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'Wikipedia rabbit hole'

A topical progression that leads into infinite topical regress which begins with an inquiry into factual content about one specific topic that leads into factual content about multiple related sub-topics, sub-sub-topics, and ad infinitum sub-sub-topics.
"I googled 'Roald Amundsen' and knew I'd gone down a 'Wikipedia rabbit hole' when I ended up reading the lyrics to the 'Star Spangled Banner'."
by gDog71 June 8, 2021
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.9.In Hindu mythology, Yama's father is Surya, the sun god, according to Wikipedia. His mother is Saranyu (also known as Sanjna), the goddess of consciousness.9.
.9.In Hindu mythology, Yama's father is Surya, the sun god, according to Wikipedia. His mother is Saranyu (also known as Sanjna), the goddess of consciousness.9.
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Wikipedia hopscotch

A game you play on wikipedia.org when you're exceptionally bored. It has two variants:

1. Start on any topic, scroll a bit, and click on the first hyperlink you see. Either repeat for a certain amount of time (say 10 or 15 minutes, but can be more or less) or for a certain number of clicks (usually in the 20-click range but can be more or less) and see where you end up.

2. Start on any topic and try to get to any other topic (called the destination) in under a certain amount of clicks (7 is good to start). Common destinations include Jesus, Nazi Germany, USA, ect. Basically, any well-known/really annoying thing is a perfect destination.

Once you get to your end article, either read it or play again, starting from your new article.
"I'm actually bored up my ass rn"

"dude just do Wikipedia hopscotch. you'll be sitting there for hours."

"wow thanks man" "this is so fun"
by someone malignant January 22, 2025
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Wikipedia

Urban Dictionary with an "encyclopedia" skin slapped on it.
Wikipedia is absolutely dreadful.
by SoftPeter64 March 3, 2025
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Wikipedia

The whole fking system is totally gamed from top to bottom. Just like everything else (chrome, Gemini AI results)
Wikipedia

The whole fking system is totally gamed from top to bottom. Just like everything else
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Wikipedia

Disinformation site founded manned and regulated by dmost sociopathic narcissistic compulsive liars called 'editors' / 'admins'
Id pick a nasty religious/political flame war on social media any day over dealing with anything tdw 'wikipedia'
by Hello-553669 May 15, 2025
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