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