Wikipedian Loop

The Wikipedian Loop occurs when the use of Wikipedia to research a particular subject leads to an infinite loop of addiction.

This addiction is characterised by staring transfixed at Wikipedia pages for hours at a time and usually results in varying levels of frustration and distress at the impossibility of ever successfully reading through all the Wikipedia pages currently open without the urge to open even more to linked subjects and thus continue the Loop.

At its climax an infinite number of screens may be open (allowing for your computers capabilities).

See also: Wiki Loop

I got sucked into a Wikipedian Loop man, I was there for like 5 hours, I started on 'Smallpox' and ended up in 'History of Adidas'...I had 26 screens open...luckily the computer crashed or I'd still be there now...

by Marie Penney January 28, 2007

Wikipedia loop

The state of continually, endlessly following links from one page to the next on Wikipedia linking topics that grow progressively distant from what you originally searched.

I started out looking up information on Ford cars and ended up on a page about Animal Farm. I was in quite the Wikipedia loop. aka wikipedian loop and wikiloop

by Benny123 January 13, 2016

wikipedia loop

The state of continually clicking links from article to article on Wikipedia following topics that grow progressively further from the search you started.

I started out on a Ford article on Wikipedia and ended up on an article about Animal Farm. I was in a wikipedia loop.

by Benny123 January 13, 2016