Six Degrees of Wikipedia

[Kitchen Sink]

This ia a game that I brought to OB the last time I was here.

[COLOR=black]It is based upon the 6[COLOR=black] [COLOR=black]degrees[/COLOR] of separation theory, which speculates that anybody on the planet can be connected to anybody else using only 6 intermediate people, or "degrees", if you will.

If you've ever looked up an article or two on [/COLOR][COLOR=black]Wikipedia[/COLOR], you'll notice that each topic has these nifty little link words placed throughout the article from time to time, which can take you to a topic that is, or contains something about that word. Seasoned Wikipedians like myself will have also noted that through a series of link word clicks, one can end up on an article so totally removed from the original article it's funny. This will be the focal point of the game.

The game works like this, I will post two articles that contesters must link together in 6 or less link words or[B] [COLOR=black]degrees[/COLOR][/B]. The person who answers first with the correct answer becomes the gamemaster, and must coin two articles for the next round of contesters to link up.

For example, I say to link Canada with President Bush The correct answer would be...

"To get from Canada to President Bush, I used these steps; Canada Day, National Holiday, July 4: Independence Day, United States. George W. Bush is linked on the right-hand side under the title president.

Now, link Lightbulb to Enron...."

As a little side topic, you may like to discuss how long the quest took you, how you figured out where to go next etc...

The rules are thus:

1) The Gamemaster must know if a link is doable in 6 or less link words, as he/she will ultimately have to give the solution and give another two topics to link if no-one can get it.

2) If no-one is able to get to the topic, contesters may share what they have got with so far with other members, the Gamemaster cna then give hints or clues, and may even give the contesters a link word to steer them in the right direction.

3)If all seems hopelessly lost, the Gamemaster may either pick a new set of topics, or abdicate the position of Gamemaster to the person who has contributed the most amount of links or topic suggestions to the in-game discussion.

[/COLOR][COLOR=black]Now that's sorted, let's get underway...[/COLOR]

[COLOR=black]Link [COLOR=blue]Lemming[/COLOR] to [COLOR=blue]Fatal Attraction[/COLOR] (the film)[/COLOR]

[COLOR=black]here's the url: [URL]http://en.wikipedia.org[/URL]
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[Roxie Faye]

[color=#9933ff]Got it! Lemmings > The Walt Disney Company > Walt Disney Pictures > Paramount Pictures > Fatal Attraction.

I'm glad you brought this topic back. I was so busy the last time it was running that I never had the time to sit down and figure out how to get from the beginning link to the end link on Wikipedia.

How I reached my conclusion: I knew I somehow had to get from birds to media, so I looked for any link that was media related, which included the Lemming game link, and the Walt Disney Link. The Lemming game link was getting me nowhere, so I went with Disney. I also went and looked up the end page, Fatal attraction, which told me it was distributed by Paramount pictures. So then I thought, "huh, I have to find a link to get me from The Walt Disney Company to Paramount..." That was the only link I was missing, but it was pretty hard to find. I tried looking for "rival companies" links on the Fleischer brothers (it's the only context with in the paramount page that mentions Disney). Fleischer brothers brought me to popeye which brought me to Disney... and then I realized I didn't need any of that. So I got the answer in a round-about way, but what the hey.

Next challenge (it's a challenge, believe me)
Anglo-Saxton mythology > Coat of arms of Austria

Starting link: [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Saxon_mythology[/url]
Endling link: [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coat_of_Arms_of_Austria[/url]

hint: try starting with the ending page? It'll take you back to the fifth, then fourth rung - try to make a connection from there.[/color]

[Nerdsy]

[color=deeppink]Anglo Saxxon Mythology > Folklore > Pre-Christian Alpine Traditions >Austria > Coat of Arms of Austria.

Easy.

[b]Sam the Eagle[/b] to [b]Oligomer.[/b] This one should be tricky; I used some sneaky, sneaky tricks.[/color]

[Roxie Faye]

[color=#9933ff]Oi! I didn't even think of that. *laughs* Perhaps I should have started with Thor.... It was supposed to be Anglo-Saxon Mythology > Thor > Mjolnir > Hammer > Hammer& Sickle > Austrian Coat of Arms, which is actually a longer route than you proposed. Good for you.

I shall, however, leave your riddle to someone else, as I'm supposed to be writing a lab report at the moment (or, you know, if no one has found it, I'll come back to it later)

[i]Edit[/i]: Got it! Not gonna lie, that was REALLY hard. I had a request for a hint up here for a while, but I finally got it when I clicked on the link for fullerenes from calixarene. I had already gone the route from football to Truncated icosahedron but couldn't get to calixarene so I abandonded it and tried a bunch of other ways. Here's your solution:

Sam the Eagle > USA men's national soccer team > FIFA World Cup > Fifa world cup balls (real article name is "History of football (soccer) balls") > Truncated icosahedron > Fullerene > Calixarene > Oligomer

This is also longer than six degrees, so how did you get there, Nerdsey?

[i]Edit #infinity:[/i] Okay, next one? Juniperus communis to Klingons. I admit, it wasn't that difficult, buuut I'm bad at thinking these up. X_x;[/color]

[Nerdsy]

[quote name='MistressRoxie'][color=#9933ff]This is also longer than six degrees, so how did you get there, Nerdsey?[/color][/QUOTE]

[color=deeppink]By being a rotten little *******.

Sam the Eagle > Slapstick > [b]All Articles Lacking Source[/b] > 1-Octene > Alkene > Polymerization > Oligomer

The "All Articles Lacking Source" category was a wonderful find. It let me change the subject to something completely unrelated in one fell swoop.[/color]

[Roxie Faye]

[color=#9933ff]*Le gasp* You [i]are[/i] sneaky! *forceful poke* I find it amusing that I got to the end anyway, without using that. (even though it took me more links).

And, since no one has gotten my challenge yet, I'm altering it slightly. Juniperus communis to William Schatner. That should be easier (IMO). And yeah, I used a couple tricks too, but if I could get e's anyway, y'all should be able to get mine. =/[/color]