Wikipedia talk:Wikirace

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1 Categories
2 Hard Pages
3 Hello Kitty
4 Is the "Back" browser option allowed
5 User Pages
6 Schools
7 goatse.cx
8 end page
9 cars to jesus
10 Pic
11 Creator
12 Portals/Categories
13 Assistance

[edit] Categories

Is it allowed to use category pages? It seems like a cheap trick to me, and is a subject of constant debate among the Wikiracers of my region. ChaseU 05:16 15 January 2006 (UTC)

I was going to ask the same question. Are category pages allowed? -- penubag (talk) 16:02, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Hard Pages

Is it just me, or is it completely impossible to wikirace to the page Mashimaro? Perhaps this page could be added to the list. authraw 21:37, 8 January 2006 (UTC)

It is possible, but difficult. Add it if you want. Setokaiba^✌_≝ 22:07, 8 January 2006 (UTC)

>> To be honest, i think the impossible (or very hard) to get to list is quite pointless seeing as theres such a large amount of random, obscure rubbish in the world that it would be quite hard to list it all.

I easily got from Strawberry shortcake to Leawarra railway station. It really isn't that hard. Strawberry Shortcake>GBA>Pokemon>Japan>Pacific Ocean>Australia>Victoria>Melbourne>Metlink>List of train stations in melbourne>Leawarra Railway stations User:Bazzbee

It's actually pretty easy to get from Colosseum to Orthographic Projection: Colosseum > Italy > Italian Renaissance > Perspective > Orthographic Projection. Maybe that example should be changed? Spoonriver (talk) 07:00, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Hello Kitty

The page says Hello Kitty is the only wikirace never finished. I did one by myself and made it from Cat to Hello Kitty.

I was actually wondering about that statement myself--it's definately possible. I'll correct the artcile now. authraw 22:15, 14 January 2006 (UTC)

I personally use Japanese culture-kawaii-hello kitty72.139.184.107 13:45, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

Bah. Got from Mornington Crescent tube station to Hello Kitty in about seven steps. BCube|_c|t 03:39, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

It was probably hard to get to the Hello Kitty page then (2-3 years ago). There's more links to it now though. -Deceased 15:26, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Is the "Back" browser option allowed

I was wondering this because whenever I've played this game (found independently at my school but also given the same name) we have always banned the use of 'back'. If there is no reply then I'll add this infomation myself and under 'how to play' as a suggested rule, like on the Wiki Race article. Superdantaylor 20:41, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

>> we always play that you can use the back rule but it counts as an extra link and is added to your score. golf wise of course.

[edit] User Pages

I think we should add userpages not allowed. --George Money^{Talk Contribs} 04:30, 28 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Schools

The end of the article is becoming like a list of schools who enjoy wikiracing! Surely there are too many to list?

- This was independently invented by a friend of mine, and no doubt by dozens or hundreds of others, so I think I'll change the last bit. (I ended up deleting it, for lack of anything to replace it with. Attributing something like this to a single inventor is meaningless.)[User:130.36.87.102|130.36.87.102]] 13:34, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] goatse.cx

www.goatse.cx- accessible by going to any country, Internet TLD, .cx, goatse.cx. almost any sexually explicit site can be got to thus. << this doen't fit here?! --84.115.136.73 23:10, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] end page

Can you look at your destination page up at the same time when doing the race?

I invented a game thats almost exactly the same as wikirace with my friends and we always said that you couldn't but I'm not exactly the authority.Nathan Wonnacott 20:16, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] cars to jesus

actually does not seem that hard - from Cars (disambiguation) to New Wave music to Rock music to Christian rock to Jesus Charon X/talk 03:12, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

actually cars > jesuit missions > jesuit > jesus <<tripswithtiresias 7:56 today

I don't think that the article is saying that it is an espacially hard one to get to, its just an example of something much harder than apple to orange. Also, you can't use a disambiguation page But maybe we should use a harder one. Also is it just me or is it really hard to get to verbs?(not the page verb but anything that is a verb.Nathan Wonnacott 20:27, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

At the time when I wrote that, yes it was simply because it was harder than apples to oranges (a simple one click link). Obviously Wikipedia has grown significantly since then so it makes sense that with more links Cars to Jesus would be simpler. Feel free to change it to a hard example if you wish. Deceased 14:07, 23 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Pic

The apple-orange pic has been replaced with a big copyright symbol. I can't figure how that pic would have been "non-free", if it were screenshots of Wikipedia pages, but hey, I don't run OTRS. Somebody should replace it. Chubbles 02:56, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

>> I changed the picture with my own 'logo', im not trying to officiate over the game; it's just idle boredom. Hopefully it's okay for most people...

[edit] Creator

Was there ever an official creator of Wikiracing? And, even if someone invited the term, I'm sure the idea existed before then. It's a game as old as wikipedia itself, and I doubt a real official "creator" exists. Certainly, the game isn't as new as 2006. People have played this game long before that. Admittedly I've heard "The Wikipedia Game" more than wikiracing, but it's essentially the same concept.

>> "It is said that 'The Wikirace' was founded by a two students at Bicentennial Junior High and many of the rules were also made by them." I don't agree with the previous quote so I removed it from the page. Like the above person stated, the game wasn't really invented by anyone. Deceased 14:04, 23 August 2007 (UTC)