Wikipedantic

The insertion of pedantic details into a Wikipedia article in order to appear smart or jack up your edit cred.

The speeding car struck a Sycamore iAcer pseudoplatanus/i tree after spinning out of control near Gipsy Lane on Queens Ride, Barnes, southwest London.
(en.wikipedia.org article on Marc Bolan)

"Acer pseudoplatanus" is Wikipedantic since it's not really necessary to the article.

by discordian23 January 5, 2009

Wikipedianism

A Religion naming Wikipedia as god, as it knows all knowledge of importance, and Myspace as Jesus, for it is followed by more than 120 thousand people world-wide. Other websites are named as apostles.

Baptist: Hey, Christianity bores me.
Wikipedian: Then come join my religion, Wikipedianism.
Baptist: What's that?
Wikipedian: (see above definition)
Baptist: WOW! I love Wikipedia and Myspace!

by Wikipedist November 6, 2006

wikipedian god

A religious figure based on texts which have been edited and revised, thereby becoming a "New and Improved" god over time.

The King James Version of the Bible was part of the process of making a wikipedian god.

by Transylvanianfish October 16, 2013

wikipeandering

The act of aimlessly jumping from subject to subject while on Wikipedia.

I found out last night that Tommy Lee Jones is from Midland, Texas while I was wikipeandering.

by JoeyGee December 9, 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

Wikipedal

To use Wikipedia articles, with either no or very few changes, in an attempt to submit it as a college or high school paper. Some teachers will catch it and destroy your academic standing and some teachers have no clue and will commend you for your excellent work.

These articles are often filled with blatant lies that we never notice because we do not read them in full.

"My options were nap or write my paper. I napped. Now I have to wikipedal the entire thing."

"I pray to God my teacher doesn't catch me wikipedalling. If she knew I wikipedalled I would be in serious trouble."

by ScrantonWill January 20, 2009

Wikipediatrics

Tinkering with wikipedia with the end goal of winning an argument.

Teacher 1: My student handed in a paper that said that Martin Luther King Jr. was actually white.
Teacher 2: Did he source his facts?
Teacher 1: Yeah, to wikipedia.
Teacher 2: I'm scoping right now, and it looks like he's correct.
Teacher 1: Oooh. I suspect some wikipediatrics are at play here.

by Hans Grub January 6, 2013