A deviation from an original wikipedia look up, and finding something completely unrelated, yet interesting.
While trying to find information on sea monkeys on Wikipedia, I took a wikidetour and discovered that Hawaii used to be called the sandwich islands.
by buckyball March 9, 2009
Get the wikidetour mug.Hopping from one internal link to another on Wikipedia to get from an unrelated random article to a pre-selected article in the least amount of links you can. Usually undertaken whilst you should be engaging in other, more relevant activities.
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Someone who refers to Wikipedia's information on every occasion and treat it as their own private gospel.
We don't want Gavin in our quiz team as he is a Wiki-Pedia-Phile and tends to get his questions nearly correct but sadly misses the mark on every occasion.
by Bradford Shopper 2 December 4, 2010
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often used in reference to Wikipedia, where budding curiosity and strategically placed hotlinks can quickly bud into an orgy of interesting but useless articles that you will quickly forget the details of and do a pisspoor job referencing later to friends.
often used in reference to Wikipedia, where budding curiosity and strategically placed hotlinks can quickly bud into an orgy of interesting but useless articles that you will quickly forget the details of and do a pisspoor job referencing later to friends.
A guy at work made reference to "Learning by Osmosis" which I pretended to find funny when everyone else laughed. When I returned to my desk I Googled "Osmosis"... which took me to "Osmosis Jones" which had a link to "Box Office Bombs" which took me to "Sahara" which lost $121,000,000 gross. I didn't learn anything about Osmosis; it was a total wiki-wiki-gang-bang
by Beta Nerd May 15, 2011
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School librarian: Should I reserve the library so you can assign them some research?
Teacher: No, I think they're only wikicurious.
School librarian: Should I reserve the library so you can assign them some research?
Teacher: No, I think they're only wikicurious.
by S.S. Banner March 30, 2012
Get the wikicurious mug.When you look something up in wikipedia, a related article or link catches your eye and causes you to drift from your main purpose. Often including many hops through wikipedia articles.
Chris: Didn't that nuclear thing explode in China?
Josh: Nah, that was Ukraine
Chris: Damn, you out wiki'd me.
::5 minutes later::
Chris: My wiki adventure took me from Chernobyl & Ukraine to Mongolia.
Chris: How the hell did Mongolia rule half the world!?!
Josh: Nah, that was Ukraine
Chris: Damn, you out wiki'd me.
::5 minutes later::
Chris: My wiki adventure took me from Chernobyl & Ukraine to Mongolia.
Chris: How the hell did Mongolia rule half the world!?!
by j_to_the_a August 28, 2007
Get the wiki adventure mug.The result of looking for facts on wikipedia to find the post has been changed to incorrect or unfactual information in an effort to intentionally deceive. Most commonly found to take place during the Worlds Largest Trivia Contest in Stevens Point, Wi.
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