# Wiki-Sprint from Article X to Article Y **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [July 20, 2011, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wiki-sprint-from-article-x-to-article-y/589717 "2011-07-20T15:32:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2011, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wiki-sprint-from-article-x-to-article-y/589717/1 "2011-07-20T15:32:14Z")
Similar to my last thread, [Wiki-walk to philosophy](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=609905). The object: Link two randomly chosen articles on Wikipedia (English) in the fewest steps possible. Rules: 1 - The articles will chosen by clicking the Random Article Link twice. I’ll post the first two articles. 1.1 - The Ending Article must have a link to it (no stubs). Please poke around to make sure there is a link to your ending article. 2 - There will be five attempts to link the two articles, whoever links the two articles in the fewest steps wins. If, after two days, there are fewer than five entries, a winner will be declared. 3 - You may not edit any of the linking articles. We’re on the honor system here. 4 - No go-backs. Just plow straight through, so think through your strategy first. Again, we’re on the honor system here. 5 - You must list your path in the following format: [QUOTE=example 1] Start - [Article X] 1 - [Link 1] 2 - [Link 2] 3 - [Link 3] Et Cetera End - [Article Y] [/QUOTE] So an entry will look like: [QUOTE=Example 2] Start - Social and Liberal Democrats leadership election, 1988 Link 1 - United Kingdom Link 2 - World Trade Organization Link 3 - World Trade Organization accession and membership Link 4 - Japan Link 5 - Samurai End - Kiri sute gomen [/QUOTE] 6 - The winner will post two more articles to be linked. The first two Articles: Start - [Claudette Tardif](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claudette_Tardif) End - [Markvippach](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markvippach) ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2011, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wiki-sprint-from-article-x-to-article-y/589717/2 "2011-07-20T16:41:12Z")
It’s harder than it seems. I don’t expect this entry to vie for any honors, but I’ll post it anyway. Start - Claudette Tardif 1 - Liberal Party of Canada 2 - Liberalism in Canada 3 - Liberalism 4 - Liberalism in Europe 5 - Liberalism in Germany 6 - Germany 7 - Thuringia 8 - Sömmerda (district) End - Markvippach ---
**Author:** ![azraiel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@azraiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/azraiel)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2011, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wiki-sprint-from-article-x-to-article-y/589717/3 "2011-07-20T17:12:11Z")
Start - Claudette Tardif 1 - Francophone 2 - France 3 - Germany 4 - Thuringia 5 - Sömmerda (district) End - Markvippach ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2011, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wiki-sprint-from-article-x-to-article-y/589717/4 "2011-07-20T17:26:06Z")
Start - Claudette Tardif 1 - Canadians 2 - Germans 3 - Thuringian dialect 4 - Thuringia 5 - Sömmerda (district) End - Markvippach Nuts, that didn’t go as planned. ---
**Author:** ![Gedd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gedd/32/4938_2.png) [@Gedd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gedd)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2011, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wiki-sprint-from-article-x-to-article-y/589717/5 "2011-07-20T19:17:42Z")
Start - Claudette Tardif 1 - Canadians 2 - Germany 3 - Thuringia 4 - Sömmerda (district) End - Markvippach Down where it talks about immigration I found the link to Germany. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wiki-sprint-from-article-x-to-article-y/589717/6 "2011-07-22T11:41:27Z")
It looks like **Gedd** won this round. ---
**Author:** ![Gedd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gedd/32/4938_2.png) [@Gedd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gedd)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wiki-sprint-from-article-x-to-article-y/589717/7 "2011-07-22T16:54:41Z")
Cool, first time I won at something on the SDMB! So Round 2 gives us: Start - [Law of Hong Kong](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_Hong_Kong) End - [Ed Justice](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Justice) Looks like that might be a tough one. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wiki-sprint-from-article-x-to-article-y/589717/8 "2011-07-22T18:32:31Z")
Start - Law of Hong Kong 1 - Judiciary of Hong Kong 2 - English language 3 - Scotland 4 - Roman Catholicism in Scotland 5 - Catholic Church 6 - College of Cardinals 7 - Society of Jesus 8 - List of Jesuit institutions 9 - Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities 10 - Gonzaga University End - Ed Justice I took a wrong turn right at the start. I was hoping to get to a more general page when I clicked on the “Judiciary” link on the first page. ---
**Author:** ![storyteller0910](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@storyteller0910](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/storyteller0910)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wiki-sprint-from-article-x-to-article-y/589717/9 "2011-07-22T18:57:49Z")
This is extremely fun. I got it in 6 clicks: Start - Law of Hong Kong 1 - Quebec 2 - US State 3 - District of Columbia (redirects to Washington DC) 4 - Washington Redskins 5 - 1937 NFL Championship Game End - Ed Justice ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2011, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wiki-sprint-from-article-x-to-article-y/589717/10 "2011-07-26T11:53:48Z")
It’s been more than two days, and neither **story** nor **Maus** have shown, so I’ll go ahead and move on. Start - [Kostas Kyriacou](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kostas_Kyriacou) End - [Sussex, New Jersey](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sussex,_New_Jersey) ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2011, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wiki-sprint-from-article-x-to-article-y/589717/11 "2011-07-26T12:21:44Z")
Sorry, Real Life had intervened. ---
**Author:** ![Gedd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gedd/32/4938_2.png) [@Gedd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gedd)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2011, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wiki-sprint-from-article-x-to-article-y/589717/12 "2011-07-26T12:41:30Z")
Start - Kostas Kyriacou 1 - Tassos Papadopoulos 2 - United Nations 3 - United States 4 - New Jersey End - Sussex, New Jersey ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2011, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wiki-sprint-from-article-x-to-article-y/589717/13 "2011-07-26T13:11:50Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > Sorry, Real Life had intervened. No big. You laid it out where others can take over. I just thought you might want to announce the winner again. ---
**Author:** ![azraiel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@azraiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/azraiel)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2011, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wiki-sprint-from-article-x-to-article-y/589717/14 "2011-07-26T14:24:03Z")
Start - Kostas Kyriacou 1 - Cyprus 2 - United States 3 - New Jersey End - Sussex, New Jersey ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2011, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wiki-sprint-from-article-x-to-article-y/589717/15 "2011-07-26T21:38:18Z")
Start - Kostas Kyriacou 1 - Greek language 2 - United States 3 - New Jersey End - Sussex, New Jersey