Donkey Kong Forum
Other Classic Arcade Games => Classic Arcade Game Discussion => Topic started by: Weehawk on July 06, 2017, 05:19:25 pm
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(http://www.slither-gdi.net/wikirace.jpg)
For those unfamiliar with the concept, a Wikirace is a contest to find the quickest path from one subject on Wikipedia (https://www.wikipedia.org/) to another, using the links in the bodies of the articles. Explained in Wikipedia itself here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikirace (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikirace)
For the person to find the shortest path (lowest number of articles linked) from Millard Fillmore (chosen by me at whim) to Donkey Kong, I have a DK Forum t-shirt:
(http://www.slither-gdi.net/finalmockup.jpg)
Post to this thread the shortest path you find. Example: to go from Photosynthesis to Chewbacca:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photosynthesis (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photosynthesis)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temperature (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temperature)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incandescent_light_bulb (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incandescent_light_bulb)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stage_lighting_instruments (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stage_lighting_instruments)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sound_design (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sound_design)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Lucas (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Lucas)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chewbacca (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chewbacca)
It should go without saying that you may not edit the articles. You are also forbidden (honor system) to use automated search methods, like finding or writing a script to traverse the Wikipedia links algorithmically.
Shortest path (number of articles linked) posted here by 0900 hours US Central Daylight Time on Sunday morning is the winner. Ties broken by earlier submission winning. You may post more than once if you find a shorter path than your previous submission.
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what donkey kong? game, character, series
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millard_Fillmore
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smithsonian_Institution
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smithsonian_American_Art_Museum
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Art_of_Video_Games
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donkey_Kong_(video_game)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millard_Fillmore
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donkey_Kong_(video_game)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millard_Fillmore
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_and_technology_in_the_United_States
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_computer
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PC_game
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donkey_Kong
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millard_Fillmore
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perry_Expedition
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donkey_Kong_(video_game)
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what donkey kong? game, character, series
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donkey_Kong
But for anybody who went to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donkey_Kong_(video_game)
who could have just as easily gone to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donkey_Kong
in the same step, I will count their submission at that time.
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what donkey kong? game, character, series
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donkey_Kong
But for anybody who went to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donkey_Kong_(video_game)
who could have just as easily gone to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donkey_Kong
in the same step, I will count their submission at that time.
BibleThump <mad> BibleThump
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i think 5 is the least amount you can do can't see it being 4 links
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Maybe if Millard played more DK we could 4
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using the links in the bodies of the articles
Not abiding strictly by this (i.e. if we use links not in the body, but in charts/boxes on/at the side/bottom), but in keeping with (I think) the rules given on the wikirace page, there's this:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millard_Fillmore
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_the_United_States
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_media
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arcade_game
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donkey_Kong
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New concept to me. It's too bad the "lame duck" session of Congress wasn't "lame Duck Hunt" session.
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New concept to me. It's too bad the "lame duck" session of Congress wasn't "lame Duck Hunt" session.
FailFish
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using the links in the bodies of the articles
Not abiding strictly by this (i.e. if we use links not in the body, but in charts/boxes on/at the side/bottom), but in keeping with (I think) the rules given on the wikirace page, there's this:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millard_Fillmore
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_the_United_States
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_media
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arcade_game
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donkey_Kong
No, "bodies of the articles" was not meant to exclude charts and sidebars, and the rules in the article I linked specifically say that such are allowed.
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