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"Going down a wikihole" is a term used to describe the phenomenon in which one opens a wiki article about something cool, clicks on a link to another article about something ever cooler, and eventually comes up for air 6 hours or so later after having clicked on all manner of related cool wiki links. The word is based on "wiki" as in "wikipedia" plus "hole" as in rabbit hole, and is inspired by the notion that wikipedia offers its own highly seductive type of single-user rabbit hole. It is similar in meaning to "wikitrail" but implies a certain loss of control at some point.
Damn! It's already 2 a.m.! I just wanted to look up this one thing about coffee and ended up winding my way through a four-hour wikihole!
wikihole by Pennsylvania Dave July 11, 2011

Wikiloop 

The vicious, entrapping cycle of clicking intriguing link after intriguing link in Wikipedia.
I only wanted to know what a merkin was, but ended up wasting three hours caught in a wikiloop.
Wikiloop by Bundy Fett March 18, 2007
Word of the Day on August 25, 2021

Wikiholic 

A person whos addicted to wikipedia and does things like wikihops
Tom: "Whats takin Greg so long"

Tim: "He's probly on wikipedia he's such a wikiholic"
Wikiholic by TBOJR February 10, 2010

wikilobbying 

The act of paying others money to edit Wikipedia entries in order to cast the employer's company, product or point of view in a better light. Coined by Stephen Colbert of The Colbert Report.

When money determines Wikipedia entries, reality becomes a commodity.
"IBM could throw some of their money at perception and make their product 'objectively better', then Microsoft can just fire their cash cannons back and we're off to the races. This is the essence of wikilobbying." - Stephen Colbert
Word of the Day on February 6, 2007

wikillectual 

one whose major knowledge base appears to have been garnered from Wikipedia and its related projects

derived from googlectual
Rob concealed his status as a Wikillectual once he finally received his Wi-Fi PDA/Cellphone, though those with whom he engaged in intellectual sparring sessions often commented on his overactive bladder, as he constantly ran to the bathroom in order to query the site privately.
wikillectual by Elliott July 8, 2005
Word of the Day on July 31, 2005

wikipolice

When you edit a page on wikipeadia and write a load of shit that dosnt mean anything or add random rude words in to pharagraphs. After a few times the wikipolice will notice this and ban you from editing any pages on wikipeadia. If you get away with this then you have evaided the wikipolice.
A wiki is a page or collection of Web pages designed to enable anyone who accesses it to contribute or modify content,WIKIPOLICE THUMS UP BUMS! using a simplified markup language.
wikipolice by mikey 18 February 18, 2009