Noun: An instance where you check something on Wikipedia, and get lost in clicking on other links. Usually it lasts for an hour, but can go all day. A very good way to soak your brain with useless, random knowledge.
I wanted to see where Duran Duran was from, and then I read the page on platinum, Cheerios, space food, Nelson Mandela, black holes, the gold standard, and human physical attractiveness. It was one hell of a wikibender.
A wikitangent is when you goes to the websiteWikipedia to learn more about a certain topic, but end up getting sidetracked by various links to other articles.
"I went on a wikitangent from Helen Keller to Standard Oil to anti-trust laws by state to the Roman Empire to Pervez Musharaf... I'm so ADD."
1. Spending a copious amount of time (that can usually be spent doing something that is generally considered more productive) browsing and learning odd bits of trivia from www.wikipedia.org. *Wikiing can also be used if you are referring to adding a new Wikipedia entry or modifying a current one.
2. While www.wikipedia.org is the website that originated the word, wikiing can also be used if a user is utilizing other web-based wikis.
I've been wikiing all night long and now I'm going to screw myself over on my big test tomorrow.
I am so good at wikiing. I've made more entries than anyone ever.
the annoying habit that some people have of allowing wikipedia to permeate every facet of their life to the extent that they must draw a connection to wikipedia in every possible situation, appropriate or not.