Wikipedia talk:Wikington Crescent

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[edit] Page move to "Wikipedia:" namespace?

Wikipedia is not for things made up in school one day. That policy guideline specifically mentions the recurring degrees-of-separation games as "that infamous game" - Wikington Crescent should perhaps be in the "Wikipedia:" namespace (along with Wikipedia:Wikirace and the others), although I'm not sure what criteria there are for the namespace. --McGeddon 11:29, 10 September 2006 (UTC)

Consequently, Wikington Crescent article was moved to Wikipedia:Wikington Crescent by User:ISD, 13:37, 10 September 2006.

EdJogg 10:57, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Example needed?

I know it might not be in the spirit of the game, but having claimed that you can reach Mornington Crescent tube station from Matterhorn in four moves, wouldn't it be helpful to say how this can be achieved? While this could be considered to spoil the fun, there is always the possibility that the pages in question could be edited to move or remove the links subsequently, and hence break the claim.

Unfortunately, I do not have time to try and work out the claimed route - the starting link from Matterhorn is not obvious, even though later links could be guessed at. Maybe I should put {{fact}} there instead?

EdJogg 11:17, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

Matterhorn -> H. G. Wells -> England -> London Underground -> Mornington Crescent tube station --kylet 23:12, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

Or Matterhorn -> H. G. Wells -> London -> London Underground -> Mornington Crescent tube station --kylet 23:14, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

The route from London is fairly obvious, except that London Underground uses a picture caption, which could easily be replaced (although I suspect it may have been placed by someone playing this game! Cheating, methinks?). However, the England route is not obvious. You would not necessarily expect the article to contain a London Underground link - and the one that is there is likely to be removed.

One alternative is Matterhorn -> Goldfrapp -> London-> London Underground -> Mornington Crescent tube station.

If you want a harder challenge, try Consciousness in three. - Tom (86.142.27.17 01:39, 16 March 2007 (UTC))

Go on then, how is it done? There are so many links in consciousness I cannot think where to go! kylet 20:51, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

Do you think? It is a section about transport, the London Underground is a quite well know form of public transport in England.--kylet 00:21, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

So, should we include the above London route in the article? Or just leave the explanation here?

EdJogg 02:48, 16 December 2006 (UTC)

I have no prefernces, just found the route - it took less than a minute too.

I find Wikington Crescent rather easy, as many articles contain links to the UK or America - which contains a link to UK. No routes have taken me more than 6 clicks. --kylet 00:21, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] A similar game

I've been doing something similar since before I heard of this article. I posted on a forums betting $20 that you can find a link from any Wikipedia article to Hitler. Habnabit 17:52, 18 January 2007 (UTC)