{"id":502861,"date":"2022-10-22T14:00:39","date_gmt":"2022-10-22T11:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/have-you-played-the-wikipedia-game\/"},"modified":"2022-10-22T14:00:39","modified_gmt":"2022-10-22T11:00:39","slug":"have-you-played-the-wikipedia-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/have-you-played-the-wikipedia-game\/","title":{"rendered":"#Have You Played the Wikipedia Game?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2870afe0a95\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2870afe0a95\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/have-you-played-the-wikipedia-game\/#%E2%80%9CHave_You_Played_the_Wikipedia_Game%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Have You Played the Wikipedia Game?&#8221;<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/have-you-played-the-wikipedia-game\/#The_Basic_Wiki_Game\" >The Basic Wiki Game<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/have-you-played-the-wikipedia-game\/#More_Variations\" >More Variations<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CHave_You_Played_the_Wikipedia_Game%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Have You Played the Wikipedia Game?&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"type:primaryImage alignnone size-full wp-image-840452\" data-pagespeed-no-defer=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Wikipedia.jpg?width=1198&amp;trim=1,1&amp;bg-color=000&amp;pad=1,1\" alt=\"Wikipedia logo\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Wikipedia is one of the best resources for information ever created, but that doesn\u2019t mean it can\u2019t be fun, too. There are many variations of \u201cthe Wikipedia <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a>\u201d and \u201cthe Wiki game\u201d that turn the online encyclopedia into a competition.<\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_Basic_Wiki_Game\"><\/span>The Basic Wiki Game<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>There are <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wikipedia:Wiki_Game\">many different games<\/a> based on the idea of browsing Wikipedia, but all of them <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a>ly involve navigating from one article to another in the shortest amount of time or clicks possible, using only the links in the article \u2014 no searching. Sometimes the starting article is randomly selected and the destination is fixed, sometimes it\u2019s the opposite, and sometimes both the start and end are randomly selected.<\/p>\n<p>To get started with the most basic version, visit Wikipedia in your language of choice and click the \u201cRandom article\u201d link in the sidebar (here\u2019s the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Main_Page\">English random article link<\/a>). Now that you have your first random article, which can serve as your starting point, click the random article link again to set your destination. As a side note,\u00a0Wikipedia has many articles about not-safe-for-work topics, so playing this game in a public setting on a large screen with completely randomized pages might be risky.<\/p>\n<p>Clicking the random link twice gave me\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Daniela_Calzetti\">Daniela Calzetti<\/a>, an astronomer, and <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ronaldo_Monteiro\">Melanocorypha<\/a>, a genus of birds. I couldn\u2019t im<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a>tely think of a common link between the scientist and a type of bird, so I backed up enough to reach articles about <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Taxonomic_rank\">taxonomic ranks<\/a>, and then simply went down the tree until I hit\u00a0Melanocorypha.<\/p>\n<p>That attempt required 12 clicks, which isn\u2019t great. I tried again, this time with the goal of reaching the page for birds more quickly.<\/p>\n<p>That time only took seven clicks, as the National Academy of the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/sciencee\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"5\" title=\"Science\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Science<\/a>s was founded by President Abraham Lincoln, who was born in Kentucky, which has an official state bird \u2014 the Northern cardinal.<\/p>\n<p>You can play with as strict or loose rules as you want, but there are a few generally agreed-upon guidelines. You\u2019re limited to the links within the article itself (no using the search or sidebar links), and going back in your browser history is forbidden. Navigating to overly broad articles, such as <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Category:Pittsburgh\">articles that start with \u201cCategory:\u201d<\/a> or ones <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2022\">about a certain year<\/a>, is also typically not allowed.<\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"More_Variations\"><\/span>More Variations<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Even though that\u2019s the simplest version of the Wikipedia game, it might be the most frustrating \u2014 with two randomized points, you\u2019re more likely to get stuck somewhere, or have a <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wikipedia:Stub\">stub article<\/a> as the start. Thankfully, there are more versions with different rules that add some fun. Here are some popular variations:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Two-Player Challenge:<\/b>\u00a0One person picks two topics, and the other person must navigate from one to the other. Then, the person who played first gives their own two topics (different from the first pair) for the first player to complete. The person with the fewest clicks wins!<\/li>\n<li><strong>Time Trials\/Speed Wiki:<\/strong> A start and end article is set, and multiple people race to see who can get to the end article first. Time (and reading speed) is the most important factor here, rather than clicks.<\/li>\n<li><b>5-Clicks-to-Jesus:<\/b>\u00a0Starting on a random article, your goal is to reach <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jesus\">the article for Jesus<\/a> in as few clicks as possible. There are other versions of this that replace Jesus with other major historical figures.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Some of these versions are available to play online. <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thewikigame.com\/\">The Wiki Game<\/a> is one popular version, which automatically selects a start and end article and tracks your clicks. Your score is then displayed next to other people in the same round, like a Wikipedia Battle Royale. The site also allows account creation to record wins.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-841209 size-full\" data-pagespeed-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/The-Wiki-Game.jpg?trim=1,1&amp;bg-color=000&amp;pad=1,1\" alt=\"The Wiki Game image for finding the link between &quot;Stroke&quot; and &quot;Board of directors&quot;\" width=\"1200\" height=\"739\" src=\"\/pagespeed_static\/1.JiBnMqyl6S.gif\" onload=\"pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\" onerror=\"this.onerror=null;pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Wiki Game is one online version with tracked scores.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>No matter which version you play, the Wiki Game is a fun way to turn an encyclopedia into a game that tests your general knowledge. 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