Wikiball

[Richard W]

I just discovered this game where the idea is to get from one Wikipedia page to another by following links. For example, a random page to the "Featured Article", which is currently Michael Brown Okinawa assault incident.

My random page was Montalembert (disambiguation) -> André de Montalembert -> Franco-Ottoman Alliance -> Crimean War -> British Empire -> United States -> United States Armed Forces -> United States Forces Japan -> Michael Brown Okinawa assault incident (8 steps)

Another variant is to try to get to Hitler. If this works for a thread, though, then we should probably go from one random page to another, or it might get repetitive.

So two random pages:

Try to get from National Physical Fitness Award to Tormod Knutsen.

As usual the first to do so gets to post another pair, and if there's more than one route then the shorter wins... (eta) Par 7, because that's the number of steps in the route I just found.

[I'mNotDedalus]

-National Physical Fitness Award
-Sport in Singapore
-Olympic Games
-1956 Winter Olympics
-Nordic combined at the 1956 Winter Olympics
-Tormod Knutsen

Wyndham Lewis to Pteridophyte

[Latiam]

You just beat me!

Grr.

[Ana Ng]

This looks like fun, but IND's is too hard.

[I'mNotDedalus]

Originally Posted by Ana Ng

This looks like fun, but IND's is too hard.

Aww, shucks. I can do it in 7 steps (well, 4-5 steps if the wiki pages were in more detail). I'll give you a hint, though: Everything is, sooner or later, connected to Aristotle.

[Richard W]

I've got 8 steps but you can probably get shorter:

Wyndham Lewis
W H Auden
Pennines
Moorland
Tundra
Moss
Vascular Plant
Fern
Pteridophyte

It took longer to get to Pteridophytes than I'd thought from the general "nature" area, which was where I was going in choosing Auden - I was hoping there'd be more links to ferns from moorland... again I found pages that mentioned them but without a link.

If I've not been beaten yet, then the next two are:

Bu Ju to Nafma

Hmm, all my ones seem to have obvious links to start with.

[Latiam]

That one was a lot harder.

[I'mNotDedalus]

Bu Ju
Chinese language
China
Chinese martial arts
Martial arts
Category:Martial arts organizations
Nafma

Chloe to Thomas and Friends - Series 11

[Ana Ng]

Chloe->
Madeline->
Tiny Pop Shows->
The Wombles->
Children's ITV television programmes-> (+200)
Thomas and Friends->
Thomas and Friends Series 11

Editing to add links and will add new one

[Ana Ng]

Holy Roman Empire to Lufthansa Heist.

[Richard W]

Holy Roman Empire
Germany
Transport In Germany
Lufthansa
Lufthansa heist

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Nicola Marschall to Xenosaurus

[Don Enrico]

Nicola Marschall
New Orleans
Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge
Alligator
Reptilia
Squamata
Xenosauridae
Xenosaurus

I may be late posting a new one, so if anybody else has one, go ahead!

Don Enrico

[BlueStar]

Originally Posted by Richard W

For example, a random page to the "Featured Article",

Random page -> Home -> Featured Article

[Richard W]

Originally Posted by Don Enrico

I may be late posting a new one, so if anybody else has one, go ahead!

I've just been using the "random article" link - click twice for the two articles. Nothing creative involved... If you do have an interesting idea for two pages then that would be fine too, though. I suspect "Chloe" to "Thomas the Tank Engine" wasn't generated randomly.

Originally Posted by BlueStar

Random page -> Home -> Featured Article

Ha ha. I think it should be outside the rules to use anything except the links in the article and text. (I was even wondering whether the category pages at the bottom might be cheating, but I guess it's up to you whether you're a "purist" or not...)

So if Don Enrico hasn't any:

Bangaon (Lok Sabha constituency) to Kokopu

[stalker]

Bangaon (Lok Sabha constituency)
India
Fish
Actinopterygii - linked as "Ray-finned fishes"
Galaxiid
Giant_kokopu
Kokopu

William Cecil, 7th Marquess of Exeter -> Maratha Light Infantry

[aceygray]

William Cecil, 7th Marquess of Exeter

Michael Cecil, 8th Marquess of Exeter

New Age

Hinduism

India

Indian Army

Maratha Light Infantry


Now, from Charles Clarke to Maraba Coffee

[Jay Tea]

Charles Clarke
EU
GDP
GDP by Country
Rwanda
Maraba Coffee

Sorghum to Herkimer Diamonds.

[Richard W]

Sorghum
United States Department of Agriculture
United States
New York (linked from the map)
Herkimer County, New York (in the counties list at the bottom)
Herkimer diamond

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Health risks from dead bodies to Ewido Networks...

Originally Posted by Richard W

Health risks from dead bodies to Ewido Networks...

Mine is nine:

Health risks from dead bodies
UCLA School of Public Health
Biostatistics
computer science
computer security
Trojan horse
spyware
AVG Technologies
Ewido Networks

How about Hugh Thornton to WXXK?

[Dr. Winston O'Boogie]

Not a short list, but I'm new to the game, plus you end up with an extra step or two when the destination is a software company that was purchased in 2006 by a company that changed names.....

Health risks from dead bodies
Contagious
Infectious disease
Virus
Virus (disambiguation)
Computer virus
Spyware
AVG Anti-Virus
AVG Technologies
Ewido Networks

List of corporations in Poznań to Guerrillero