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• @Nettrom: Nice article on emergent roles. One nitpicking question -- in the final sentence of the third paragraph, you state that role embracers have lengthier participation if they move on to a second article. But your definition of a role embracer already presumes that they work on more than one article. Did you really mean "article embracers" there? NewYorkActuary (talk) 17:47, 24 October 2016 (UTC)

• @NewYorkActuary: You are absolutely right that they by definition have to work on multiple articles, thanks for catching that! I checked the paper, and it is referring to the "role embracers". Their primary finding is the longevity of the participation, with a secondary finding that the role embracers will focus on the second article they work on. I've rephrased the sentence to reflect that. Thanks again! Regards, Nettrom (talk) 22:28, 25 October 2016 (UTC)

See also the authors' comment on the "Emergent Role Behaviours ..." paper here. Regards, Tbayer (WMF) (talk) 06:32, 30 October 2016 (UTC)