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Apparently it doesn't always come back to the nazis.
« on: May 25, 2011, 02:45:31 PM »
From the alt text of today's XKCD (http://xkcd.com/903/)
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Wikipedia trivia: if you take any article, click on the first link in the article text not in parentheses or italics, and then repeat, you will eventually end up at "Philosophy".

Even nazism comes back to philosophy.  In surprisingly few steps.

So far I've tried dirt, manga, toaster and Godspell.  True for all.

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Re: Apparently it doesn't always come back to the nazis.
« Reply #1 on: May 31, 2011, 10:42:28 PM »
Works for Cheese in about 10 clicks
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Re: Apparently it doesn't always come back to the nazis.
« Reply #2 on: June 01, 2011, 02:06:51 AM »
The Straight Dope board Game Room sub-forum had a thread on this as well.

Apparently there's a few other topic rings as well.

And a new game was started amongst Wikipedia editors to both break existing and form new topic rings. It's kind of like nuclear buildup.
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Re: Apparently it doesn't always come back to the nazis.
« Reply #3 on: June 01, 2011, 09:11:47 PM »
Naked Mole Rat: 14 clicks
Spaghetti: 14 clicks
Bomb: Loops on Property -> Physical Property

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Re: Apparently it doesn't always come back to the nazis.
« Reply #4 on: June 02, 2011, 12:22:34 AM »
I tried bomb and it went from Property to Modern Philosophy...I wonder if it got edited after you tried out
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Re: Apparently it doesn't always come back to the nazis.
« Reply #5 on: June 02, 2011, 01:12:58 AM »
Quote from: Hoopy Frood on June 01, 2011, 02:06:51 AM
The Straight Dope board Game Room sub-forum had a thread on this as well.

Apparently there's a few other topic rings as well.

And a new game was started amongst Wikipedia editors to both break existing and form new topic rings. It's kind of like nuclear buildup.

Well... if you think about it, it's always gotta loop.  You can change the loop, certainly, but it's gotta loop.

I guess you could artificially introduce a random element which would break loops.  But that's not fair.

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Re: Apparently it doesn't always come back to the nazis.
« Reply #6 on: June 02, 2011, 02:36:47 AM »
Quote from: Swash on June 02, 2011, 12:22:34 AM
I tried bomb and it went from Property to Modern Philosophy...I wonder if it got edited after you tried out

Yeah, I get to philosophy now too.
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Re: Apparently it doesn't always come back to the nazis.
« Reply #7 on: June 02, 2011, 02:42:23 AM »
Haha!

Justin Bieber -> R&B -> hip hop -> American (Music of the United States) -> Hip hop

Another loop not leading to philosophy.
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Re: Apparently it doesn't always come back to the nazis.
« Reply #8 on: June 27, 2011, 06:32:18 PM »
I typed in Fallout and did it and ended up at Psychology... how fitting :)
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Re: Apparently it doesn't always come back to the nazis.
« Reply #9 on: June 27, 2011, 10:28:44 PM »
Quote from: The Hanged Man on June 27, 2011, 06:32:18 PM
I typed in Fallout and did it and ended up at Psychology... how fitting :)


Hmmm.... very Villagesque.

But it's not like you get an automatic invitation to the Vestibule, what with not having boobs and all.
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Re: Apparently it doesn't always come back to the nazis.
« Reply #10 on: June 28, 2011, 12:34:24 AM »
Quote from: BlueCross on June 27, 2011, 10:28:44 PM
Quote from: The Hanged Man on June 27, 2011, 06:32:18 PM
I typed in Fallout and did it and ended up at Psychology... how fitting :)


Hmmm.... very Villagesque.

But it's not like you get an automatic invitation to the Vestibule, what with not having boobs and all.

Shame I was kind of counting on that.
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Re: Apparently it doesn't always come back to the nazis.
« Reply #11 on: June 28, 2011, 01:52:17 AM »
25 clicks from Buildings of Jesus College, Oxford to philosophy.. the college also being the first non-parenthesis, non-italic link on wikipedia today!
14 clicks from Epic of Gilgamesh.
15 clicks from Hillman City, Seattle.

Interestingly, all of them merge into the line reaching philosophy between 4 and 6 clicks before actually getting there. All of them pass through mathematics, quantity and property before getting to modern philosophy and philosophy.

Justin Beiber also does as well.. canadian > canada > north america > western > geographical > science, and on hitting science it's on the same path as buildings of jesus college
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Re: Apparently it doesn't always come back to the nazis.
« Reply #12 on: June 28, 2011, 11:15:58 PM »
Damn it.. someone must be changing these things.. I could've sworn Justin Bieber was the chosen one.
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Re: Apparently it doesn't always come back to the nazis.
« Reply #13 on: June 29, 2011, 12:32:57 AM »
Quote from: Chucara on June 28, 2011, 11:15:58 PM
Damn it.. someone must be changing these things.. I could've sworn Justin Bieber was the chosen one.

If that was true he wouldn't have made it past the temple of trials in fact he would have been banished from the tribe... oh wait I see what you mean...
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I have run out of places to climb. I will abandon this body and take to the air. We will leave twin vapor trails in the air, white lines etched into these rocks. I am the aerial. In my passing, I will send news to each and every star.

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Re: Apparently it doesn't always come back to the nazis.
« Reply #14 on: July 04, 2011, 05:35:01 AM »
"Berries" ends with philosophy.  Though, having a degree in philosophy, I could have told you that.
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