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Wikipedia Rule 

References the general theory that when a Wikipedia user is on any given Wikipedia article the user is never more than 6 clicks away from something directly related to sex, either through related articles or text-embedded links.

*Note: 6 clicks is a conservative number, in everyday practice the average required number of clicks is lower.
Wikipedia Rule example link paths:
Starting article: William Howard Taft. 1>Serial Killers. 2> Sex.

Starting article: Brooklyn Bridge. 1>Pedestrians. 2>Health. 3> Reproductive Health. 4>Pregnancy. 5>Vagina.

Starting Article: Manganese. 1>Pigment. 2>Cosmetics. 3>Human Body. 4>Male Reproductive System.
Wikipedia Rule by Siddarthan October 2, 2010
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Wikipedia Fact 

Fact about someone or something that seems a little strange to be real. From Wikipedia.org, a site where anyone can edit any article at any time.
Brett: Dude, did you hear that David Archuleta won an adult film award before he got on American Idol?

Nicole: Are you sure? That sounds like a Wikipedia Fact to me.
Wikipedia Fact by Brett94 May 27, 2008

Wikipedia cop 

A person, usually a wikipedia administrator, that prowles wikipedia looking for errors and vandalism. These people usually have no sense of humor and strive to keep wikipedia the most boring encyclopedia ever.
Me: I made a change to Wikipeda that said that I ruled France and Sarkozy was a man whore. Some bastard Wikipedia Cop changed it before anyone could get a laugh, tho.

Wikipedia Chain 

When you go on Wikipedia to read one article on one subject, and end up reading many other articles on completely unrelated subjects.
I was just on a Wikipedia chain. I was reading an article about beer and ended up on an article about dog shit.
Wikipedia Chain by TheJokerX47 February 26, 2014

Wikipedia loop 

The state of continually, endlessly following links from one page to the next on Wikipedia linking topics that grow progressively distant from what you originally searched.
I started out looking up information on Ford cars and ended up on a page about Animal Farm. I was in quite the Wikipedia loop. aka wikipedian loop and wikiloop
Wikipedia loop by Benny123 January 13, 2016

Wikipedia Tang 

Wikiepedia Tang (Cecilia Tang) is the vice principle of La Salle Trollege. She is one of those aggressive feminist who comes from Diocesan Girls School. She teaches f2-f3 history , everyone died from her tests and exam paper even though she gave students the history syllabus. As the exam paper would most likely originate from Wikipedia, we would eventually die lmao.
Wikipedia Tang: whats the chinese name of Mein Kampf: My Struggle :D

Wikipedia Salad 

Something that is a salad by Wikipedia’s definition, or any combination of ingredients usually with a raw ingredient.
“Hey look at this salad I got you”
‘That’s just trail mix’
“It’s a Wikipedia Salad
Wikipedia Salad by Mr_TV_ September 15, 2021