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Wiktionary

  1. n. satirical The ability to rewrite reality by editing a Wikipedia page through majority consent.

Etymologies

  1. Blend of Wikipedia and reality coined by Stephen Colbert on the 2006-07-31 airing of his show, The Colbert Report. (Wiktionary)

Examples

  • “The only way a fringe view should become mainstream is because of persuasive arguments and/or new evidence - not because of their increased "wikiality" or because they win a popularity contest among the inadequately informed.”

    Be It Unto You According to Your Faith...In What You've Read On the Web

  • “Vandalism spiked in August 2006 after comedian Stephen Colbert ” in the wake of Stacy Schiff's excellent but slightly frosty New Yorker article about Wikipedia ” invited viewers of his show to post made-up facts about the increase in the population of African elephants, as proof of the existence of something that was not reality but "wikiality" ” a cheap shot, but mildly funny.”

    The Charms of Wikipedia

  • “The 2 wikis I trust at all are wikiality and wikitruth.”

    Information, Culture, Policy, Education: How much of the Conservapedia is hoax content?

  • “Interesting how wikiality reflects reality by failing to recognize the countless years of research low-carb proponents have wasted successfully arguing the same position over and over again, and yet failing to get its due.”

    Is a calorie always a calorie? | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D.

  • “Colbert coined a term, wikiality, to describe this agreed upon reality one of The Word segments, I can hunt it down if you are unfamiliar with it.”

    Is a calorie always a calorie? | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D.

  • “Posted Aug 4, 2006 at 6:44 AM | Permalink | Reply re 10, 12, 13, 19 Rocks, welcome to “wikiality”, as defined by that eminent Journalist Stephen Colbert.”

    What is the evidence against warmer MWP? « Climate Audit

  • “Apparently, he raised quite a ruckus by modifying pages in the name of “wikiality” and did this on air.”

    Wikipedia & Colbert : Edward Champion’s Reluctant Habits

  • “So between a Premier who talks in hollow sound bites, renders observations about himself but attributes them to others and a radio call-in host who thinks wikiality is a viable basis for intelligent society, Newfoundlanders and Labradorians are left wondering one thing:”

    Archive 2006-09-01

  • “There does not seem to be an article on wikiality. com, as a big proponent of truthiness, and gut thinking, I would consider adding this to the UNBIASED conservapedia.”

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]

  • “But as our world becomes more thoroughly suffused with wikiality, social networking, and blogs, these tools threaten to endanger our experience of otherness.”

    PopMatters

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