A Moribund Institute wiki-walking initiative

Wandering Wikis

Wandering Wikis is a collaborative encyclopedia and video commentary project dedicated to walking through Wikipedia, Wiktionary, Wikiversity, and other wiki-based knowledge systems as living territory rather than static reference pages.

root@moribund:~$ wander --source wiki --mode curiosity --output commentary

What is Wandering Wikis?

Wandering Wikis treats wiki entries as landscapes: places to explore, annotate, perform, explain, misread productively, and connect to other ideas.

A Wandering Wikis post might be a casual walkthrough of a Wikipedia article, a lexicographical riff on a Wiktionary entry, a video commentary session, a CRT-style screen recording, a VTuber exploration, or a long rabbit-hole through linked knowledge.

In short: wiki entries, but alive.

Core paths

Wiki Walking

Casual guided walks through articles, entries, categories, citations, and links.

Lexicographical Riffs

Word-focused explorations using Wiktionary, etymology, pronunciation, usage notes, and MorDictionary-style digressions.

Video Commentary

Hangout-style commentary, screen recordings, avatar experiments, and wiki-entry performances.

Rabbit Holes

Follow one link to another until a theme, pattern, or strange corridor of knowledge appears.

Commonplace Notes

Save fragments, observations, definitions, and references for future Moribund Institute projects.

Learning Interruptions

Language-learning inserts, vocabulary cards, pronunciation snippets, and playful educational interruptions.

Start here

Pick a wiki page, word, topic, person, place, object, date, or concept.
Read it as a path, not a destination. Follow links, citations, categories, and related entries.
Make something from the walk: a blog post, video, note, audio fragment, vocabulary lesson, or commentary thread.
Label it so it joins the Wandering Wikis archive.

Suggested Blogger labels:

Wandering Wikis Wiki Walking Wiki Trails Video Commentary Lexicography Wikipedia Wiktionary Wikiversity

Browse Wandering Wikis on the Moribund Institute

All Wandering Wikis posts The automatic Blogger archive for the project. Wiki Walking Posts centered on wandering through wiki pages. Wiki Trails Multi-page paths, link chains, and topic trails. Video Commentary Walkthroughs, screen recordings, and commentary experiments. Lexicography Word-focused posts, definitions, etymologies, and riffs. Experimental Odd formats, learning widgets, and presentational whatnot.

Off-site outposts

Official Wiki The MediaWiki home base for Wandering Wikis. YouTube Video walkthroughs, commentary, and wiki-based media. Twitch Live wiki-walking and related streams. Kick Additional livestreaming outpost. Reddit The r/WanderingWikis community. Lemmy Federated discussion for wiki wanderers. X / Twitter Short updates and public project notes. Bluesky ATmospheric dispatches from the wiki trail. Mastodon Federated microblogging presence. TikTok Short-form wiki and knowledge clips. SpaceHey Retro-social profile for the project. SoundCloud Audio experiments and theme material. Bandcamp Theme Tune Free-to-use Wandering Wikis theme tune. Redbubble Shop Wandering Wikis merchandise and designs.

Who is it for?

People who read wiki pages for fun.
Lexicographical enthusiasts and Wiktionary wanderers.
Video essayists, streamers, VTubers, and commentary makers.
Language learners who enjoy vocabulary in the wild.
Commonplace-book keepers and research-path collectors.
Anyone who has ever opened one wiki page and emerged several hours later with a new obsession.

Make a Wandering Wikis post

When publishing on the Moribund Institute Blogger, use Wandering Wikis as the main label. Add more labels depending on the format, such as Wiki Walking, Video Commentary, Wikipedia, Wiktionary, or Lexicography.

This keeps the automatic Blogger label archive working while this page remains the polished project hub.