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Let's play the Wikipedia Random Article game!

Benjamin Grimm Feb 07 2017 09:48 PM

I got The River Wenning. It's a tributary of the River Lune, in Northern England.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Feb 07 2017 10:11 PM Re: Let's play the Wikipedia Random Article game!

Wow, I got the Duetsche Reichsbaun, an old German railroad. Fun game [url]en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deutsche_Reichsbahn

Mets Willets Point Feb 07 2017 10:55 PM Re: Let's play the Wikipedia Random Article game!

Stefan Pettersson (born June 19, 1977, in Farsta, Sweden) is a Swedish professional ice hockey player with Södertälje SK in the Swedish elite league Elitserien.

sharpie Feb 07 2017 11:00 PM Re: Let's play the Wikipedia Random Article game!

Nicholas Bayard, a Dominican theologian born around 1300. Great guy.

Edgy MD Feb 07 2017 11:05 PM Re: Let's play the Wikipedia Random Article game!

Is that the game? Just click the random page button and report back?

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Feb 07 2017 11:32 PM Re: Let's play the Wikipedia Random Article game!

I got actress Marissa Ribisi (born December 17, 1974; active since 1988), sibling of Giovanni Ribisi and wife/baby-mama of fellow Scientologist Beck.

Benjamin Grimm Feb 07 2017 11:42 PM Re: Let's play the Wikipedia Random Article game!

Edgy MD wrote: Is that the game? Just click the random page button and report back? That's all there is to it!

Edgy MD Feb 08 2017 12:28 AM Re: Let's play the Wikipedia Random Article game!

There's another related game, where contestants all agree on a target page (say, the Ed Kranepool page), and see how many link clicks it takes them to get to the target. Fewest clicks winzz.

Edgy MD Feb 08 2017 12:38 AM Re: Let's play the Wikipedia Random Article game!

I randomly got, for instance Lovekiller (song) It took me seven steps to get from there to the Ed Kranepool page, without backing up. How many steps from The River Wenning to Ed?

Benjamin Grimm Feb 08 2017 01:25 AM Re: Let's play the Wikipedia Random Article game!

After landing on River Wenning, I got to Ed Kranepool in seven clicks: [list]The River Wenning 1. North Yorkshire 2. York Railway Station 3. York Street (IND Sixth Avenue Line) 4. New York City Subway 5. New York Mets 6. 1969 New York Mets Season 7. Ed Kranepool[/list:u] That seems like a fitting number of steps for it to take to get to Ed Kranepool. Who wants to play next?

d'Kong76 Feb 08 2017 01:50 AM Re: Let's play the Wikipedia Random Article game!

Diamond Mine (King Creosote & Jon Hopkins album) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Diamond Mine is a collaborative studio album by Scottish singer-songwriter King Creosote and English electronica musician Jon Hopkins, released on 28 March 2011 through Domino Records. Inspired by the East Neuk of Fife, the album combines Creosote's songs with field recordings by Hopkins. Full wiki-page here!

Fman99 Feb 08 2017 02:03 AM Re: Let's play the Wikipedia Random Article game!

Babylone (in Arabic بابيلون) is an Algerian musical band established in 2012 with three principal members being Amine Mohamed Djemal, Rahim El Hadi and Ramzy Ayadi. The band has released the studio album Brya in 2013 after huge success of their single "Zina"[1] that won Algerian Song of the Year during the Algerian Music Awards 2014 with the band itself winning "Algerian Band of the Year".[2][3] Babylone sings mainly in Algerian Arabic in a musical style known as "dziri style", being Algerian world music with various international music influences.[4]

Fman99 Feb 08 2017 02:06 AM Re: Let's play the Wikipedia Random Article game!

Got to Eddie K in six clicks from Babylone (band): 1. Babylon (disambiguation) 2. Babylon, NY 3. Queens 4. New York Mets 5. 1973 New York Mets season 6. Eddie Kranepool

41Forever Feb 08 2017 02:32 AM Re: Let's play the Wikipedia Random Article game!

I got Lessingianthus, a genus of South American plants in the sunflower family. Not very exciting!

