wikiwander

To move freely about Wikipedia articles without a definite purpose or goal.

"I'm so bored I spent the last 12 hours wikiwandering and ended up in an article about the No. 300 Polish Bomber Squadron."

by Steve Chan July 16, 2008

wikiwander

The process in which a user logs on to Wikipedia to research a specific topic, only to find themselves on a completely unrelated topic several hours later.

Chris: Dude, I went to Wikipedia last night to do some research for my science project.

Mike: Did you find what you were looking for?

Chris: No. I wikiwandered for four and a half hours and found myself reading about the English parliament.

by artificial_blur January 12, 2008

wikiwander

The act or process of looking something up in a wiki site, most usually Wikipedia, and then following a trail from there based on entry links which catch your attention.

"I looked up Suzuki motorcycles in Wikipedia and read that it was started in the Shizuoka Prefecture, who's entry told me that a massive earthquake occurs every 100 to 150 years and that the last one was 146 years ago. This prompted my interest in big earthquakes and the wikiwander went from there."

by Ragle August 24, 2006

wikiwander

When one uses wikipedia to find a useful piece of information, then spends the next hour clicking links.

Peter started off by looking up penguins, but wikiwandered his way into the sound barrier.

by suegarr November 17, 2009

Wikibender

Noun: An instance where you check something on Wikipedia, and get lost in clicking on other links. Usually it lasts for an hour, but can go all day. A very good way to soak your brain with useless, random knowledge.

I wanted to see where Duran Duran was from, and then I read the page on platinum, Cheerios, space food, Nelson Mandela, black holes, the gold standard, and human physical attractiveness. It was one hell of a wikibender.

by Byron Sadik May 1, 2011

Wikiwanderung

The act of reading through a series of often only tangentially related entries on Wikipedia by following interesting hyperlinks. Often takes up a surprising amount of time.

"What did you do today?"
"Oh I wasted the entire afternoon on one massive Wikiwanderung starting at the 'Tacoma Narrows Bridge' and ending up at 'Fatal Hilarity'."

by Woesinger July 25, 2008

wikipeandering

The act of aimlessly jumping from subject to subject while on Wikipedia.

I found out last night that Tommy Lee Jones is from Midland, Texas while I was wikipeandering.

by JoeyGee December 9, 2008