Ever heard of the "clicks to Jesus" game where you take a random article and try to get to jesus in as few clicks as possible?

Well we are going to play a modified version:

- First I pick the starting point: say Fermat's Last Theorem.
- I pick the target page: in this case The Iliad by Homer.
- Everyone has 24 hours (starting from time of 1st attempt) to get to the target in as few clicks as possible, recording their path.
- The winner picks the new target, and the previous target becomes the new starting point.

Good Luck.

Three: Fermat's Last Theorem -> Greek -> Ancient Greek -> Iliad.

Edit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_degrees_of_wikipedia

3 as well, but you were first.

Fermats last thm - Diophantus - Greeks - Iliad.

Worth noting that 2 is the lower bound, since no direct link exists.

I've probably won this, it's quite unlikely for there to be a shorter path than 3, so the next target is Human Pyramid.

I got there in 6, might have to wait a bit for improvements. Not many pages link to it, so it's a toughie

Iliad -> Ancient Greece -> Ancient Egypt -> Giza Pyramid Complex -> pyramid -> pyramid (disambiguation) -> Human Pyramid

FOUR: Iliad -> Power Metal -> Metallica -> Hazing -> Human Pyramid

Mwahahahahaha...

I doubt many people are playing this but the next word is cheddar.

I have four: Human Pyramid -> Pyramid (disambiguation) -> Food guide pyramid -> Cheese -> Cheddar

I have 3:

Human Pyramid -> Krishna Janmashtami -> Curd -> Cheddar Cheese

Assuming I win, my challenge is Dilbert.

Stop cheating Jamie

/me shiftyeyes

I have a 6 on Dilbert:

Cheddar Cheese -> Cheese -> food -> nuts -> peanut -> Peanuts -> Dilbert

I hope to improve on this soon though.

Down to 4:

Cheddar Cheese -> United States -> Federalism -> Bureaucracy -> Dilbert

assuming I win, the challenge is eyeball.

Dilbert-->List of Dilbert characters-->cat-->eye

I reckon it can be done in two though

Best I can do right now is 5:

Dilbert->List of minor characters in dilbert->species->evolution->eye colour->eye

(there is no specific page for eyeball)

edit (damn just missed- my one sucked though...)

Well, eyeball redirects to eye, so that counts.

I really should have checked this before issuing the challenge. Oh well.

I've got three as well, I'm pretty sure you can't do it in two.
Dilbert -> American English -> Eyeglasses -> Eye

Edit: Actually, you can:
Dilbert -> Comic Book -> Eye

The next target is: Riemann Zeta Function

For moment, I have four:
Eye -> Degree (angle) -> -> -> Riemann Zeta Function

Sweet, I'm like a wiki psycic now. Though why on earth comic book would link to eye I don't know, that seems like the wikipedia habit of proposterous linking, totally irrelevant to the article.

Okay, how's this - total cheat or not?

Eye -> Category:All articles with unsourced statements -> same again [Ri] -> and again [next 200] -> Riemann Hypothesis

So that's 4 then :) Hee I like that one :P

Jamie

Haha. :D

I still win though.

Total cheat, yeah. I don't reckon disambiguation pages should be allowed either.

Next Please!

Are we allowed the date pages, like /wiki/1859?

Yeah, date pages are OK I think.

The next one is: Polyrhythm

Went the obvious way :

Riemann Zeta Function -> Musical Tuning -> Music Theory -> Polyrhythm

I doubt it's possible to do this under 4 so I think you win this one.

It's been 24 hours, I suggest going to tornado.

I've got four:
Polyrhythm -> West Africa -> United States -> Florida -> Torando

Beat you, got three :

Polyrhythm -> African American -> Michigan -> Tornado

Damn. You've probably won, I doubt there's a two.

Dammit, I was trying the states connecting off the African American page earlier, and got bored of it :( grrrrrr

Cmon, it's been 24hrs now; I'm running out of procrastunition.

Ok, all right then, here's one, from Tornado, go to Geneva Drive.

Got :
Tornado -> European Union -> Germany -> Cinema of Germany -> Geneva Drive.
Could've gone one step faster if the word Germany in the Tornado article was a link, I'll leave that to Jamie.

I just read the top of this thread properly, 'clicks to jesus' IS the modified version Ben.

No, it's not the same, in "five clicks to Jesus" you take a random page and try to find a path from that article to the article about Jesus in five steps or less.

Which IS the modified version of what we're playing now.

Well each version is a modified version of the other anyway so I don't really see the point of arguing over that...

But yes, I agree, the game we're playing is probably closer to the "original" version than the clicks to Jesus is.

Tornado > United States > Kinetoscope > Geneva drive

Going to claim that one, next target: Pro-Vice-Chancellor

Five: Geneva Drive -> Watch -> Plastic -> Polyvinyl chloride -> PVC (disambiguation) -> Pro-Vice-Chancellor.

Let's say you won this one (which you might as well have as five seems very good), just to get things moving :p

I have to say, that one would be much harder without the disambiguation page, <6 might be extremely difficult to find.

edit Geneva Drive -> Geneva -> Webster University -> President -> Vice-Chancellor -> Pro-Vice-Chancellor

Ok, the next target is: San Diego Chargers.

