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Wikipedia Hypnosis

When somebody goes onto Wikipedia to find a specific piece of information and, usually via wikilinks, ends up going off track and going through a bunch of unrelated articles. This can be common among students who have a low attention span or other focus issues.
Person: Hey dude, Imma go onto Wikipedia to find when the Soviet Union collapsed.
Dude: OK, just don't lose track of time.
*20 minutes later*
Person: How am I on an article about racism in Australia?!
Dude: Wikipedia Hypnosis, I presume? You've gotta work on your focus, man.
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Wikifascist

An individual who utilises their knowledge of Wikipedia's rules and policies in a strictly-defined fashion to bully, harass, or override less-knowledgeable contributors with zero consultation, frequently deleting their in-good-faith efforts to improve wikipedia, in direct contravention of the spirit and often the letter of wikipedia.
I spent some weeks creating a well-researched highly-technical wikipedia entry that was missing, and was just in the process of linking it to well-known pages and was adding references that would help make it "Notable", when some Wikifascist deleted with zero notice or discussion
by anonymous April 13, 2022
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wikipedia

By the people, but not necessarily for the people. Attempts to define and explain everything, ideally without writing a book on every topic.
Has the same issues as any other democracy or a place, with group majorities - tribalism and its cultural influence: A place were simps, feminists, bitches, are making their tribal biases/opinions 'scientific', while linking what is pretty much their own blog's shitposts for sources; and nerds are trying to make their hobby/area of expertise articles as unreadable as possible for a commoner.

Has a tendency of throwing you into a rabbit whole of information, when you've already forgotten your initial question and have ended up reading articles on ancient Chinese schools of thought for no reason.
I disagree with that wikipedia article, so I've edited the definition to be a more 'objective representation of reality'. Also I'm undoing all the edits that disagree with me, my majority will prevail!

I'm wikipedia-eductated.
by veinsofgold May 31, 2022
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Wikipedia

Wikipedia is the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit.
Teacher: Wikipedia is not a source
Students: But it can be.
by Klojhgfcvbn June 6, 2022
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ahh, Wikipedia is the savior of students everywhere. wikipedia is the source of every middle school paper that was done at 11:59 to turn in at 12:00
Example??

HA, Just read any of my school papers you will find everything copied from Wikipedia.
by The 1 who speaks the truth December 1, 2022
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Wike

- An extremely wicked person.
- A thief. - A person who Tinubu promises twelve virgins for Nigerian votes. - A person who can sell Rivers state. - An expert in many types of rigging. - A person who likes to deliver agbado. - A person with whose pocket is filled with agbado.
- A person who outdoes the devil at wickedness.
- A person who other wicked people are afraid of.
- As e dey pain them, I go do make make e pain them more.
My teacher asked us to mark our tests and I wiked it. He is a Wike.
by Relative Bro March 1, 2023
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Wikipedia

An extremely biased and informational source where everyone is the author. People get loads of information from outside sources and cite them. Are those outside sources reliable? Some are, some are not. They do not have to be
I just read an article about Pearl Harbor on Wikipedia! It was packed with so much information??? HOW DO THEY GET THIS???
by r59b1 June 6, 2023
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