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wikiality 

Reality as decided on by majority rule. Based off wikipedia's 'majority rule' fact. Featured on The Colbert Report July 31, 2006.
Wikiality refers to the changing of reality or truth via a Wikipedia-like system, allowing the public to change facts as long as there are others that agree.
wikiality by ZooZoo Magee August 1, 2006
Word of the Day on August 8, 2006
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Wikionize 

Modifying a documents to look good on a wiki page. Page Layout term.
I took your document and wikionized it.
Wikionize by Doc2Wiki August 25, 2017

wikiality 

Wikiality is a term first used on the news program "The Colbert Report" by Stephen Colbert, on Monday, July 31, 2006. Wikiality may be defined as: A reality where, if enough people agree with a notion, it becomes the truth. It is generally believed to be a portmanteau of the words "Wikipedia" and "reality".

Wikiality is an interesting concept derived from the theory of cultural relativity. It is based on the grounds of popular truth. If something is written on Wikipedia, then it is accepted on truth. Therefore, it can be assumed that everything on Wikipedia is the truth. However, anyone can edit Wikipedia. In such case, anyone can edit the truth (in theory).
"If only the entire body of human knowledge worked this way, and it can, thanks to tonight's word: Wikiality." - Stephen Colbert, The Colbert Report
"We should apply these principles to all information. All we need to do is convince a majority of people that some factoid is true." - Stephen Colbert, The Colbert Report
"As usual, folks, the Bush administration is on the cutting edge of information management." - Stephen Colbert, The Colbert Report
"What we're doing is bringing democracy to knowledge." - Stephen Colbert, The Colbert Report
"Definitions will greet us as liberators." - Stephen Colbert, The Colbert Report
"See, if you go against what the majority of people perceive to be reality, you're the one who's crazy." - Stephen Colbert, The Colbert Report
"The revolution will not be verified." - Stephen Colbert, The Colbert Report
"Together, we can create a reality that we can all agree on, the reality we just agreed on, and that's the word." - Stephen Colbert, The Colbert Report
wikiality by Leachiro November 26, 2006

wikiality 

Reality as determined by general consensus rather than cold hard facts. If enough people say it is true, then it is true.
The population of elephants in Africa has tripled in the past six months. Colbert and all Heroes know this to be true, despite the absence of facts to back up this opinion. "Vandalizing" the Wikipedia entry to reflect this wikiality is a perfectly valid thing to do.
wikiality by daxia September 8, 2008

Wikilies 

What Wikipedia tells you that isn't true.
When looking up Chemtrails I found another one of their Wikilies in Wikipedia; they say "The United States Air Force maintains that the Chemtrail theory is a hoax which has been investigated and refuted by many established and accredited universities, scientific organizations, and major media publications", quoting the 'Contrail Facts' publication by the military which clearly defines contrails as chemtrails.
Wikilies by Greg M. Houck April 16, 2011

wikipize 

the act of publishing anything on wikipedia
'Dude, I looked up 'russian torpedo' on urban dictionary and then found it on wikipedia too!'

'they wikipized that?'
wikipize by Madd Mike from UMass August 17, 2007