Wikipedia Rathole

The act of losing between 45-120 minutes while performing click-throughs from the initial Wikipedia page you were interested in.... often leading you to knowledge that has no relationship what-so-ever to your original search.

Man, I was lost 2 hours and missed a meeting because I went down a Wikipedia Rathole. However, I do now know that Richie Sambora is was born in Woodbridge, NJ.

NOTE: Original search was snow fall amounts in the NE.

by spaceman2004 October 29, 2009

Wikipedia Game

The inevitable result of trying to do serious research on wikipedia. Consists of clicking on random links in articles until you get as far away from the original topic as possible. The results must then reported to the closest person you know.

I was researching Warren Buffet for business class. Sure enough, I got into a session of the wikipedia game, and 9 pages later, I was on Louis the XIV of France.

by Danstu January 8, 2007

Wikipedia NAZI moderator

Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones was born in Suffolk

They receive feedback along the lines of "I just see the Wikipedia NAZI moderator cunt-fest in operation on this page and think "Fuck Wikipedia".

by Jesus is Fraud September 25, 2011

wikipedia

Britannica on the bathroom wall.

"Wikipedia is full of facts."

by Limecat Never Forget November 9, 2008

wikipedia

A large, online encyclopedia. Since it is publicly edited, do not site it in a paper's bibliography, it does not count as a source. It is, however, a great place to get the background on your subject, and a great place to get links and references to reputable sites.

For my paper on the 1960's, I started at wikipedia and ended up at a reliable site that really helped me out.

by reality is so overrated February 7, 2008

wikipeding

An act of looking up a word or phrase at Wikipedia.

While wikipeding "Polish language" I learned that Polish has some words derived from French.

by Bart Szyszka May 1, 2006

Wikipedia!

widely known as the main contributor to Attention Deficit Disorder

Jason: Hey did you find the info about Chemical bonding on Wikipedia!?

Weining: Yahh.. but i forgot what I was looking for already, i kept on pressing the blue coloured links and now im reading about Power Rangers

by the_offspringz January 18, 2009