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Wikipedia Golf

This is one of my favorite forum games.  Here's how it works: the person above you posts a link to a Wikipedia article.  You go to Wikipedia and click the "random article" button in the toolbar.  You need to click links from that random article to navigate your way to the Wikipedia article that the previous golfer posted: the fewer links the better! It's fun and a bit educational, too.
 
Here's an example.  Suppose I'm trying to get to the article http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_art.  I could take the following path:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hewlett_Harbor,_New_York (random start: city on long island)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Island (island near New York City)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_metropolitan_area
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston (city in northeastern USA)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Museum_of_Fine_Arts,_Boston (art museum in Boston)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_art (destination)

5 links to my destination! Not bad. Believe it or not, you can make most connections in 5 or fewer links if you try hard. (You can call 5 links "par".) If you're too busy to optimize your path, getting it in 10 is usually pretty easy.

Other various rules:

  • All English encyclopedia articles (those hosted on "en.wikipedia.org") are game.
  • Pages that have a namespace (like "User:" or "Wikipedia:") are not encyclopedia articles and therefore may not be used.
  • Have fun!

Let's start! First destination: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil_national_football_team

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    Starting point: 

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warsaw (the town is near Warsaw)

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_de_Janeiro (Rio is a sister town of Warsaw)

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki Estádio_do_Maracanã

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil_national_football_team (destination)

     

    Next destination: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arjen_Robben

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    start http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_S._Monagan

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgetown_University

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_Civil_War

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_United_Kingdom#World_War_II

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi_Germany

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_German

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany_national_football_team

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_G%C3%B6tze

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FC_Bayern_Munich

     

    wow that took a while

     

    next goal http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An225

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    Start: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raillimont

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Five_(United_Nations)

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Russian_scientists

    End: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An-225

     

     

    Next destination: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O_zittre_nicht,_mein_lieber_Sohn

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    Start: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neridup_Land_District (land in Western Australia)

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Australia

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opera_Australia (Opera Company)

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfgang_Amadeus_Mozart

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Die_Zauberfl%C3%B6te

    End: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O_zittre_nicht,_mein_lieber_Sohn

     

     

    New: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyo_Province

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    Start: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Probyn

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethnal_Green

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empire_of_Japan

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prefectures_of_Japan

    End: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyo_no_kuni

     

    New: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SK_Telecom_T1

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    Start: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mysterious_Mannequin (47th volume of Nancy Drew)

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juvenile_literature

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Potter

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Potter_and_the_Philosopher%27s_Stone_%28video_game%29

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Role-playing_video_game

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/StarCraft (a popular video game)

    End: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SK_Telecom_T1 (an e-sports team known for StarCraft)

     

    That one was tough. 6 links from a random children's book to a random e-sports team isn't too bad, though. :)

     

    Next destination: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Glass_Menagerie

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    Start: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_National_Constituent_Assembly_of_1789 (of France)

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackson,_MS_Metropolitan_Statistical_Area

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbus,_Mississippi

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennessee_Williams

    End: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Glass_Menagerie

     

     

    New: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kawasaki_Kinen

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    start:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letheobia_caeca (fuck)

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Africa

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states_and_dependent_territories_in_Africa

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states_and_dependent_territories_by_continent

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokyo

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tama_River

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kawasaki,_Kanagawa

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokyo#Sports

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1964_Summer_Olympics

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equestrian_at_the_1964_Summer_Olympics

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Show_Jumping

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thoroughbred

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Horse_racing

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Horse_racing_venues

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Horse_racing_venues_in_Japan

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kawasaki_Racecourse

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kawasaki_Kinen (fuck you Betsy)

     

    New target: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devil%27s_Dykes

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    Start: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herkimer_diamond

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herkimer_County,_New_York

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syracuse,_New_York

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syracuse,_Sicily

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Republic

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_province

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pannonia

    End: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devil%27s_Dykes

     

    New: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsukiji_fish_market

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    Start: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TV5_%28Finland%29 (TV station in Finland)

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_Chefs_of_Beverly_Hills (a TV show on the Food Network)

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_Network

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Chef_America (another TV show on the Food Network)

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swordfish

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuna

    End: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsukiji_fish_market

     

    New: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gardens_by_the_Bay

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    Start: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyle_Davis (page with several Kyle Davis people)

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Table_tennis_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_singles

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singapore_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singapore

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_parks_in_Singapore

    End: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gardens_by_the_Bay (parks in Singapore)

     

    New: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ikorta_church

     

     

    was it that bad Blade? Should have gone for the geographical location :D

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    Start: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xiaodong_Wang (Chinese-born American biochemist)

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Hughes_Medical_Institute

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hughes_Aircraft

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_aviation

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_architecture

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1170s_in_architecture

    End: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ikorta_church (an ancient church in the country Georgia)

     

    Ikorta Church is really deep. I couldn't find any good way to get there without going through either the "timeline/lists route" or the "geography route". :)

     

     

    Let's try this one… http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walleye_epidermal_hyperplasia_virus

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    Start: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%C3%A2teau_de_Leynes (castle in france)

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Departments_of_France

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlands

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prostitution

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HIV

    End: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walleye_epidermal_hyperplasia_virus

     

    Always look at your target page, you can find good clues in finding a close link. I wanted to go thruw the recent Ukraine plane crash (it has lots of HIV doctors on it) but as I didn't found it immedealty, I went with my back-up :D

     

    New: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pavel_Derevyanko

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    Start: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eremiaphila_bifasciata (a species of praying mantis)

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Praying_mantis

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greece (the word "mantis" comes from ancient Greek)

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hero_City (a Soviet honorary title awarded for outstanding heroism during World War II)

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defense_of_Brest_Fortress (battle in World War II)

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortress_of_War (a film about the Defense of Brest Fortress)

    End: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pavel_Derevyanko (Russian actor starring in Fortress of War)

     

    Pavel Derevyanko only has five inbound links. :P I also had an opportunity to go through Crimea, but it would have added another two links and I was already at seven.

