"Wikigroaning" meaning in All languages combined

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          "ref": "2007 June 5, Jon Hendren, “The Art of Wikigroaning”, in Something Awful, archived from the original on 2024-01-14",
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          "text": "And then there is the point made by wiki-groaning, the practice of comparing the length of Wikipedia articles to comic effect. For example \"Lightsaber Combat\" beats out \"Modern Warfare.\"",
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          "ref": "2014, Thomas Leitch, Wikipedia U: Knowledge, Authority, and Liberal Education in the Digital Age, Baltimore, M.D.: Johns Hopkins University Press, page 77",
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        "(neologism, humorous) The act of comparing two similar Wikipedia articles, one considered generally useful and the other primarily appealing to nerdy interests, and observing that (to one's disappointment) the latter is significantly longer and more professionally written."
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