When you're looking up something on Wikipedia, but while reading about it, you encounter several other concepts you are not familiar with. Naive internet users will proceed to also look up those concepts on Wikipedia (said concepts are usually written as links when mentioned in the text, and therefore intrigue readers enough to click on them). They, in turn, lead to other Wikipedia pages, and before you know it, you've gone from reading about string theory, to studying dinosaur erotica in incognito mode.
Careful when reading about stuff in Wikipedia, kids, or else you may end up falling down a Wikipedia Waterslide.
by RelativelyRetarded December 06, 2017
When somebody goes onto Wikipedia to find a specific piece of information and, usually via wikilinks, ends up going off track and going through a bunch of unrelated articles. This can be common among students who have a low attention span or other focus issues.
Person: Hey dude, Imma go onto Wikipedia to find when the Soviet Union collapsed.
Dude: OK, just don't lose track of time.
*20 minutes later*
Person: How am I on an article about racism in Australia?!
Dude: Wikipedia Hypnosis, I presume? You've gotta work on your focus, man.
Dude: OK, just don't lose track of time.
*20 minutes later*
Person: How am I on an article about racism in Australia?!
Dude: Wikipedia Hypnosis, I presume? You've gotta work on your focus, man.
by some urban dictionary user April 03, 2022
Friend: "This guy at the party last night told me that quantum physics says nothing is real and we are all just waves"
Me: "I'm pretty sure he just got his Wikipedia PHD and doesn't really know what he's talking about"
Me: "I'm pretty sure he just got his Wikipedia PHD and doesn't really know what he's talking about"
by TheTrustyDrifter September 13, 2014
A word used when someone is giving way to much information on a topic or subject that no one else cares about.
Person 1: Yoo dude I just had some really good Basmati rice.
person 2: I don't know what that is but I don't really care.
person 1: Basmati is a variety of long, slender-grained aromatic rice which is traditionally grown in the Indian subcontinent, mainly India, Pakistan, and Nepal. As of 2019, India accounted for 65% of the international trade in basmati rice, while Pakistan accounted for the remaining 35%.
person 2: Stop Wikipedia Barfing on me.
person 1: Many countries use domestically grown basmati rice crops; however, basmati is geographically exclusive to certain districts of India and Pakistan.
person 2: shut up.
person 2: I don't know what that is but I don't really care.
person 1: Basmati is a variety of long, slender-grained aromatic rice which is traditionally grown in the Indian subcontinent, mainly India, Pakistan, and Nepal. As of 2019, India accounted for 65% of the international trade in basmati rice, while Pakistan accounted for the remaining 35%.
person 2: Stop Wikipedia Barfing on me.
person 1: Many countries use domestically grown basmati rice crops; however, basmati is geographically exclusive to certain districts of India and Pakistan.
person 2: shut up.
by AnnieMass September 30, 2023
Friend: "Did you know that Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Heritage for the Future uses the CPS3 arcade board, the same thing as Street Fighter 3 runs on?"
Me: "bro stop being a wikipedia page lmao"
Me: "bro stop being a wikipedia page lmao"
by spritzerland February 11, 2022
A high degree of accuracy in a generally editable information system (like Wikipedia) which is derived from the law of large numbers: while some inaccuracies may be occasionally saved into the system, the number of edits per hour with accurate information makes the system "self-healing." Thus, over time these social information systems tend to be statistically more accurate than similar systems published by a closed source, such as a small number of editors.
While Bob's Game Maps are pretty good, the GameMap Wiki tends to have better, more timely information. Because of the Wikipedia Effect, the GameMap Wiki gets new updates to game worlds near real-time, whereas Bob takes several weeks to get his updates done.
by Hiltonian April 27, 2011
1. The ultimate beer-pong distraction, involving snapping while beating your forearm with two fingers and over annunciating the phrase "wikipedia forensics".
2. To investigate something by use of wikipedia.
2. To investigate something by use of wikipedia.
1. We would have won the tourney but the other team was too good at wikipedia forensics and we tanked it.
2. Person A: Elton John was born in france
Person B: No way, Im gonna use wikipedia forensics, thats bullshit.
2. Person A: Elton John was born in france
Person B: No way, Im gonna use wikipedia forensics, thats bullshit.
by ydgamer February 27, 2011