the wagga six degrees of wikipedia

over the school holidays my dear son Zach discovered the joys of wikipedia (thanks in no small part to my new laptop). he sent me an email today outlining his new wikipedia game: from the wikipedia main page click on random article – from there follow links till you get to the wagga wagga article.

i made it the first time in five pages: Mohammed Bin HammamAustralia National Football (Soccer) TeamAustraliaNew South WalesWagga Wagga.

too easy, hey?  my next random article is On Golden Pond and proving to be a little trickier.

how many pages can you make it in?

Comments (9) left to “the wagga six degrees of wikipedia”

  1. chubbygristle wrote:

    i did these two

    Daylesford Spa Country Railway –>australia–>
    new south wales–>wagga wagga

    mummer (album)–>andy partridge–>
    voice of the beehive–>beehive (hairstyle)–>
    kitsch–>jeff koons–>sydney harbour–>
    sydney–>nsw–>wagga wagga

  2. chubbygristle wrote:

    as for on golden pond–>broadway–>
    hugh jackman–>nsw–>wagga wagga

  3. casey wrote:

    i did on golden pond -> cinematography academy awards -> dion beebe -> australia -> nsw -> wagga wagga
    so you beat me

  4. dan zero wrote:

    great idea zach!

    i went this way : Héctor Faubel–>Grand Prix motorcycle racing–>australia–>new south wales–>wagga wagga

    but i had to make a link to australia on the Grand Prix motorcycle racing page :| is that cheating?

  5. casey wrote:

    well…yes i think it is cheating
    :)

  6. casey wrote:

    i really like this game.
    random article -> jon heder -> church of jesus christ of latter day saints -> same sex marriage -> nsw -> wagga wagga
    this path struck me as particularly funny.

  7. Constrained Clicking at WRT: Writer Response Theory wrote:

    [...] We’ve discussed the various possible forms of constrained writing many times here, so why not ‘constrained clicking’? I was referred to a blog collective, TruthBeauty, from a out-of-the-ways town in Australia, Wagga Wagga, and discovered a post by ‘casey’ about a great wikipedia game. Here is the post reblogged here: over the school holidays my dear son Zach discovered the joys of wikipedia (thanks in no small part to my new laptop). he sent me an email today outlining his new wikipedia game: from the wikipedia main page click on random article – from there follow links till you get to the wagga wagga article. [...]

  8. casey wrote:

    quebec route 299 -> new richmond, quebec -> canada -> constitutional monarchy -> commonwealth of nations -> australia -> new south wales -> wagga wagga

  9. casey wrote:

    the constrained clicking conversation re this post has continued somewhat

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