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Show HN: WikiRoulette – Randomly browse Wikipedia

8 points by minouye 10y ago

hornbaker 10y ago
Nice interface, but gosh that makes me feel dumb. So much I don't know. Could be the basis for a nice party game, along the lines of Trivial Pursuit.
- popey456963 10y ago
  TheWikiGame[0] is my favourite go to Wikipedia based game. Mostly because a non-automated version can be played even on the most restricted networks that just allow Wikipedia. I have endless fun working out how to get from Norse Mythology to Arithmetic Logic Unit. [0] http://thewikigame.com/ http://thewikigame.com/
chrisBob 10y ago
Is this somehow different from the random article link in Wikipedia?
- dugmartin 10y ago
  The random link on the sidebar is my go to time waster.
- ujeezy 10y ago
  Roughly the same: https://github.com/minouye/wikiroulette/blob/master/src/override/main.js#L72 https://github.com/minouye/wikiroulette/blob/master/src/over... If you didn't see the Chrome extension, it's worth a try - I really like the feeling of serendipity every time I create a new tab. It's a little distracting, but I think in a good way.
pixel 10y ago
Throw this in your favorites, and have fun: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random
strict9 10y ago
I dig it, but the main content area is too narrow. --- Edit: My previous endorsement is now retracted, installing the Chrome extension changes the default new tab behavior. Hijacking default browser behavior is terrible. Bad form on the part of the author
anilgulecha 10y ago
I had a similar prototype idea that I never built, but it was this: * start a user off on a random wiki page. * Don't encourage them to start afresh .. they can instead click through to a different page from the current one. * Keep track of these traversals, and then allow the 'trail' to be shared with others. It could be cool to see the wiki-trails people leave as they spend time soaking in the pages. Or compare trails of people from the same page. You have some of it ready.. please steal this idea :)
- wrboyce 10y ago
  I thought this sounded familiar, and I managed to find this app[1] that claims to feature a "2D mind map to keep track of your journey and suggest new paths". [1]: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/wikilinks-smart-wikipedia/id990956008?mt=8 https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/wikilinks-smart-wikipedia/id...

8 points by minouye 10y ago

Nice interface, but gosh that makes me feel dumb. So much I don't know. Could be the basis for a nice party game, along the lines of Trivial Pursuit.

popey456963 10y ago
TheWikiGame[0] is my favourite go to Wikipedia based game. Mostly because a non-automated version can be played even on the most restricted networks that just allow Wikipedia. I have endless fun working out how to get from Norse Mythology to Arithmetic Logic Unit. [0] http://thewikigame.com/ http://thewikigame.com/

chrisBob 10y ago

Is this somehow different from the random article link in Wikipedia?

dugmartin 10y ago
The random link on the sidebar is my go to time waster.
ujeezy 10y ago
Roughly the same: https://github.com/minouye/wikiroulette/blob/master/src/override/main.js#L72 https://github.com/minouye/wikiroulette/blob/master/src/over... If you didn't see the Chrome extension, it's worth a try - I really like the feeling of serendipity every time I create a new tab. It's a little distracting, but I think in a good way.

pixel 10y ago

Throw this in your favorites, and have fun: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random

strict9 10y ago

I dig it, but the main content area is too narrow. --- Edit: My previous endorsement is now retracted, installing the Chrome extension changes the default new tab behavior. Hijacking default browser behavior is terrible. Bad form on the part of the author

anilgulecha 10y ago

I had a similar prototype idea that I never built, but it was this: * start a user off on a random wiki page. * Don't encourage them to start afresh .. they can instead click through to a different page from the current one. * Keep track of these traversals, and then allow the 'trail' to be shared with others. It could be cool to see the wiki-trails people leave as they spend time soaking in the pages. Or compare trails of people from the same page. You have some of it ready.. please steal this idea :)

wrboyce 10y ago
I thought this sounded familiar, and I managed to find this app[1] that claims to feature a "2D mind map to keep track of your journey and suggest new paths". [1]: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/wikilinks-smart-wikipedia/id990956008?mt=8 https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/wikilinks-smart-wikipedia/id...