Wikipedia game.
 

This is a variation of the 7 degrees of separation I came up with a while ago. We will play it in this thread, and you are welcome to teach it to your kids, friends, relatives, or whomever you wish, and with any variations you see fit.

The goal
Get from point A to point B by clicking links on each article in a wiki, such as Wikipedia, in 7 links or less.

How to play:
The last person to have "scored" will have posted a new set of articles. You must effectively navigate from the first to the second, without searching. For example:

Porn -> The Holocaust

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porn
links to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_anatomy
links to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20th_century
links to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genocide
links to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Holocaust

I have successfully navigated, without searching, from "porn" to "The Holocaust" in 4 links.

Scoring
In the above example, my score would be 4. This is one point for the successful navigation, and 3 bonus points, one for bonus point for each extra link I did not use (out of a possible 7 links). 7 links = 1 point, 6 links = 2 points, etc... only 1 link = 7 points, in which case the person who set the challenge probably needs to rethink their strategy, and make their challenge more difficult.

IF someone can navigate the same challenge in fewer links than you, they may score those extra links. For example, if I score 2 points (6 links= 1 point plus 1 bonus point), and another person finds the same connection in 4 links instead of 6, they will score 2 points. They do not get the 1 point for making the connection, this goes to the original scorer ONLY. So on the same challenge, I scored 2 points, and they scored 2 points. The essentially took the unused bonus points from the challenge.

Rules

• You are welcome to use the search feature in your exploration, but you may not use the search feature to make your connection. (IE no "then search for 'cheese'")
• You may use special pages, but they still count as one link. Special pages are things like disambiguation pages and "what links here", category pages, templates, etc. The only exception are pages where you would have to type something, such as a search page or similar.
• If you are somehow able to go to an external page and BACK to wikipedia, you're welcome to do so, but only if there is a direct link in EACH direction.
• You SHOULD post the url. You MUST post the url if the name of the article is not found at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/{TheArticleYouAreUsing}
• You may NOT answer your own challenge.
• If the person who successfully navigated the previous challenge fails to set an acceptable challenge, anyone may suggest the new challenge, BUT they may not answer it themselves.
• The two articles in your new challenge MUST exist (SEARCH FOR THEM), and at the wikipedia URL.
  -IE if you challenge Soap -> Algebra, the articles must exist at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/soap and at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/algebra OR you must specify the URL.
• Try to keep the chat and nonsense to a minimum.

Without further ado, let's begin! First challenge, navigate from

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet
(I could write "Main_Page -> Internet" when proposing this challenge) this one is an easy one, I can do it in only 3 links, scoring myself FIVE points. But I can't because that would be answering my own challenge.

:thumbsup

:eek7:eek7:eek7

:eyecrazy:eyecrazy:eyecrazy

so what your saying is there is a porn holocaust about to hit ? :winkwink:

lolz, I'd better waste my time in researching profitable keywords.

I am grownup kid now.

sure there's a lot of text but the game is simple.

go from here to there by clicking shit. that better for you?

I chose porn and holocaust because they are so unrelated.

the current challenge is to get from the main page of wikipedia to

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet

not difficult

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encyclopedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online_encyclopedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet

yeah not difficult but time-consuming.. sorry, have other things to do... :winkwink:

thanks D, you get 5 points!

but you forgot to give another challenge, so its open for anyone to suggest.

so two topics, the less related they are, the better. I'm not going to suggest a pair because I want people to get involved, but some examples may be:

Lizard -> Microchip

Pizza -> Xerox Corporation

Cumulonimbus cloud -> Pancakes

or whatever you think someone might have a hard time navigating to in less than 7 links.

Next challenge: Space to Alexandria.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space

to

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandria

I was thinking. :winkwink:

But I see the virtue in opening the floor right away.

ah right, so you don't lose your points...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atom
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemistry
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandria

now try Lizard -> Microchip {EDIT: microchip turned out to be a disambiguation page so try http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integrated_circuit instead}

current score
D: 5 points
JustFred: 3 points

:thumbsup

"Microchip" on Wikipedia is a disambiguation page. :2 cents:

yeah... I edited before you posted... my bad.

anyway, another useful tip is: you can always use the "what links here" and any searches you need to find OTHER pages that will get you closer to the end article.

seems like a nice timewaster...

it doesn't actually take much time at all...

current challenge is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lizard to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integrated_circuit

current score is
D: 5
justFred: 3

:thumbsup

Yeah... It doesn't really. Not a bad way to take a quick break from work throughout the day, either.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lizard
links to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centimeter
links to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unicode
links to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer
links to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integrated_circuit

Next challenge: Relate Pornography to the Warsaw Pact

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pornography

to

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warsaw_Pact

How's this one

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anal_bleaching
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anus
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taboo
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus

Fun.

