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Wikistroy

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To intentionally insert misinformation into a Wikipedia article, for purposes of spite or mischief.
"I knew she was going to get half of her research on Apollo on Wikipedia, so I wikistroyed it to say Apollo was the Greek god of Cheese."
by CCow31282 February 2, 2010
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wikistalk

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To look up something (or more commonly, someone) on Wikipedia and take away a stalkerish amount of information.
After watching her performance on Weeds, I Wikistalked Alanis Morissette. Did you know she's won 23 music awards?
by stephcope April 6, 2010
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wikistanding

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an understanding of a subject no more in depth than the first few paragraphs of its entry on wikipedia.
While the professor may grasp every nuance of the text of the Constitution, he only has a wikistanding of the Classics upon which it was founded.
by lexstudent December 3, 2010
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wikisloth

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The reason why some wikipedia entries are incomplete.

People who assume that wikipedia articles are complete and fail to pursue additional research can also be called wikisloths.
David made a page on the Carter Doctrine, but didn't even add it to the list of Doctrines - what a wikisloth!

Wayne assumed the wikipedia page was complete and was too lazy to do more research - what a wikisloth!
by Paul A. Collins April 26, 2011
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WikiSpree

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The act of spending far more time browsing Wikipedia that one otherwise would; usually caused by general interest in one item, only to have spent hours clicking on related links in an urge to know everything.
Johnny was late to class because he went on a WikiSpree about the connection behind Seagram's Distillery and Polydor Records, which caused him to forgo sleep.

"Dude, you look totally exhausted. What'd you get up to last night?
"Well, I went on a WikiSpree to look up Husky dogs, but ended up clicking on every link related to dogs in general!"
by KiRaShi September 8, 2013
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wikistick

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Dude, no more KJ for me...I was seeing angels & demons everywhere so I figured it was time to lay off the wikisticks for a minute.
by anonymous May 23, 2021
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wikisponge

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A person who spends an inordinate amount of time absorbing useless information from wikipedia.
A: I read an article about sharks and now I know everything about them
B: You're such a wikisponge
by laudon84 August 22, 2021
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