Argenberg / http://www.vascoplanet.com/

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Any questions?

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Thank you!

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  • The Editors comes out �August 13
  • Happy to send out advanced �reader copies to Wikimedians

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  • Email me to get in touch

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stephenbharrison at gmail dot com

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