wikiwander
"I'm so bored I spent the last 12 hours wikiwandering and ended up in an article about the No. 300 Polish Bomber Squadron."
wikiwander by Steve Chan July 16, 2008
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wikiwander
The process in which a user logs on to Wikipedia to research a specific topic, only to find themselves on a completely unrelated topic several hours later.
Chris: Dude, I went to Wikipedia last night to do some research for my science project.
Mike: Did you find what you were looking for?
Chris: No. I wikiwandered for four and a half hours and found myself reading about the English parliament.
Mike: Did you find what you were looking for?
Chris: No. I wikiwandered for four and a half hours and found myself reading about the English parliament.
wikiwander by artificial_blur January 12, 2008
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Wikiwanderung
The act of reading through a series of often only tangentially related entries on Wikipedia by following interesting hyperlinks. Often takes up a surprising amount of time.
"What did you do today?"
"Oh I wasted the entire afternoon on one massive Wikiwanderung starting at the 'Tacoma Narrows Bridge' and ending up at 'Fatal Hilarity'."
"Oh I wasted the entire afternoon on one massive Wikiwanderung starting at the 'Tacoma Narrows Bridge' and ending up at 'Fatal Hilarity'."
Wikiwanderung by Woesinger July 25, 2008
wikiwander
The act or process of looking something up in a wiki site, most usually Wikipedia, and then following a trail from there based on entry links which catch your attention.
"I looked up Suzuki motorcycles in Wikipedia and read that it was started in the Shizuoka Prefecture, who's entry told me that a massive earthquake occurs every 100 to 150 years and that the last one was 146 years ago. This prompted my interest in big earthquakes and the wikiwander went from there."
wikiwander by Ragle August 24, 2006
Wikimongering
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.
<Toothpaste> You should check Wikipedia for that, it has great make-up tips.
Toothpaste is always wikimongering.
Toothpaste is always wikimongering.
Wikimongering by DJMoony December 27, 2005
Wikiwandering
If you look something up on Wikipedia and go to another article using those blue word links enough times that you forget what you first looked up, you are Wikiwandering.
Tyler: Did you read the Wikipedia page on Game theory?
Jeff: There are 2339 possible solutions to the 6x10 pentomino grid problem!
Tyler: Have you been Wikiwandering?
Jeff: There are 2339 possible solutions to the 6x10 pentomino grid problem!
Tyler: Have you been Wikiwandering?
Wikiwandering by Luciencd September 27, 2013