Editing Writer (section)

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Some writers contribute very small sections to a part of writing that cumulates as a result. This method is particularly suited to very large works, such as dictionaries and encyclopaedias. The best known example of the former is the ''[[Oxford English Dictionary]]'', under the editorship of lexicographer [[James Murray (lexicographer)|James Murray]], who was provided with the prolific and helpful contributions of [[William Chester Minor|W.C. Minor]], at the time an inmate of a hospital for the criminally insane.<ref name=Crowthorne>{{cite book|last=Winchester|first=Simon|author-link=Simon Winchester|title=The Surgeon of Crowthorne: a tale of murder, madness and the love of words|year=1998|publisher=Viking|location=London|isbn=0670878626|title-link=The Surgeon of Crowthorne: a tale of murder, madness and the love of words}}</ref>

The best known example of the latter – an encyclopaedia that is crowdsourced – is Wikipedia, which relies on millions of writers and editors such as [[Simon Pulsifer]]<ref name=Grossman>{{cite magazine|last=Grossman|first=Lev|title=Simon Pulsifer: The Duke of Data|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1570732,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070210120348/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0%2C9171%2C1570732%2C00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=10 February 2007|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|access-date=21 February 2013|date=16 December 2006}}</ref> worldwide.