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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
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wikipoodle 

The action of looking up an article on Wikipedia, similar to Googling
I don't know anything about Cancun, I'm gonna Wikipoodle it
wikipoodle by LizD June 19, 2007

wikipoodia 

When you take a shit and go down a Wikipedia wormhole, emerging with vast quantities of knowledge.
Jim hadn't done any research on Guatemala, but he took a wikipoodia as soon as we arrived at the hotel, and Now he's an expert on Antiguan history.
wikipoodia by MikalR December 28, 2019

wikipoogle 

To perform minor research into a subject by using Wikipedia and Google. Also used as a measure of popularity and/or fame.

Portmanteau of Wikip(edia) + (G)oogle
I'd never heard of them, I'll wikipoogle them when I get home.
wikipoogle by Daniel Bailey-Graham November 13, 2007

Wikipoopoo

A person who is a walking encyclopedia of questionable facts. Someone who is mostly believable, and knows several details of an idea, but misses context or has misplaced context. An intellectual grazer. Typically very attractive, and when wrong they still have their good looks.
Monty Python's Quest for the Holy Grail.

Bridgekeeper: "What is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow?"

King Arthur: What do you mean, an African or a European swallow?

The Bridgekeeper is a Wikipoopoo. Also guys named Jonathan.
Wikipoopoo by adonisDNAtigerBlood February 23, 2013

wikipoogle 

To perform superficial research into a subject by entering related terms into Google or Wikipedia.

Portmanteau of Wikip(edia)+(G)oogle
I've never heard of this band. I'll wikipoogle them when I get in.
wikipoogle by Daniel Bailey-Graham December 28, 2007