Nom de Plume
Bluelighter
I don't suppose Wikipedia would know much about them. That'd be why I wasn't looking there 8(
The intention was to use Wikipedia to connote the idea of cursory, perfunctory research conducted on the Internet. That is to say, this type of desultory research was meant to be represented, by way of ostensive definition (more precise terminology, which I'm certain exists, eludes me at the moment), through its exemplification, by the use of Wikipedia.
At the time, it seemed a fairly transpicuous use of figurative language, and I did not expect it to be interpreted literally, as if I had thought you were actually researching these lysergamides on Wikipedia.
Come to think of it, this explanation probably wouldn't be taken as clear and straightforward as I'd like it to be. However, explaining one's usage of a rhetorical device or some literary technique is not particularly easy, in most cases.