A prolonged visit to wikipedia during which contextual links are followed until the user is reading pages that have nothing to do with the original subject they sought. Particularly exciting wikifaris end up coming back to the original page at some point.
OMG! I went on the most incredible wikifari last night! I started with Nirvana, got all the way to osmotic pressure, and then, 5 hours later, I was at Nirvana again!
Man, there's a test coming up, I better go on a wikifari.
Man, there's a test coming up, I better go on a wikifari.
by Sam Chew Chin November 16, 2006
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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."
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Jorge: What's the Concorde?
PDiddy: It was a wicked fast Jet that could go from New York to Europe in less than 3 hours
Jorge: I don't believe you
PDiddy: I'm going to wikifirm that to prove you wrong!
PDiddy: It was a wicked fast Jet that could go from New York to Europe in less than 3 hours
Jorge: I don't believe you
PDiddy: I'm going to wikifirm that to prove you wrong!
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