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The '''wiki rabbit hole''' is the [[learning pathway]] which a reader travels by navigating from topic to topic while browsing Wikipedia and other Wikimedia websites.
Other names for the concept include "wiki black hole"<ref>{{cite web|last1=Stockton|first1=Chrissy|title=The 10 Best Wikipedia Black Holes For Curious People (Who Have No Impulse Control)|url=https://thoughtcatalog.com/christine-stockton/2014/01/the-10-best-wikipedia-black-holes-for-curious-people-who-have-no-impulse-control/|website=Thought Catalog|date=4 January 2014}}</ref> and "wikihole".<ref>{{cite web|last1=Bate|first1=Ellie|title=19 Wikipedia Pages That'll Send You Into A Week-Long Wikihole|url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/eleanorbate/list-of-lists-of-lists-of-lists|website=BuzzFeed|language=en|date=12 September 2016}}</ref> The metaphor of a hole comes from ''[[Alice's Adventures in Wonderland]]'', in which [[Alice (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland)|Alice]] begins an adventure by following the [[White Rabbit]] into his [[burrow]].
When watching videos outside of Wikipedia, many people go to Wikipedia to get more information about what they watched and proceed into the wiki rabbit hole to topics further removed from where they started.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Yahr|first1=Emily|title=Do you fall down a Wikipedia rabbit hole after each episode of ‘The Crown’? You’re not alone.|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2018/01/04/do-you-fall-down-a-wikipedia-rabbit-hole-after-each-episode-of-the-crown-youre-not-alone/|website=Washington Post|date=4 January 2018}}</ref>
Data visualizations showing the relationships between Wikipedia articles demonstrate pathways that readers can take to navigate from topic to topic.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Li|first1=Shirley|title=WikiGalaxy: A Visualization of Wikipedia Rabbit Holes|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/12/a-visualization-of-wikipedia-rabbit-holes/383712/|website=The Atlantic|date=12 December 2014}}</ref>
The [[Wikimedia Foundation]] publishes research on how readers enter rabbit holes.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Allemandou|first1=Joseph|last2=Popov|first2=Mikhail|last3=Taraborelli|first3=Dario|title=New monthly dataset shows where people fall into Wikipedia rabbit holes – Wikimedia Blog|url=https://blog.wikimedia.org/2018/01/16/wikipedia-rabbit-hole-clickstream/|website=blog.wikimedia.org|language=en|date=16 January 2018}}</ref> Rabbit hole browsing behavior happens in various languages of Wikipedias.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Wang |first1=Shan |title=Why do people go to Wikipedia? A survey suggests it’s their desire to go down that random rabbithole |url=http://www.niemanlab.org/2018/03/why-do-people-go-to-wikipedia-a-survey-suggests-its-their-desire-to-go-down-that-random-rabbithole/ |website=Nieman Lab |publisher=[[Nieman Foundation for Journalism]] |date=16 March 2018}}</ref>
Wikipedia users have shared their rabbit hole experiences as part of Wikipedia celebrations.<ref>{{cite web|author1=Ars staff|title=On Wikipedia’s 15th birthday, Ars shares the entries that most fascinate us|url=https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2016/01/on-wikipedias-15th-birthday-ars-shares-the-entries-that-most-fascinate-us/|website=Ars Technica|language=en-us|date=16 January 2016}}</ref> Some people go to Wikipedia for the fun of seeking a rabbit hole.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Bosch|first1=Torie|title=Rabbit Holes: Exploring the Wikipedia Page of "People Who Disappeared Mysteriously."|url=https://slate.com/human-interest/2018/01/rabbit-holes-pondering-the-fates-of-missing-people-on-wikipedia.html|website=Slate Magazine|language=en|date=25 January 2018}}</ref> Exploring the rabbit hole can be part of [[wikiracing]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Down the Wikipedia Rabbit Hole: The Game! - On The Media - WNYC Studios|url=https://www.wnycstudios.org/story/wikipedia-rabbit-holes-board-game/|website=wnycstudios|language=en|date=5 February 2015}}</ref>
==References==
{{reflist}}
==External links==
*''[https://medium.com/freely-sharing-the-sum-of-all-knowledge Down the Rabbit Hole]'', a publication of the Wikimedia Foundation
*[https://www.avclub.com/c/wiki-wormhole Wiki Wormhole], Wikipedia article review series from ''[[The A.V. Club]]''
*[https://xkcd.com/214/ The Problem with Wikipedia], an [[xkcd]] comic on the wiki rabbit hole
[[Category:Wikipedia]]
[[Category:Works based on Alice in Wonderland]]
Other names for the concept include "wiki black hole"<ref>{{cite web|last1=Stockton|first1=Chrissy|title=The 10 Best Wikipedia Black Holes For Curious People (Who Have No Impulse Control)|url=https://thoughtcatalog.com/christine-stockton/2014/01/the-10-best-wikipedia-black-holes-for-curious-people-who-have-no-impulse-control/|website=Thought Catalog|date=4 January 2014}}</ref> and "wikihole".<ref>{{cite web|last1=Bate|first1=Ellie|title=19 Wikipedia Pages That'll Send You Into A Week-Long Wikihole|url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/eleanorbate/list-of-lists-of-lists-of-lists|website=BuzzFeed|language=en|date=12 September 2016}}</ref> The metaphor of a hole comes from ''[[Alice's Adventures in Wonderland]]'', in which [[Alice (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland)|Alice]] begins an adventure by following the [[White Rabbit]] into his [[burrow]].
