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Wikimpeding

The act of looking up a Wikipedia article either aimlessly or for a specific purpose (academia, research, etc.), and subsequently becoming engrossed in random articles ensuing from one's clicking of new links in each article that somehow sparked their interest; thus impeding your original efforts or simply prolonging them unnecessarily. Will often result in entire afternoons or evenings wasted, which were originally intended to be spent studying or doing something more productive- although one may have learned a few cool things in the process.

It can probably be attributed to Wikipedia's simplicity, vast information archives, and aesthetic value.

See also: procrasturbation
Cletus: Damn! I was just looking up the wikipedia article on quantum mechanics to get some ideas to help me start my research paper...now here I am 28 pages and 4 hours later on the article for the Shaq-Kobe feud.

Jimmy Wales: Wikimpeding strikes again! Muahahahahahaha!
by Longrod Von Hugedong March 4, 2013
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WikiMedia

A pejorative for any digital or print source of news (similar to the online encyclopedia Wikipedia) provides only surface-level or Establishment-approved information.

In a contemporary Western context, it is used alongside or in place of the term "Mainstream Media".
Skylar: "Hey Kevin, did you hear that our President is secretly a Russian foreign agent?"

Kevin: "You have to stop listening to the WikiMedia before its too late."
by Bobbyd123 March 23, 2022
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Wikimedia

A scam from Jimmy Wales weirdo that cannot handle even news in any major country. Not to mention anything more verbose and important. It's full of wikinazis as well. Call the police.
- Google it n00b
- *Reads outdated half-assed crap* Me read. Me knowledge. Me donate Wikimedia.
by Barkingdog October 5, 2023
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wikipedia

Basically it's Urban Dictionary but with all the entries based around sex-realted slang replaced by intellectual thought. A good proportion of it may or may not be written by crazy people in caves who haven't seen sunlight in years, and as a result believe that "splinkard" is a real world.
"Do NOT quote wikipedia in your dissertation! It is not an academic source." Bloody useful though.
by Chris May 13, 2005
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A website that REALLY pissed off the Chinese Communist Party, or simply the PARTY.
Wikipedia actually has more backbone than corporations like Microsoft, Google or Yahoo!.
by Peevee July 30, 2008
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WIKIPEDIA

Acronym for We Illustrate Kinks Involving Phallocentric Euphoria During Intercourse. Awesome.
Man, check out this article on WIKIPEDIA
by captainhogfacehead October 16, 2009
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Wikimedia Foundation

A NGO from US which holds people as slaves for decades. Literally.
- I never report the Wikimedia Foundation to the police because my life is free now
by Barkingdog May 27, 2023
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