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wikidemia 

An academic work passed off as scholarly yet researched entirely on Wikipedia.
"An A on my English paper? That's a fine piece of Wikidemia!'
wikidemia by Andrew85 February 20, 2007

wikidemic 

when ur on Wikipedia and u wind up on a random page after clicking on 20 links and wonder how you got to "Freudian slip".
Similar to a pornado but currently virus-free.
I was doing a research paper on the history of cockroaches in Puerto Rican households when i wound up on Cearadactylus and was like whoa, wtf, total wikidemic.

wikidetour 

A deviation from an original wikipedia look up, and finding something completely unrelated, yet interesting.
While trying to find information on sea monkeys on Wikipedia, I took a wikidetour and discovered that Hawaii used to be called the sandwich islands.
wikidetour by buckyball March 9, 2009
Wiki demons are individuals that have decided to posess a given wiki page, and valiantly battle all attempts to change their edits to the page, regardless of how logical or intelligent the change may be.

The defining characteristic that sets wikidemons apart is the fact that their ego drives their interest in the pages they infest, rather than an actual concern for scolarly pursuits.

Like most generic demons, they liken themselves unto gods above the mere mortals that dare enter their self-proclaimed domain.

This does not mean they have any special or insightful knowledge of the page, but that they merely demand that all other beings must be inferior in their understanding of the posessed pages, as the wikidemon's ego can allow no peers to their self-imagined wisdom.

The wikidemons can be most easily spotted by their domination of article history as perpetually reverting any changes that dare go against their self-worshipped decision of what the page should be, and by their complete domination of an article's talk page, often to the point of responding not only to multiple other people who question their ultimate control of the page, but hapless passers by and even themselves.

There are, at this time, no known ways to truly combat, vanquish, slay, banish, or otherwise exorcise wikidemons from their adopted domains.

Until such a method is devised, wikis will forever remain unreliable sources, as any given wikidemon manifestation completely destroys the legitimacy of the page and entire wiki it infests.
Joe: Why does this page claim satan invented ice cream? I'll remove that reference.
Wikidemon: WHO DARES DISTURB MY SLUMBER? Someone removed my reference to satan inventing icecream? I shall revert this fool's change, and then write 11 paragraphs on the talk page explaining why he's a moron for doubting my logic. It will look nice next to my other 300 paragraphs. I should put it as a reply to myself, since he didn't post to the talk page about why he removed it!
Bob: Why does this page claim satan invented ice cream? I'll remove that reference.
Wikidemon: WHO DARES DISTURB MY SLUMBER?...
Wikidemon by Akashic Recorder January 16, 2009

wiidefine 

To redefine a word to make it related to the Nintendo Wii. Usually associated with a wiispelling.
Hah! You're so rubish at using a Wii that I'm going to wiidefine the word retard and call you a wii-tard.
wiidefine by robcraine December 17, 2006

wiidecorate

verb. To rearrange your furniture to make extra space to accommodate the moving around while playing wii games.
Ellen thought it might be a good idea to wiidecorate before starting a wii tennis foursome.
wiidecorate by Feckin' Irish June 6, 2010