wikiwalking
"I've been wikiwalking since 9 o'clock! - started off in Bangladesh and ended up at Prime Minister's Questions!"
wikiwalking by aeonsound August 12, 2006
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wikifarming
Using Wikipedia to unearth tidbits of knowledge for the purpose of bringing them up in conversation, in a despondent effort to make oneself seem smarter.
Typical subjects of wikifarming include theoretical physics, trivia from sitcoms, basic psychology, the works of Nostradamus, Shakespeare's tragedies, statistics from practically any organized sport (most often football or baseball), the Renaissance, and pretty much anything that could make one appear more knowledgeable in front of the right people. Usually fails.
Typical subjects of wikifarming include theoretical physics, trivia from sitcoms, basic psychology, the works of Nostradamus, Shakespeare's tragedies, statistics from practically any organized sport (most often football or baseball), the Renaissance, and pretty much anything that could make one appear more knowledgeable in front of the right people. Usually fails.
A. "I was doing some research last night, and I found out that any four-dimensional object in four-dimensional space will cast a three-dimensional shadow. Turns out, most physicists agree that little, if anything, can be gained scientifically from assuming the fourth dimension to be time, but rather as another spatial axis, which is how..."
B. "Someone's been wikifarming."
B. "Someone's been wikifarming."
wikifarming by that_tall_fellow June 23, 2009
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wikibating
When someone edits their own wikipedia page. If a wikipedia page includes so many details that only a major stalker would have written it, or it whitewashes negative aspects of a person's life, it was probably wikibated.
wikibating by Sic Em February 5, 2009
WikiWalking
Looking up something on Wikipedia which then spirals into reading pages and pages of different articles.
Gary: Hey man, you look tired.
Ash: I'm exhausted. I was looking up The Fountain of Youth last night and ended up WikiWalking until about 3am.
Jimmy: I'll catch up with you in a bit, I'm going for a WikiWalk
Ash: I'm exhausted. I was looking up The Fountain of Youth last night and ended up WikiWalking until about 3am.
Jimmy: I'll catch up with you in a bit, I'm going for a WikiWalk
WikiWalking by Merlingoth January 27, 2013
Wikiwalking
Wikiwalking is a speed game which two or more people can play on Wikipedia. They choose a start page and an ending page. The first one to the final page wins that round, and normally you play the best two out of three.
Wikiwalking by SWCrazyFan October 26, 2010