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ed boy

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The wikipedia game
« on: November 23, 2010, 05:15:37 am »

You may or may not of heard of the wikipedia game. It is fairly simple - given a start page in wikipedia, you must navigate to another page. You are only allowed to click on links in the page that you are currently on - no use of the "random page" link will be allowed.

When you have found a path from the start to the finish, you post it here, with the path that you followed. The first person to provide a path will be awarded points as such:
1 link - 55 points (that is, finding a link on the start page that leads to the end page)
2 links - 45 points
3 links - 36 points
4 liks - 28 points
5 links - 21 points
6 links - 15 points
7 links - 10 points
8 links - 6 points
9 links - 3 points
10 links - 1 point
11+ links - no points

Once you have posted your path, you must then provide a new start and finish page. Points will only be awarded for the first path that is posted here. An example turn would be as such:
Quote from: first person
Your start is A little girl in old pittsburg
Your finish is Oxygen
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A little girl in old pittsburg>Pennsylvania>Lake Erie>Lake>Angling>Fish>Gill>Oxygen
7 links=10 points for me
I will keep a scoreboard.

The following pages are not allwed to be used (may be updated if easy-to-exploit pages become known):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Categories

The first start is: Oxygen, and you need to get to: Dan Brown

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« Last Edit: November 30, 2010, 08:04:58 pm by ed boy »
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Re: The wikipedia game
« Reply #1 on: November 23, 2010, 06:52:59 am »

Oxygen > Photon > Elementary particle > Antimatter > CERN > Dan Brown

5 links, 21 points for me.

Go from Mutation to Labour Party (UK).
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Re: The wikipedia game
« Reply #2 on: November 23, 2010, 07:09:54 am »

Oxygen > Photon > Elementary particle > Antimatter > CERN > Dan Brown

5 links, 21 points for me.

Go from Mutation to Labour Party (UK).

Mutation > Mutation (disambiguation) > Consonant mutation > English language > England > History of England > Labour Party (UK)

That's 6 links. 15 points for me!

Next up: Dennis J. Roberts to Brockworth, Gloucestershire
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Re: The wikipedia game
« Reply #3 on: November 23, 2010, 07:12:33 am »

awwwww, I've found a shorter one but I'm late
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Re: The wikipedia game
« Reply #4 on: November 23, 2010, 07:13:13 am »

awwwww, I've found a shorter one but I'm late
Sorry. Post it anyway, I'm curious. Using the disambiguation page was the only way I found to get to england.
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Re: The wikipedia game
« Reply #5 on: November 23, 2010, 07:47:16 am »

Dennis J. Roberts > United States > United Kingdom – United States relations > United Kingdom > List of largest United Kingdom settlements by population > Gloucester > Gloucestershire > List of places in Gloucestershire > Brockworth, Gloucestershire

8 links - 6 points for me!

From Whole-body transplant to Men's Collegiate Lacrosse Association
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Re: The wikipedia game
« Reply #6 on: November 23, 2010, 07:58:30 am »

Well done!
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Re: The wikipedia game
« Reply #7 on: November 23, 2010, 08:00:11 am »

Whole-body transplant -> University of Pennsylvania -> Lacrosse -> Men's Collegiate Lacrosse Association

Dinofelis darti to KJIW-FM
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Re: The wikipedia game
« Reply #8 on: November 23, 2010, 08:01:25 am »

awwwww, I've found a shorter one but I'm late
Sorry. Post it anyway, I'm curious. Using the disambiguation page was the only way I found to get to england.

mutation->dna->Frederick Griffith->united kingdom->labour party

I knew there was some british involved in the dna discovery
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Re: The wikipedia game
« Reply #9 on: November 23, 2010, 08:12:01 am »

awwwww, I've found a shorter one but I'm late
Sorry. Post it anyway, I'm curious. Using the disambiguation page was the only way I found to get to england.

mutation->dna->Frederick Griffith->united kingdom->labour party

I knew there was some british involved in the dna discovery
Ahh, very nice.
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ed boy

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Re: The wikipedia game
« Reply #10 on: November 23, 2010, 08:36:43 am »

awwwww, I've found a shorter one but I'm late
That's part of the game - you have to balance how long you spend finding as short a route as possible with the likelihood that someone else will post a route before you.

Dinofelis darti to KJIW-FM

Dinofelis darti --> Before Present --> Radiocarbondating --> University of Chicago --> Illinois --> Arkansas --> Helena-West Helena, Arkansas --> KFFA (AM) --> Category:Radio stations in Arkansas --> KJIW-FM

9 links=only 3 points for me

Next: Pterula to 124th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment
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« Reply #11 on: November 23, 2010, 08:53:38 am »

Pterula -> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780851998268 (the isbn link) -> United_States -> mississipi river -> Siege_of_Vicksburg -> Ulysses_S._Grant -> 21st_Illinois_Volunteer_Infantry_Regiment -> Category:Illinois_Civil_War_regiments -> 124th_Illinois_Volunteer_Infantry_Regiment

score three for me!

chaining!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/124th_Illinois_Volunteer_Infantry_Regiment to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Sui
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« Reply #12 on: November 23, 2010, 10:06:49 am »

124th > United States > People's Republic of China > China > Tang Dynasty > Book of Sui

21 for me.

You must go from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Sui to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salic_law
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« Reply #13 on: November 23, 2010, 10:17:13 am »

bok of sui -> 636 ->  6th century -> franks -> salic law



from salic law to.....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Breast
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Re: The wikipedia game
« Reply #14 on: November 23, 2010, 10:54:50 am »

Facepalm.

Salic Law > Primogeniture > Sex and intelligence > Woman > Breast > Breast (disambiguation) > The Breast.

6 links so 15 points for me.

From The Breast to Mickey Elick
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