     

    New: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stigmatogaster_subterranea

     

    This has only one inbound link. :D

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    Start: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1959%E2%80%9360_Football_League (UK premiere league)

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arsenal_F.C.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holloway,_London (town of Arsenal)

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater_London

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_London

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_College_London

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grant_Museum_of_Zoology_and_Comparative_Anatomy

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoological_specimen

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arachnid

     

    Went for a biological path, finally found a way in, now its just working down the taxodermea :D

     

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthropod

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centipede

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himantariidae

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stigmatogaster

    End: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stigmatogaster_subterranea

     

    Geez, wasn't easy, was trying to find "biology" for easy access but it wasn'thelping :(

     

    How do you know the amount of inbound links?

     

    New: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breton_Education_Centre (should be easy)

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    How do you know the amount of inbound links?

    You can click "What Links Here" in the sidebar for any article to see all inbound links. It's also useful for working backwards when golfing to a hard-to-reach destination. :)

     

     

    Start: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eliza_Manningham-Buller,_Baroness_Manningham-Buller (head spy in Great Britain in the mid 2000s)

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_world_service

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Brunswick

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nova_Scotia

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Waterford_Girl (a 1999 drama-comedy film set in Nova Scotia)

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Waterford,_Nova_Scotia

    End: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breton_Education_Centre

     

     

    Breton Education Centre has three inbound links: "List of schools in Nova Scotia", "New Waterford, Nova Scotia", and "Coal Bowl (basketball tournament)". That didn't give me too much to work with, so I just went with geography. :P

     

    New: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Congress_of_Rastatt (plenty of inbound links on this one, mostly history-related)

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    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandrovsk,_Perm_Krai (random Article-a town in Russia)

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia

    Surprisingly not direct link to the Germany article so

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi_Germany

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany

    Of course stupid me, Germany didn't exist in 1797

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhineland

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confederation_of_the_Rhine

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baden_Germany

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rastatt

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Congress_of_Rastatt

     

    New http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kett_Rebellion

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    Start: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarrie_Dall (Australian football player, born in 1887)

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_rules_football

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_public_school_football_games

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/England_and_Wales

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_England

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_VIII_of_England

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_VI_of_England (Henry VIII's son)

    End: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kett%27s_Rebellion

     

    New: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pruitt-Igoe_Myth (fairly challenging - looks like only 3 actual articles link to it)

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    Begin: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Chaffey (chaplin in royal airforce of UK)

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_in_Afghanistan_%282001%E2%80%93present%29

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missouri_River

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Louis,_Missouri

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pruitt-Igoe

    End: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pruitt-Igoe_Myth

     

    Not to hard, might have even gotten faster into St. Louis if I skimmed the Afghanistan page for military bases in the US me thinks, no?

     

    New: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ornithoctona (HA, biology again, 2 inbound links, have fun!)

     

     

     

     

    How do you know the amount of inbound links?

    You can click "What Links Here" in the sidebar for any article to see all inbound links. It's also useful for working backwards when golfing to a hard-to-reach destination. :)
     

     

    owwwww, seems nice. Don't use it thou, not challanging enough :D

     

    I do tend to go for the various link-bar's on the bottom of each page, they make skipping a couple links easier.

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    Start: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyposmocoma_pallidipalpis (hey, another Biology article. :P )

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insect

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fly

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippoboscidae

    End: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ornithoctona

     

    New article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Cortana

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    Start: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lana_Gogoberidze

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/34th_Berlin_International_Film_Festival

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Malle (made a film at that same festival)

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicon_Valley

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halo_(video_game_series)

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cortana

    End: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Cortana

     

    New: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Bull_X2010

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    Start: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%27m_a_Jayhawk (fight son of university of Kansas)

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Kansas

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Kansas_School_of_Engineering

    -- Alumni: Robert J. Eaton (ME 1963), retired DaimlerChrysler AG Chairman.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DaimlerChrysler_AG#Merger_with_Chrysler

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercedes-Benz_in_Formula_One

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Bull_Racing

    End: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Bull_X2010

     

     

    New: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goima

     

    enjoy!

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    Start:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echelon_Conspiracy

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prague

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenya (some of the record holders there are from Kenya)

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanzania

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Districts_of_Tanzania

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kondoa_District

    End: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goima

     

    New: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beijiao,_Guangdong

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    Random Article-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kollyvades [subsect of Eastern Orthodox]

     

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Orthodoxy

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guangdong

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guangzhou

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guangzhou%E2%80%93Zhuhai_Intercity_Railway

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beijiao_Railway_Station

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beijiao,_Foshan  (Final page, is a redirect)

     

    New Page

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Coventry_(F98)

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    Start: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Little_Minister_(1921_film)

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paramount_Pictures (the film's distributor)

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollywood,_California (Paramount's HQ)

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holywood (the other Hol(l)ywood, located in Northern Ireland)

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Navy

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_22_frigate

    End: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Coventry_(F98)

     

    New target: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaf%C3%BEr%C3%BA%C3%B0nir

    Edited by Niels

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