Wikirace
Wikirace is racing from one wikipedia article to an other. Each wikirace has a start article and a target article. By clicking through wikilinks from start article, one should reach the destination article in fewest clicks/hops possible.
Wikirace is a knowledge game. It will need you to apply all your knowledge about the target article to find the best relationship with the start article. If you have no idea about the target article, wikirace provides you a reason to learn new things and expand your knowledge.
Wikirace.org is the first wikiracing website. It is the free wikipedia racetrack for wikiracers. Players earn points for every race they finish and every record they break. At Wikirace.org players cannot edit articles which will ensure no workarounds. Year links, date links, category pages, list pages and few disambiguation pages are disabled to make races interesting.
Players can create their own races. Created races will be available for play after they are approved.
How to play?
Click on a race from the list in "Race now" section to go to its home page.
You can preview articles by clicking on the start article name or target article name before you start the race.
Click on "Start race" to start a new race or resume an existing active race from where you left.
Click on article links to move through articles. You can see all the visited articles and number of hops at the top of the page.
You can use the visited article links at the top of the page to go back.
You will be prompted to submit the race once you reach the destination.
New races
Click on the "Create a race" link in "Race now" section.
Enter start article name and target article name and click submit.
You can preview article data before you confirm.
You can change start article and target article in the confirm race page.
Once confirmed the race will be submitted and will be available for play after moderator's approval.
My account Active races - Any race left in the middle without reaching the target article will be listed in this section. You can continue the race from where you left or delete it. You can have a maximum of 15 active races at a time. Finished races - List of all your finished races. Your records - List of races for which you hold the record for best hops. Change account info - You can change your first name, last name, email and password. Races you created - List of approved races created by you. Races waiting for approval - List of races created by you which are waiting for approval.
Points
100 points for finishing a race.
200 points if you break best hops record for any race.
75 points if you break your own best hops record for any race.
75 points for creating a new race (points will be awarded after your race is approved).
Strategies Wikiracing usually consists of two distinct strategies (not including random clicking). The first method is called the "Gate" or "Portal" method. When using the Gate method, one tries to locate a link to an article with a wide range of possible wikilinks contained in it. For example, the article on the United States is a good Gate, as it has multiple wiki links that can help you redirect to a new article that is somewhat relative to what you are looking for.
The second method, and more popular, is called the Background method. In this method, you apply all knowledge of the article you are looking for in order to find relative links. For example, if one was searching for Walt Disney, knowing where he was born (as background information) could help find more articles to search for that would, in turn, lead to your designated page.
