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Wiksplain

To show an information box, generally from Wikipedia, under videos YouTube deems worthy of having to explain or add context or, more likely, criticism. Also: Wiksplained, Wiksplaining, Wiksplanation

Derived from Mansplain.
As if I needed YouTube to Wiksplain COVID to me.

Thanks, YouTube, for Wiksplaining FEMA in this hurricane video.
by sMylesG October 28, 2024
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wikiweb3

His WikiWeb3 page provided invaluable research information for the newspaper article.
by Tie.Dye.Pirate.Guy December 8, 2024
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wikigrind

1. "wikigrind" is a verb meaning to endlessly search through a wiki to find information, usually taking atleast a few minutes.
2. "wikigrind" is also a noun meaning a session of wikigrinding (verb).
1.
A: We should go water the crops!
B: Shut up, I'm wikigrinding the Stardew Wiki!

2.
A: That's a long wikigrind, that's for sure, I learned a lot!
by Notta Person 2763 December 24, 2024
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wikigrind

1. "wikigrind" is a verb that means to endlessly search for information through a wiki for a long time.
2. "wikigrind" is also a noun that means a session of wikigrinding (verb).
1.
A: Hey, can we buy the crops now?
B: Shut Up! I'm still wikigrinding the Stardew Wiki.

2.

A: That was a long wikigrind, I hope I remember this information!
by Notta Person 2763 December 24, 2024
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Wikipedia hopscotch

A game you play on wikipedia.org when you're exceptionally bored. It has two variants:

1. Start on any topic, scroll a bit, and click on the first hyperlink you see. Either repeat for a certain amount of time (say 10 or 15 minutes, but can be more or less) or for a certain number of clicks (usually in the 20-click range but can be more or less) and see where you end up.

2. Start on any topic and try to get to any other topic (called the destination) in under a certain amount of clicks (7 is good to start). Common destinations include Jesus, Nazi Germany, USA, ect. Basically, any well-known/really annoying thing is a perfect destination.

Once you get to your end article, either read it or play again, starting from your new article.
"I'm actually bored up my ass rn"

"dude just do Wikipedia hopscotch. you'll be sitting there for hours."

"wow thanks man" "this is so fun"
by someone malignant January 22, 2025
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Wikipediocracy

A den of washed-up internet trolls who care more about doxxing the volunteers who edit Wikipedia than having a life. Much like a middle-aged divorcee, the average WPO dweller has nothing better to do than stew in their own hatred, obsessively stalk the very website they claim to hate (and, in many cases, are banned from), and cloak their absurd behaviour as "concern" for the site itself.
"I won't top sockpuppeting until Bbb23 and his little cabal of wikidictators unblock me and apologise to me! They still haven't discovered my VPNs that I use to ban evade"

"Dude are you alright? You sound like you've been on Wikipediocracy again."
by wtell746 January 23, 2025
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Wiki Bias

A subset of Encyclopedia Bias specific to wiki-style platforms, exacerbated by their open but anarchic structure. Bias emerges from administrator fiat, the tyranny of persistent editors with too much time, and sourcing rules that favor established publications (which have their own biases). The result is an illusion of crowd-sourced neutrality that actually codifies the prejudices and blind spots of a specific, digitally-enabled managerial class.
Example: A wiki page for a recent scientific controversy locks as "settled" the viewpoint supported by major institutional press releases. Dissenting studies from reputable but less famous journals are removed for "lack of reliable sources," enacting Wiki Bias. The open platform becomes a tool for enforcing a specific orthodoxy under the banner of procedural rigor.
by Dumu The Void February 4, 2026
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