Basically, everything eventually leads to some article or another that begins with a defined term that includes an etymology. The etymology cites a language, and the languages all tend to lead back to the same points.
A number of apparently non-philosophical topics that this worked for:
Battle of Stalingrad > World War II > Participants in World War II > Nation > Sovereign state > State (polity) > Social sciences > Scholarly method > Principle > Law > System > Element (mathematics) > Mathematics > Quantity > Property (philosophy) > Modern philosophy > Philosophy
Canada > North America > North > Noun > Linguistics > Human > Taxonomy > Science > Knowledge > Fact > Information > Finite set > Mathematics > Quantity > Property (philosophy) > Modern philosophy > Philosophy
Daffy Duck > Animated cartoon > Film > Recording > Process > Milk > Mammary gland > Organ (anatomy) > Biology > Natural science > Science > Knowledge > Fact > Information > Finite set > Mathematics > Quantity > Property (philosophy) > Modern philosophy > Philosophy
The Godfather Part III > Mob film > Crime film > Play (theatre) > Literature > Fiction > Narrative > Latin > Italic languages > Indo-European languages > Language family > Language > Human > Taxonomy > Science > Knowledge > Fact > Information > Finite set > Mathematics > Quantity > Property (philosophy) > Modern philosophy > Philosophy
Jennifer Aniston > Rachel Green > Character (arts) > Representation (arts) > Semantics > Meaning (linguistics) > Linguistics > Human > Taxonomy > Science > Knowledge > Fact > Information > Finite set > Mathematics > Quantity > Property (philosophy) > Modern philosophy > Philosophy
Kangaroo > Marsupial > Class (biology) > Biological classification > Biologist > Scientist > System > Element (mathematics) > Mathematics > Quantity > Property (philosophy) > Modern philosophy > Philosophy
1999 > Common year starting on Friday > Calendar > Organizing > American and British English spelling differences > American and British English differences > American English > Dialect > Linguistics > Human > Taxonomy > Science > Knowledge > Fact > Information > Finite set > Mathematics > Quantity > Property (philosophy) > Modern philosophy > Philosophy
Pizza Hut > United States > Federalism > Politics > Group decision making > Individual > Person > Human > Taxonomy > Science > Knowledge > Fact > Information > Finite set > Mathematics > Quantity > Property (philosophy) > Modern philosophy > Philosophy
Uranium hexafluoride > Uranium > Metal > Chemical element > Chemical substance > Chemistry > Science > Knowledge > Fact > Information > Finite set > Mathematics > Quantity > Property (philosophy) > Modern philosophy > Philosophy
What’s surprising is I haven’t encountered a loop - two articles each of which lead to the other.
Tried it again, starting from the featured article, and ended up in a quick loop that just led from Continent to Land Mass and back again.
Seems like everything doesn’t lead to philosophy: everything leads to property!
I think you were hitting something in parentheses or written in italics, because neither of those have been edited in the last day, and the progress goes:
Continent - Landmass - Land - Earth Science - Science - … - Philosophy
No, I wasn’t hitting anything in parenthesis or italics..
However, I managed to miss the hyperlink for ‘Land’ in Landmass. The link back to Continent is the second non-parenthetical, non-italic link.
:smack:
Note to self, don’t try to play wikipedia games early in the morning and share your results. (Or buy airplane tickets, but that’s another story.)
Belly button lint to philosophy in 12 links.
Wasted Time (song) to Philosophy in 22.
And amusingly long one…
Bruces’ Philosophers Song -> Monty Python -> Surreal Humour -> Humour -> Laughter -> Stress -> Stress (Mechanics) -> Continuum Mechanics -> Mechanics -> Physics -> Natural Science -> Science -> Knowledge -> Fact -> Information -> Sequence -> Mathematics -> Quantity -> Property (Philosophy) -> Modern Philosophy -> Philosophy
(Still 20 steps is faster than some.)