Edgy MD Feb 08 2017 03:25 AM Re: Let's play the Wikipedia Random Article game!

After landing on River Wenning, I got to Ed Kranepool in seven clicks: [list]The River Wenning 1. North Yorkshire 2. York Railway Station 3. York Street (IND Sixth Avenue Line) 4. New York City Subway 5. New York Mets 6. 1969 New York Mets Season 7. Ed Kranepool[/list:u] That seems like a fitting number of steps for it to take to get to Ed Kranepool. Who wants to play next? Good, but don't tip your path to other folks right away, or else they'll follow your steps.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Feb 08 2017 03:28 AM Re: Let's play the Wikipedia Random Article game!

From Mrs. Beck: 1. Scientology and celebrities 2. John Travolta 3. Saturday Night Fever 4. New York City 5. Bronx 6. List of people from the Bronx 7. Eddie K

d'Kong76 Feb 08 2017 03:36 AM Re: Let's play the Wikipedia Random Article game!

Edgy MD wrote: Good, but don't tip your path to other folks right away, or else they'll follow your steps. You totally hijacked the thread, man... and now coaching? Schiphorst is a municipality in the district of Lauenburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Ceetar Feb 08 2017 03:49 AM Re: Let's play the Wikipedia Random Article game!

[url]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/When_the_Lilies_Bloom_in_France_Again I got when the Lilies bloom in france again, a WW1 song. It's 4 clicks from there to Kranepool. and 14 clicks to Philosophy (just about every article leads to Philosophy if you keep clicking the first non-italic, non-bold link)

Edgy MD Feb 08 2017 04:42 AM Re: Let's play the Wikipedia Random Article game!

I think you're our winner then, and you get to the name the next target.

Nymr83 Feb 08 2017 06:30 AM Re: Let's play the Wikipedia Random Article game!

random page... 1. John Manning - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Manning_(footballer) 2. Association Football - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_football 3. Team Sport - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Team_sport 4. Baseball - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baseball 5. Polo Grounds - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polo_Grounds 6. New York Mets - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Mets 7. 1969 New York Mets - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1969_New_York_Mets_season 8. Kranepool - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Kranepool #4 is where i really hit a wall - hundreds of link choices and i probably didnt make the best one - i was hoping to get lucky and have some mention of him there, and then on the Mets page too.

Ceetar Feb 08 2017 12:05 PM Re: Let's play the Wikipedia Random Article game!

Edgy MD wrote: I think you're our winner then, and you get to the name the next target. It was Lillies 1. New York 2. Mets 3. 1962 Mets 4. Krane um, new target? Okay. How many clicks to... Chocolate.

Benjamin Grimm Feb 08 2017 02:23 PM Re: Let's play the Wikipedia Random Article game!

I got from Gerhard Weis (a paralympic athlete from Germany competing mainly in category F56 throwing events) to Chocolate in four clicks.

Edgy MD Feb 08 2017 02:33 PM Re: Let's play the Wikipedia Random Article game!

Man, if you've got to get to chocolate, it's nice to start with a German guy.

Benjamin Grimm Feb 08 2017 02:35 PM Re: Let's play the Wikipedia Random Article game!

I think it would have been even easier if he was from Belgium or Switzerland. Or if the goal was "sausages". But like with Ed Kranepool, where it's easy once you get to "New York", with chocolate you just have to get to "food".

Edgy MD Feb 08 2017 02:37 PM Re: Let's play the Wikipedia Random Article game!

I got five clicks from the Giffen Hill neighborhood of Baltimore to chocolate. Probably could have done it in four, but I failed.

d'Kong76 Feb 08 2017 03:16 PM Re: Let's play the Wikipedia Random Article game!

Gisulf II of Friuli From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Gisulf II was the Duke of Friuli from around 591 to his death. He was the son and successor of Gisulf I. Full wiki-page here

Benjamin Grimm Feb 08 2017 03:39 PM Re: Let's play the Wikipedia Random Article game!

There was no Gisulf like Gisulf I.

d'Kong76 Feb 08 2017 05:19 PM Re: Let's play the Wikipedia Random Article game!

Tough sandals to fill, for sure.