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The Wiki Game, also known as the Wikipedia race, Wikirace, Wikispeedia, WikiLadders, WikiClick, WikiGolf, or WikiWhack, is a race between any number of participants, using wikilinks to travel from one Wikipedia page to another. The first person to reach the destination page, or the person that reaches the destination using the fewest links ...
During the 1940s, Popsicle Pete ads were created by Woody Gelman and his partner Ben Solomon, and appeared on Popsicle brand packages for decades. [ 14 ] The mascot was then introduced in Canada in 1988 and featured in television commercials, [ 15 ] promotions, [ 16 ] and print advertisements [ 17 ] until 1996.
Once you have played the Wiki-Link Game a couple of times, you might be tempted to try these alternative ways to end the game: If you go back and edit a page to add a link in order to avoid a short page ending or infinite loop ending , then game over (the nobody likes a cheater ending ).
At face value Wikipedia looks like a collaborative effort to build a free access encyclopedia. It appears to be a rich source of knowledge growing by the day; not so slowly and very surely. But in truth, Wikipedia is a thinly veiled game of points. Points can be accumulated in many ways but also lost in just as many ways.
Wikipedia games are developed by Wikipedians to be played on-wiki, either alone or with friends. More competitive games are described at Wikipedia:Contests.
The basic premise of the game has 50 players compete to eat colored orbs and grow as large as possible, while destroying other player's snakes. [44] The game was created in 2016 by Steven Howse, a self-taught independent developer who was inspired to make it after playing Agar.io. The game quickly rose to be the top game on many platforms. [45]
The Seattle Times has recommended it as a good educational pastime for children [8] and the Larchmont Gazette has said, "While I don't know any teenagers who would curl up with an encyclopedia for a good read, I hear that a lot are reading it in the process of playing the Wikipedia Game". [9] The Amazing Wiki Race has been an event at the ...
Popsicle (band), a 1990s Swedish pop band; Popsicle by Diamond Nights, 2005; The Popsicle, an EP by Zolof the Rock & Roll Destroyer, or the title song, 2004 "Popsicle" (song), by Jan & Dean, 1963 "Popsicle", a song by Kovas, 2007 "Popsicle", a song by Talking Heads from Bonus Rarities and Outtakes, 2006