Following Wikipedia links through a diverse series of topics, usually winding up on a subject matter unrelated to the starting article.
I looked up Napoleon on Wikipedia, then spent all night on a wikitrek till I got to an article on arsenic.
by Joe Newberry February 23, 2009
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"I went on a wikitangent from Helen Keller to Standard Oil to anti-trust laws by state to the Roman Empire to Pervez Musharaf... I'm so ADD."
by Jack324 January 9, 2008
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wikitup- to look up on wikipedia
in contrast to the verb google(google- to search for something on google.com: google it), wikitup refers to looking up articles on wikipedia.org
in contrast to the verb google(google- to search for something on google.com: google it), wikitup refers to looking up articles on wikipedia.org
by Panther41 January 11, 2008
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Him: Is that true?
Her: Well, it's wikitrue.
Him: Is that true?
Her: Well, it's wikitrue.
by Sockurmum July 17, 2009
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I just discovered Breaking Bad last night, and it was well worth a wikitubing.
You can't claim to be an expert on Japan because you wikitubed Shogun.
You can't claim to be an expert on Japan because you wikitubed Shogun.
by q335r49 March 4, 2012
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"truth which has been edited to suit the taste of the majority. aka 'majority truth'. Spawned by the popularity of user-edited sites such as wikipedia, wherein users can edit history as they please, the information remaining so long as others agree with them. consequently historical truth is altered to form 'wikitruth'."
This is mostly true, except for the historical truth part. While some believe that there is an objective truth which we can magically confirm to be absolutely true, the majority of truth that humans believe in has always been some form of Wikitruth.
Wikiality is another form of Wikitruth, as defined in a very similar way by political satirist Stephen Colbert.
"truth which has been edited to suit the taste of the majority. aka 'majority truth'. Spawned by the popularity of user-edited sites such as wikipedia, wherein users can edit history as they please, the information remaining so long as others agree with them. consequently historical truth is altered to form 'wikitruth'."
This is mostly true, except for the historical truth part. While some believe that there is an objective truth which we can magically confirm to be absolutely true, the majority of truth that humans believe in has always been some form of Wikitruth.
Wikiality is another form of Wikitruth, as defined in a very similar way by political satirist Stephen Colbert.
wikitruth will has always existed. ug see buffalo, ug draw buffalo. pip see buffalo drawing, draw horns on. rug see horned buffalo, look good to rug, rug upvote.
by painkiller2 August 15, 2006
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by Judge Fudge September 10, 2008
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