A Wikipedia Experiment

[Thamous]

And I'll pose one myself: Triangular numbers to lobster.

Spoiler

Triangular number-Miraculous Draught of Fish-fish-Marine biology-Marine invertebrates-Lobster

That was surprisingly easy.

Impressive.

Shibboleth to Taipei?[/quote]

Spoiler

Shibboleth-Hebrew language-Israel-Thailand-China-Taiwan-Taipei

 

[Klarinette]

I tend to get a little tangental with things, and Wikiedpia doesn't help. I'll be reading about neanderthals and cro-magnon, and then something comes along about the last ice age (which I'm also interested in) so I click on that, something comes up about the ice age cycle *click*, different ages and epochs of the world *click*, the beginning of the universe *click*, big freeze *click*, gamma rays *click*, ionizing radiation *click*, nuclear bombs.... and I end up so far from the original topic that I close the window, completely forgetting why the Hell I opened it to begin with.

Damn Wikipedia.

 

[Kilo24]

Nazism to pirates.

3 clicks.

Spoiler

Nazism - World War 2 - Royal Navy - Pirate (from piracy)

 

[Novacain4862]

Bananas To Cold Fusion. Do it under 10 clicks
Nightmare mode: Do it under 5.

 

[Klarinette]

I have a harder one.
Search up Fallout 3, and get to to Hydroponics, in less than 10 clicks. That has to be impossible...

It's possible, but I haven't found an elegant way for it yet.
6 clicks by clicking on categories and navigating through the menu. I suggest that we ban this method, honestly. It's way too easy to abuse.
So, no clicking on the general categories page then (the one with the monstrous list of ever category available?)

And I'll pose one myself: Triangular numbers to lobster.

Spoiler

Triangular number-Miraculous Draught of Fish-fish-Marine biology-Marine invertebrates-Lobster

That was surprisingly easy.

Nazism to pirates.

8 clicks.
Nazism - economic liberalism - public good - ethics - wealth - poverty - nutrition - scurvy - pirates.

Damn, didn't see that someone had done it in three.

 

[Thamous]

I have a harder one.
Search up Fallout 3, and get to to Hydroponics, in less than 10 clicks. That has to be impossible...

It's possible, but I haven't found an elegant way for it yet.
6 clicks by clicking on categories and navigating through the menu. I suggest that we ban this method, honestly. It's way too easy to abuse.
So, no clicking on the general categories page then (the one with the monstrous list of ever category available?)

And I'll pose one myself: Triangular numbers to lobster.

Spoiler

Triangular number-Miraculous Draught of Fish-fish-Marine biology-Marine invertebrates-Lobster

That was surprisingly easy.

Nazism to pirates.

That was a long one.

Spoiler

Nazism-World War I-North Sea-Atlantic Ocean-Ocean-International Maritime Organization-Namibia-Southern Africa-Africa-Somalia-Piracy in Somalia-Piracy

 

[BlackIronGuardian]

Not bad. Tried going through guns, ended up in India, from the to Europe, then to the states, films in the States, different types of films, horror, Evil Dead. Fun.

 

[Novacain4862]

Oh god I did my own....

Bananas>China>Nuclear Weapons State>Nuclear Weapon>Nuclear Fusion> Cold Fusion...

WHYYYY WIKIPEDIA WHY???

Left 4 Dead to Global Warming!!!

 

[j1-2themax]

I tend to get a little tangental with things, and Wikiedpia doesn't help. I'll be reading about neanderthals and cro-magnon, and then something comes along about the last ice age (which I'm also interested in) so I click on that, something comes up about the ice age cycle *click*, different ages and epochs of the world *click*, the beginning of the universe *click*, big freeze *click*, gamma rays *click*, ionizing radiation *click*, nuclear bombs.... and I end up so far from the original topic that I close the window, completely forgetting why the Hell I opened it to begin with.

Damn Wikipedia.

I share your pain. I'm lucky if I can stay on one page from beginning to end without going on some tangent or other.

On topic:

Nazism to pirates.

Spoiler

Nazism-Capitalism-Wage Slavery-Slavery-Barbary Corsairs-Pirate

That makes 5 clicks.

 

[lizards]

im so confused right now

 

[Zildjin81]

I don't have the time to do this, but a hard one, I think, would be going from Great Dane(the dog) to guitar hero 3.

Done.

Went something like Great danes < deafness < frequency < internet < computer < microsoft < xbox360 < list of xbox 360 games < guitar hero 3: legends of rock

Pretty easy actually.

 

[Thamous]

Bananas To Cold Fusion. Do it under 10 clicks
Nightmare mode: Do it under 5.

Spoiler

Banana-Renal cell carcinoma-Radiation therapy-Ionizing radiation-Subatomic particle-Atom-Nuclear fusion-Fusion power-Cold fusion

I think that's under ten.

 

[Novacain4862]

I already did it in 5 clicks. Sorry buddy!

 

[Clashero]

Did it!
Wood
North America
United States
Cinema of the United States
List of American Films. This list is divided by year. Click on 1981, then Evil Dead.

 

[j1-2themax]

im so confused right now

OK, you know how almost every article on Wikipedia has a LOT of links leading to other articles in them? Well, what we're trying to do is get from one article to another seemingly unrelated article in as few "links" as possible.

 

[Kilo24]

Bananas To Cold Fusion. Do it under 10 clicks
Nightmare mode: Do it under 5.

6 clicks.

Spoiler

Banana - kimono - Japan - nuclear power in Japan - nuclear power - fusion power - cold fusion

 

[Kilo24]

Left 4 Dead to Global Warming!!!

5 clicks.

Spoiler

Left 4 Dead - Zombie Apocalypse - Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction - disaster - effects of global warming - global warming

Hmm... Socrates to World Tree (the roleplaying game)?

 

[Thamous]

The Abbess to Implosion (mechanical process).

 

[Thamous]

Left 4 Dead to Global Warming!!!

5 clicks.

Spoiler

Left 4 Dead - Zombie Apocalypse - Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction - disaster - effects of global warming - global warming

Hmm... Socrates to World Tree (the roleplaying game)?

Spoiler

Socrates-Mysticism-Reality-Virtual reality-Role-playing game-List of role-playing games by name-World Tree (role-playing game)

 

[Kilo24]

The Abbess to Implosion (mechanical process).

8 clicks. Meh.

Spoiler

The Abbess - gothic fiction - Romanticism - Industrial Revolution - internal combustion engine - detonation - explosive material - explosion - implosion