I think it might have been more fun if you'd solved a challenge and then offered that one for the game, though.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pornography
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlands
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czechoslovakia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warsaw_Pact

next is from
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kkk
to
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cumshot

Tough one. :thumbsup

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kkk
links to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homophobia
links to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homosexuality
links to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex
links to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masturbate
links to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facial_%28sex_act%29
links to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cum_shot\

Next up:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smokey_the_Bear

to

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_fetishism

:winkwink:

you guys have too much free time on your hands... I'm sure one could come up with 50 more productive activities than this...

same with smoking, and this is more productive than that. I would be smoking if I weren't doing this so... MEH. Excersice your brain, learn something new... fuck around, take a breather from writing scripts or cropping thumbs.... *shrug*

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smokey_the_Bear
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Park
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_sexuality
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_intercourse
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_fetishism

for the next one I hit the "random article" button twice, so here you have:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...in_Arkansas:_L
to
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megalobrama

:1orglaugh goodluck.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...in_Arkansas:_L
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arkansas
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mississippi_River
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upper_M..._Fish _Refuge
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fishing
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fish
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goldfish
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyprinid
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megalobrama

I win at the Internet. Can anyone beat this?

Now try:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erie_Canal
to
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dexamethasone

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_places_in_Arkansas:_L[/url]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arkansas_River
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_trout
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fish
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goldfish
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyprinid
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megalobrama

Just noticed the Goldfish link is redundant, you can go straight from Fish to Cyprinid.

:warning

You'd have to, as your first one didn't count... max 7 steps, and you took 8. :(

Guess we need a ruling from the OP/creator of the game as to who gets awarded what here since Smokey got his post in before your correction. :helpme

Cool game, but why give wikipedia more traffic? They already get enough. Any chance any such game could be set up with a different, decemt quality website? I'd rather help other website get going than make wikipedia any bigger than it already is.

Just my $.02, I'm asking, don't jump down my throat...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erie_Canal
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympic_Games
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kayak
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross_country_skier
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dexamethasone

When I read the thread the first time I told myself this was a waste of time...... but it is kind of fun.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erie_Canal
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1920s
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1921
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuberculosis
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuberculosis_treatment
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dexamethasone

which would make your post qualify, with 7 links. before skipping goldfish, you had 8, which isn't allowed. We'll let it slide that smokey got his in first, I'm not an asshole :upsidedow

That means you get one point, and smokey gets one bonus point for doing it in 6 :thumbsup

honestly though, great job to you both, considering there's only one link to Megalobrama in the whole wiki :)

new score tally:
D: 10
justFred: 6
jalami: 1
SmokeyTheBear: 1

and the new challenge is

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erie_Canal
to
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dexamethasone

EDIT: oops lol, I posted too slowly. just put this thread after the quote and we're good to go. I'll tally the score for the posts afterwards later.

ASM you crafty fucker...



...you forgot to follow up with a new challenge :winkwink:

Fred you need to refresh this thread quicker :winkwink:

We are awaiting ASM's new challenge.

Since no one's posted a new challenge, try:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Virginia_Route_51
to
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musgrave_railway_station

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SH-SY5Y

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appalachian_dulcimer

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erie_Canal
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crack_epidemic
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocaine
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dexamethasone

mines cooler

Never mind my challenge, ASM just posted one and he's the current winner.

So how many people are using google for help?

you're actually welcome to do so, the rules don't say you have to do this in wikipedia, if you know of a porn wiki, or a porn site, or anything you want, you're welcome to post the challenge if you solve one someone else has suggested.

so say I solve the next challenge, I could suggest navigating from one page in http://www.porniki.com/ to another. insert your own site here.

I don't know how well it will work but I'm easy going and open for new ideas. especially when it involves porn :pimp

No google for me. Just check what each is and go for it. I would of taken a different direction in the one I solved cause i saw canal and I thought panama canal for some damn reason, thankfully I found erie as well.

LOL yeah... considering earlier today it was hours between posts, this thread kinda took off a bit quick eh?

see.. and you guys doubted me!

who wants to help me keep score? or should we post the previous score list when we solve, and ad our own score to it?

Man 7 degrees is hard :(

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SH-SY5Y
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodium_bicarbonate
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cooking
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_cuisine
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuisine..._United_States
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_United_States
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisiana
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...s_in_Louisiana
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appalachian_dulcimer

Since I don't qualify, I'll wait for someone to beat mine :)

Got it in 7.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SH-SY5Y
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protease_inhibitors
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GlaxoSmithKline
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memphis%2C_Tennessee
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Orleans%2C_Louisiana
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisiana
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...s_in_Louisiana
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appalachian_dulcimer

Now try my original challenge above.

jerk.

:321GFY

:warning new tip: for the especially hard ones, you're welcome to use one of your links to go directly to the Main_page and start from scratch, since all of the articles in the wiki link to it :thumbsup

or use one of the special pages as well, wikipedia is a pretty powerful tool!

That seems a little unfair, I thought the point of this was how articles interlinked. I could claim to be able to reach anything by hitting the random article link :winkwink:

Anyway going back to main page seems cheap to me :2 cents:

didn't really think of it that way... anyone else want to chime in on whether or not it should be allowed? I've only ever posted this game on one other board since I created it, so it still needs some tweaking here and there.

I'm leaning towards that it shouldn't now.