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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 snowball

Like a snowball rolling down a mountain, growing ever larger as it continues toward the bottom, a wikipedia snowball occurs when one researches something on the wikipedia, only to then click link after link into subsequent articles of interest until, suddenly, several hours have passed.
Jim: "I'm sorry I'm late, I got caught in a wikipedia snowball. I was looking for information on the new James Bond movie and suddenly four hours had passed. On the bright side, now I know what happens in Marvel Zombies, I can tell you how astronomers gauge the temperature of stars, and why World War I started."

Jim's Boss: "You're still fired."

Jim: "Fuck."
by gadiv March 20, 2008
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Wikipedia Scholar

A person who attempts to demonstrate knowledge obtained by searching on Wikipedia. This person has no legitimate degree from an accredited institution in said subject/topic, but will use the online encyclopedia to prove their point on the topic being discussed.

After reading a ridiculous comment from someone that posted a link:

"Oh look, a Wikipedia Scholar is trying to prove himself again."
"Oh the Wikipedia Scholar thinks be correct, because he thinks he has a good source of information."
by Luddz May 8, 2015
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Wikipedia Syndrome

The act of going to a site with the intention of looking up one piece of information, and instead finding yourself on one or more articles that have nothing to do with what you had originally come for. Stems from Wikipedia linking to articles within articles.
by Moatihar January 6, 2009
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Wikipedia-Spree

A Wikipedia-Spree is an extend period of time in which an individual constantly reads Wikipedia pages, jumping from one page to the next, motivated by curiosity. Usually the individual has no intentions of reading any of the Wikipedia pages they do read. The individual often looses track of time, only to find himself much more knowledge-full about useless knowledge.
"I totally didn't get my assignment done last night, I ended up going on a huge Wikipedia-spree for hours. On a brighter note I now know that the oldest hotel in the world was established in the year 718."
by Corn-pop March 23, 2010
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Wikipedia Stick 'O' Death

A lump of wood a teacher uses to beat you when you use wikipedia as a reference for scool work
The teacher hit me with wikipedia stick 'o' death for using wikipedia as a reference on my school assignment
by DaShadows October 23, 2011
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Wikipedia Scholar

A person who jumps in on forums who has little meaningful understanding of the topic being discussed and quickly educates themselves via Wikipedia.com. Usually, but not always, these individuals post "points" for debate in the same order as they appear on Wikipedia (a dead give away).
Person 1: Wow! Joe Shmoe sure knows a lot about XYZ...
Person 2: If you look it up on Wikipedia it is even in the order XYZ, just another wikipedia scholar; no real knowledge, thoughts or opinions of their own...

or

Person 1: I didn't realize so and so knew so much about string theory.

Person 2: Yeah, he likes impressing people with his education as a Wikipedia Scholar.
by Dan James March 11, 2008
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