The Hitler game

[anarky]

Yes, I know the name is unfortunate, but even the biggest cocksucker in human history should have something positive associated with his name, right? And, anyway, I didn't make this up.

It's easy. Go to the main page of Wikipedia, click "Random Article," and navigate to the page about Adolf Hitler in five clicks or less.

Here's a demonstration:
Random article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Meistrell
First click: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wetsuit (The first one gave me shit to go on--two links total!)
Second click: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Navy
Third click: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II
Fourth click: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Hitler

Four clicks total.

Second time:
Random article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who_He%3F
First click: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_fiction (Again, the first one gave me shit to go on.)
Second click: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_language
Third click: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany
Fourth click: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Hitler

Again, four clicks.

(I doubt I have to point out that even the most ridiculous-seeming random link is pretty simple if you find any way to get to a military topic or a European country.)

[Ran]

I hit random article and go this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scalptia_scalariformis

Took me 5 clicks.
1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Species
2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Linnaeus
3. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Wolfgang_von_Goethe
4. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germans
5. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Hitler

And that's how Hitler is related to a sea snail.

[vynsane]

Second time:
Random article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who_He%3F
First click: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_fiction (Again, the first one gave me shit to go on.)
Second click: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_language
Third click: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany
Fourth click: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Hitler

i used your random article to see how easy it would be to get there an alternate way:

(not) Random article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who_He%3F
1: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Bester
2: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish (i already have this totally in the bag)
3: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holocaust_theology
4: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitler


and THIS one, i got in THREE clicks:

random page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mi_Mundo
1: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spain
2: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nationalism
3: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Hitler

[vynsane]

this one took 5:

random: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangalore_ ... Expressway
1: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karnataka
2: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India
3: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom
4: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany
5: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Hitler

[vynsane]

this one appeared to be a challenge at first:

random: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distribute ... nt_Network
1: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_science
2: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II
3: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Hitler

[Diabolical]

Three.
I thought for sure I'd have it in two, but he wasn't listed in the WWII discussion of #1. Churchill, Eisenhower and Patton are all listed, but not Hitler.

Random: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_Lieut ... _of_London
1: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Ale ... r_of_Tunis
2: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II
3: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Hitler



Two.
Pretty easy when you get a person who was born in Poland.

Random: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stefania_Toczyska
1: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warsaw
2: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Hitler

[vynsane]

random: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenWebNet
1: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communications_protocol
2: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telecommunications
3: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SECAM
4: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Germany
5: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitler

[Slicker]

Random: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melbert_Cary
1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_Oil
2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States
3. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I
4. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Hitler


I could've done it in about 3 but I wanted to see a new path other than "random", "something else random", "World War II", "Hitler". I'm what they call "original".

[vynsane]

you're right, 'world war I' is much more original than 'world war II'

random: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Tu ... ng_leaders
1: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C4%B1nar ... %C4%B1yaka
2: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkey
3: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany_an ... estruction
4: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Hitler

random: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Beqaa_District
1: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebanon
2: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi_Germany
3: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Hitler

this one took six, but i cheated and purposely started on Deep Roy:

not random: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_roy
1: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenya
2: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Wo ... s_in_Kenya
3: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/POW
4: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buchenwald ... ation_camp
5: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Mayr
6: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Hitler

[jjreason]

I lost. I'm sure someone here could win it easily though:

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

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:E ... structures

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

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

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

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

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

[anarky]

That one does look tough.... Let's see if I can take a stab at it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menara_ExxonMobil
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_World_War

(I think you can see where this is headed....)

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