wikigrazing

The practice of grazing through the website Wikipedia, having drifted away from the article you were originally reading. Leads to people developing an in-depth knowledge of obscure subjects, and can go unchecked for hours. It often stems from hitting the "Random Article" link on the nav bar

"Ah shit! I was supposed to pick up Timmy from Boy Scouts, but I was wikigrazing! Oh well, at least I'll be able to tell him about Heinkel jet engines....."

by pushtheenvelope June 25, 2007

wikiport

to do a report completly by copying wiki pedias entry

dude i didnt research about civil engineering but its okay ill wikiport it

by ethan howell January 19, 2008

Wikifloating

When you're surfing Wikipedia and drift away from the original article and get distracted by other articles linked in the one you meant to read in the first place. The same of course can happen to you all over again with the next article - potentially going on like this for hours.

wikisurfing

dude 1: hey, did you know that george lucas was inspired by his dog when he created the wookies?
dude 2: hey, I thought you were doing research for your history essay.
dude 1: yes, but then I started wikifloating! for hours.

by Kane* October 26, 2008

Wikinaut

Anyone who sails the waves of Wikipedia and/or other wiki's both searching for information and adding their own knowledge.

I'm a new wikinaut and I've only just begun building a page.

by Amsterdam160 June 5, 2009

Wikarpal Tunnel Syndrome

Is a cyber-medical condition in which a Wikipedia surfer follows too long a string of links when researching a topic, and is unable to return to the main topic of research. Symptoms include conceptual numbness and stream of thought weakness. Another name for the syndrome is 'Blunderline Disease'

I was researching the causes of the American Civil War but in trying to understand who Jefferson Davis was and what occurred in the presidential election of 1860 I suffered a bad case of Wikarpal Tunnel Syndrome and ended up at a page describing Neo-Latin, forgetting what exactly I was doing on the computer.

by Neonym September 1, 2009

Wikipeditis

A cyber disease in which a Wikipedia surfer tries to avoid Wikarpal Tunnel Syndrome by "ctrl-clicking" the blue reference links which appear as tabs within their browser, and inadvertently creates too many tabs. Symptoms include complete confusion and the reading of information with the mistaken understanding as to what topic the information pertains to.

I opened so many tabs the other day that I almost crashed my browser. I must suffer from a bad case of Wikipeditis.

by Neonym September 1, 2009

wikilost

to be lost within a sea of tabs and pages only tangentaly related to your reserch aims somewhere almost fifty pagrs ago.

lesbianism in erotica, scienc fiction and race, the currecy and econimy of columbia, bhudist statues.

yep you're wikilost

by missrgris December 15, 2009