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A person who ubruptly and inappropriately offers random facts and information barely related to the conversation, and act as if any one cares.
Jeff: "Man, this is a good ham sandwich"

Wikipeter: "Did you know America's Surgeon General was asked what item he would ban if he could ban any substance, he didn't choose any drug, he chose bacon, crazy huh?"

wikiposedly 

Refers to something Wikipedia claims that seems doubtful, impossible to verify, or just plain wrong.
Wikiposedly, Miley Cyrus just had her 35th birthday yesterday. I guess some prankster's been editing her page again.
wikiposedly by mrsubjunctive July 20, 2009

Wikipasting 

When you paste content from Wikipedia onto another website such as blogs or Yahoo Answers.
Bob: Wikipedia- is a multilingual, web-based, free content encyclopedia project...
Mark: That guy above me must have been wikipasting.
Wikipasting by WikiWikih July 7, 2007

wikipause 

During a phone call or office conversation, a pregnant moment of silence while someone queries Wikipedia, before announcing a previously-unknown piece of information.
Iain: So is fennel a vegetable?
Liz: Wikipause.......... No, it's a highly aromatic perennial herb.
wikipause by IainC December 27, 2008

Wikiputtering 

spending substantial amounts of time jumping from link to link in Wikipedia articles.
"Did you know (insert random fact here)?"
"Where'd you hear that?"
"I saw it while I was Wikiputtering."

wikiposer 

one who pretends to know it all, but the source of info is wikipedia..they even quote exactly as written in the article and denial is always part of their personality
regular dude: i love the way minne riperton sings..
wikiposer: Riperton is perhaps best remembered today for her ability to sing in the whistle register, in which she had rare facility.

OR they even citate what they shouldn't

regular dude: shit, i love beer..
wikiposer: Beer is the world's oldest1 and most widely consumed2 alcoholic beverage and the third most popular drink overall after water and tea - see image above-
regular dude: wtf?
wikiposer by Puhercules May 17, 2010