Pro Vice Chancellor -> President -> President Of The United States -> Florida -> San Diego Chargers
(The obvious way again, there must be shorter as there are really tons of articles linking to the San Diego Chargers)

All right, next target is pin tumbler lock

San-Diego Chargers -> New York -> Empire State -> Tardis -> Pin Tumbler lock

Frankly, you're not gonna beat that, next target is Giant Panda

Done it in four :

Pin tumbler lock -> wood -> tree -> dove tree -> giant panda

All right, let's say I win that one (doubt there's a less than four chain)

On to Majoron !

Don't give up.
I propose this very bad one, in six :
Giant Panda -> 2005 -> List of decades -> 1930s -> 1938 -> Ettore Majorana -> Majoron

Anyone else is free to propose the next one as I don't want to monopolise this thread any further :p

Let's say you win this one, the next target is: Balls of Steel (computer game)

Edit: I bet no one is getting this one under six.

Done it in five!

particle physics->list of accelerators in particle physics->manhattan project->3D Realms->Balls of steel

If I win, and I do, then the challenge is Rioja

Got 6 so far, think there may be better:

Balls of Steel (computer game) -> Biological Hazard -> Public Health -> Alcohol -> Ethanol -> Wine -> Rioja (wine)

Beaten it already@

Balls of Steel (computer game) -> United States -> Prohibition in the United States -> Wine -> Rioja (wine)

New target is Your Mum (aka Mother insult )

Jamie

Could've done it it much less if any articles had actually links to them.

Example : Balls Of Steel -> 1997 -> France -> Wine -> Rioja (but all the mentions of wine on the article on France don't work as links)

Edit : Nice one, that invalidates my tries :p

A lame six: Rioja (wine) -> Spain -> Spanish -> Spanish Profanity -> Cunt -> Insult -> Mother Insult

There has to be much better though, but I can't be asked to look properly right now. It's annoying that 99% of the time "insult" isn't a link.

Interestingly enough when jamie found that page he typed in "your mum"

The title came in as:

Mother Insult
(Redirected from your mum)

I've got a better route, although still only 6:

Rioja (wine) -> Nut -> Testicle -> Bollocks -> Profanity -> Insult -> Mother Insult

Must do better...

Mother Insult
(Redirected from your mum)

:D

(I see marking is going along smoothly :P)

It's quite sad to see that's how it happens, at 4 in the morning :D

Edit : 4:04 :o

Another 6, Rioja -> Sangría -> Alcohol -> Perfume -> Jasmine -> Mother -> Mother Insult

I'm sure there's a goddamn 5 out there though...

Haha! 5:

Rioja (wine) -> Wine -> Christianity -> Mary (Mother of Christ) -> Mother -> Mother Insult

Woo! Went through Jesus!

That's what she said

Why have people stopped playing this game, it sounds like great fun. Right, I'll pick an article, but I won't start playing unless someone else does as well. We're at Mother Insult, right? The aim is to get to Heaven in as few clicks as possible.

Mother insult -> Incest -> Hinduism -> Heaven
I'm not sure if the footnotes are allowed or not.

You've probably won, it almost certainly can't be done in two clicks. Well, I've got until this evening to find out.

I've just noticed, this website's server still seems to be set to GMT.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UTC

I've found it in three clicks:

Heaven -> 16th Century -> Watch -> UTC

That's watch as in timepiece.

lol colin, I think he was referring to the fact that the forum is UTC time :P Noone's beating that anyway - what's your next target?

Jamie

edit: or perhaps not, having read it. ah well, good find, next? :)

edit(2): no, maybe it is...

edit(3): yes. it is. silly me.

Hehe, Jamie, make up your mind. Right I'll pick Marmalade.

If I'm going to start posting on the forums, I'll need a decent photo. Possibly one of the back of my head, seeing as it's more distinctive than the front. Hmm.

UTC -> English Language -> Lists of English words of international origin -> List of English words of Portugese origin -> Marmalade

Found another interesting 4 that avoids "list of..." pages:

UTC -> SI -> United Kingdom -> Dundee -> Marmalade

Was really annoyed I couldn't get from UTC -> UK in one though, you can get to US :(

(changed from GMT to SI, GMT was too close to UTC :) )

OK I'll set the next one. Marmalade to Paris-Roubaix

Marmalade -> European Union -> Sport in Europe -> Road Bycicle Racing -> Paris-Roubaix.

Why am I playing this now?

If anyone else feels like playing, next target is information entropy.

Cool game!

I can get there in 4:

Marmalade -> 17th century -> Classical mechanics -> Entropy -> Information entropy

Unless someone can beat that, next target is "Didgeridoo" from "Euler's identity".

Sorry, you have to get to Information Entropy from Paris-Roubaix, like this

Paris-Roubaix -> Paris -> Communication -> List of basic communication topics -> Information theory -> information entropy

Now I choose the next target, and you have to get there from information entropy. For your sake I'll choose didgerodoo.