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| A Wikipedia Game; If you're feeling bored | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Oct 17 2007, 11:18 PM (314 Views) | |
| Nibsi | Oct 17 2007, 11:18 PM Post #1 |
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I just love browsing through various topics on Wikipedia. I can spend hours upon hours just clicking from one topic to the next. So a few days ago, one of my housemates and I came up with a funny game: You have to get from one topic to another almost completety unrelated one in as few clicks as possible. There are some rules involved: - You can only use hyperlinks. No search engines or anything similar. - You can't leave Wikipedia. - You can use English pages only. - You're not allowed to (temporarily) edit a page to your benefit. Fairly obvious rules. The winner is the person who posts the shortest route the quickest. A round is over when everyone has given up. It's fun and educational too! :lol: So anyone interested? |
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| Regullus | Oct 18 2007, 02:08 AM Post #2 |
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I think it sounds like fun and educational too. |
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| Krazy | Oct 18 2007, 08:24 AM Post #3 |
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I haz powah!
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Sure. |
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| Nibsi | Oct 18 2007, 09:13 AM Post #4 |
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Neat
:D Alright, for the first round, let's start with topics that aren't too weird. Start: Lunch box Finish: Aspen |
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| Regullus | Oct 18 2007, 01:49 PM Post #5 |
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Ok, I'm so going to have to wait to play the Wiki game. I have guests coming for a long weekend and still stuff to do and I getting too absorbed by the links, I'm on my 3rd link. I'll see after I get my chores done if I have time. :( |
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| Krazy | Oct 18 2007, 04:04 PM Post #6 |
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I haz powah!
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Probably later for me too, just been to see a family friend who just had a hip replacement and a bit busy now. |
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| Nibsi | Oct 19 2007, 11:04 AM Post #7 |
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Hmm apparently this one is fairly easy: 3 clicks. Start: Lunchbox 1 -> All articles with unsourced statements 2 -> As 3 -> Aspen Maybe we should introduce another rule; you are not allowed to use the category links at the bottom of a wiki page. |
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| Regullus | Oct 21 2007, 02:49 PM Post #8 |
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Reliant
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Yeah, that's probably a loophole that should be closed. My guests leave tomorrow and if I can remember my link progression, I'll try to get up results Monday night or Tuesday.
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| Spuddywinks | Oct 25 2007, 04:29 AM Post #9 |
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hello :)
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I suppose we aren't allowed to edit the pages to make it easier for us lazy people? (Totally unrelated: oh God how I've missed this fellow -> Also, needed to post that in humble gratitude for her ladyship's efforts at retrieving my stuff. Thanks, Bex!)
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| lara | Oct 25 2007, 04:51 AM Post #10 |
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I'm going to have to show my kid Spud's avatar. She'll love it. |
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| Spuddywinks | Oct 25 2007, 04:58 AM Post #11 |
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hello :)
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| Krazy | Oct 25 2007, 08:32 AM Post #12 |
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I haz powah!
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:lol: |
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| Nibsi | Oct 25 2007, 10:37 AM Post #13 |
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See my 4th rule
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| lara | Oct 26 2007, 04:51 AM Post #14 |
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Kopi Luwak
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Thanks, Spuddy. Can you post the pink one and the black one dancing together? The pink one has hair very close to the colour of my daughter's hair and she likes pink, and side by side they'd be very cute and my little one would be very impressed. (sorry to interrupt the game, Nibby.) |
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| Nibsi | Oct 26 2007, 08:25 AM Post #15 |
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Ha, well not much gaming to interrupt, is there? Anyway, if someone has ideas for new wiki pages, please don't hold back. |
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| Regullus | Oct 27 2007, 11:49 PM Post #16 |
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Reliant
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Sorry, Nibby. As I mentioned in RC, my back is killing me at the moment and sitting is pretty uncomfortable, I'm actually typing this on my knees. :rolleyes: I do want to play the game. A couple of more days and I should back (ha) on track. |
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| Nibsi | Oct 28 2007, 03:21 PM Post #17 |
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Well, that's the good thing about the game. There's no real commitment required
:D If you feel like breaking a record, just go for it. |
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| Eral | Oct 28 2007, 11:40 PM Post #18 |
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I have no idea how you got from lunch boxes to aspens. (I enjoyed both articles, though. Love Wiki.) I am going to have a try starting with Lizzie Borden.
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| Nibsi | Oct 28 2007, 11:51 PM Post #19 |
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Okay then, first attempt. Lunchbox -> School School -> United Kindom United Kingdom -> Geography of the United Kingdom Geography of the United Kingdom -> Forest Forest -> Tree Tree -> Aspen 6 clicks. |
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| Eral | Oct 28 2007, 11:58 PM Post #20 |
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Kopi Luwak
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:lol: Lizzie Borden to Wiccan Rule of Three, 8 clicks. You could spend a lot of time doing this.
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| Krazy | Oct 29 2007, 02:20 AM Post #21 |
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I haz powah!
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The only problem with this game is that Wikipedia is the interweb's toilet wall.... |
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| Eral | Oct 29 2007, 06:31 AM Post #22 |
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Kopi Luwak
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That's a problem because...?
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| Krazy | Oct 29 2007, 09:37 AM Post #23 |
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I haz powah!
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Whilst it makes a fun diversion, it's slightly annoying knowing that you could be assimilating a whole load of disinformation. In fact it's been recently shown that journalists from major newspapers here like the Telegraph, Times and Guardian are just taking information from Wiki and using it without bothering to check it. Pathetic all told. |
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| Nibsi | Oct 29 2007, 10:03 AM Post #24 |
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Hmm yes, but that doesn't make Wikipedia bad, it makes those reporters bad. |
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| Spuddywinks | Oct 29 2007, 10:30 AM Post #25 |
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hello :)
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I think it also makes me a slightly better person for actually trying to change inaccurate details in articles that I happen to care about. (Now where is that pat-myself-on-the-back smiley, perchance?) Sadly, returning two weeks later I all too often find some sad has expunged my facts and replaced them with the sort of crap that was there before I did my civic duty.
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I'll try to get up results Monday night or Tuesday.

Also, needed to post that in humble gratitude for her ladyship's efforts at retrieving my stuff. Thanks, Bex!)
has expunged my facts and replaced them with the sort of crap that was there before I did my civic duty.
8:40 AM Jul 11