When watching videos outside of Wikipedia, many people go to Wikipedia to get more information about what they watched and proceed into the wiki rabbit hole to topics further removed from where they started.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Yahr|first1=Emily|title=Do you fall down a Wikipedia rabbit hole after each episode of ‘The Crown’? You’re not alone.|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2018/01/04/do-you-fall-down-a-wikipedia-rabbit-hole-after-each-episode-of-the-crown-youre-not-alone/|website=Washington Post|date=4 January 2018}}</ref>
Data visualizations showing the relationships between Wikipedia articles demonstrate pathways that readers can take to navigate from topic to topic.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Li|first1=Shirley|title=WikiGalaxy: A Visualization of Wikipedia Rabbit Holes|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/12/a-visualization-of-wikipedia-rabbit-holes/383712/|website=The Atlantic|date=12 December 2014}}</ref>
The [[Wikimedia Foundation]] publishes research on how readers enter rabbit holes.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Allemandou|first1=Joseph|last2=Popov|first2=Mikhail|last3=Taraborelli|first3=Dario|title=New monthly dataset shows where people fall into Wikipedia rabbit holes – Wikimedia Blog|url=https://blog.wikimedia.org/2018/01/16/wikipedia-rabbit-hole-clickstream/|website=blog.wikimedia.org|language=en|date=16 January 2018}}</ref> Rabbit hole browsing behavior happens in various languages of Wikipedias.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Wang |first1=Shan |title=Why do people go to Wikipedia? A survey suggests it’s their desire to go down that random rabbithole |url=http://www.niemanlab.org/2018/03/why-do-people-go-to-wikipedia-a-survey-suggests-its-their-desire-to-go-down-that-random-rabbithole/ |website=Nieman Lab |publisher=[[Nieman Foundation for Journalism]] |date=16 March 2018}}</ref>
Wikipedia users have shared their rabbit hole experiences as part of Wikipedia celebrations.<ref>{{cite web|author1=Ars staff|title=On Wikipedia’s 15th birthday, Ars shares the entries that most fascinate us|url=https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2016/01/on-wikipedias-15th-birthday-ars-shares-the-entries-that-most-fascinate-us/|website=Ars Technica|language=en-us|date=16 January 2016}}</ref> Some people go to Wikipedia for the fun of seeking a rabbit hole.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Bosch|first1=Torie|title=Rabbit Holes: Exploring the Wikipedia Page of "People Who Disappeared Mysteriously."|url=https://slate.com/human-interest/2018/01/rabbit-holes-pondering-the-fates-of-missing-people-on-wikipedia.html|website=Slate Magazine|language=en|date=25 January 2018}}</ref> Exploring the rabbit hole can be part of [[wikiracing]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Down the Wikipedia Rabbit Hole: The Game! - On The Media - WNYC Studios|url=https://www.wnycstudios.org/story/wikipedia-rabbit-holes-board-game/|website=wnycstudios|language=en|date=5 February 2015}}</ref>
==References==
{{reflist}}
==External links==
*''[https://medium.com/freely-sharing-the-sum-of-all-knowledge Down the Rabbit Hole]'', a publication of the Wikimedia Foundation
*[https://www.avclub.com/c/wiki-wormhole Wiki Wormhole], Wikipedia article review series from ''[[The A.V. Club]]''
*[https://xkcd.com/214/ The Problem with Wikipedia], an [[xkcd]] comic on the wiki rabbit hole
[[Category:Wikipedia]]
[[Category:Works based on Alice in Wonderland]]
