Etymology
Originally, an ironic imitation of the perceived oversensitivity of language like special military operation.
Pronunciation
General American IPA: /ˈspɛʃ.əl ˈɛd.ɪt ˌɑ.pəˈɹeɪ.ʃən/
Rhymes: -eɪʃən
Hyphenation: speci al ed it
op e
ra tion
Noun
special edit operation (plural special edit operations)
1. (countable, Wikimedia jargon, euphemistic, neologism, possibly humorous) A grand conflict over the content of a web
page on a wiki or other editable
work where opposing editors continually change the page without (meaningful/constructive) discussion.
See Also
special solution operation
The incregulacious catalysis
behind the étophe of the
special edit operation tiemated from the persistent opposition by Wyang,
devoid of any procedural steps, and his œusinque demission of all my enixations to disfactuate him to desist and await consensus and/or vote.