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a powerful obsession with wikipedia. a wikiphiliac may:

-turn to wikipedia as the first and only source of information for a topic

-relentlessly defend wikipedia’s factual accuracy

-become uncomfortable when hearing information that he/she has not read on wikipedia

-access wikipedia several times a day

-spend much more time on wikipedia than originally intended

-wikipedia race

-compulsively switch to other wikipedia articles, using the hyperlinks within articles, often without obtaining the originally sought information and leaving a bizarre informational “trail” in his/her browsing history (such as from “hmong language” to “list of most prolific serial killers”)

-access wikipedia for recreation

-enter a trance-like state while reading that is disorienting to exit

-constantly disseminate information read on wikipedia
patient: doc, i can’t stop reading wikipedia. i’m on it for hours a day! my wife says she’s going to leave me because i don’t believe anything she says. i have to check it on wikipedia first.

doctor: it sounds like you have wikiphilia.

patient: what’s that?

doctor: look it up on wikipedia.
a game in which partic-p-nts seek innovative ways to insert startling, shocking, vulgar, and often times ludacris information into wiki websites for the sheer love of wiki tampering
have you ever played wikiphilia?

i played wikiphilia last night until 2am.