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<h2 id="variations">Variations</h2> <p>Wikiracing has several variations, but here are a few examples : </p> <ul><li><i>Speed Wiki</i>, in which participants face off to reach the final page (agreed in prior) in a limited time. The first opponent who manages to reach the goal within the time limit wins the game.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11"><sup>11</sup></a></li> <li><i>Click Wiki</i>, in which participants are racing to reach the final page with as few clicks as possible or with a certain amount of clicks allowed.</li> <li><i>Wikispeedia</i>, which has the same rules as the basic wikiracing game, but involves data collection for the Data Science Lab research, a research group of the School of Computer and Communication Sciences of the <a href="/facts/%25C3%2589cole_Polytechnique_F%25C3%25A9d%25C3%25A9rale_de_Lausanne/IBPANwjM">École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne</a> (EPFL) in Lausanne, Switzerland.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:12" href="#fn:12"><sup>12</sup></a></li></ul> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Crowdsourcing/pIjlvb3E">Crowdsourcing</a> – Sourcing services or funds from a group</li> <li><a href="/facts/Gamification/yJDRqoWE">Gamification</a> – Using game design elements in non-games</li> <li><a href="/facts/Six_degrees_of_separation/7WgNIXsJ">Six degrees of separation</a> – Concept of social inter-connectedness of all people</li> <li><a href="/facts/Virtual_volunteering/IGCdQXmh">Virtual volunteering</a> – Online volunteering</li> <li><a href="/facts/Volunteer_computing/YkXGa3N8">Volunteer computing</a> – System where users donate computer resources to contribute to research</li> <li><a href="/facts/Wikipedia_community/og34SNfy">Wikipedia community</a> – Volunteers who create and maintain Wikipedia</li> <li><a href="/facts/Wiki_rabbit_hole/LSaUEIcw">Wiki rabbit hole</a> – Navigating from topic to topic while browsing wikis</li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li>Wikipedia's Wikirace project page</li> <li>Wikipedia's Wiki Ladders project page</li> <li>Harrison, Stephen (26 September 2023). <a href="https://slate.com/technology/2023/09/wikiracing-wikipedia-champions.html">"The Art of Wikiracing"</a>. <i><a href="/facts/Slate_(magazine)/wtt6BaeF">Slate</a></i>. Retrieved 27 September 2023.</li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Whelan, Aubrey (21 July 2010). "'Wikiracing' picking up speed among college students". The Philadelphia Inquirer. <a href="https://www.inquirer.com/philly/living/20100721__Wikiracing__picking_up_speed_among_college_students.html" target="_blank">https://www.inquirer.com/philly/living/20100721__Wikiracing__picking_up_speed_among_college_students.html</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Jones, Ben (20 June 2010). "Latest game for bored students? Wikiracing". Star Tribune. <a href="https://www.post-gazette.com/business/tech-news/2010/07/11/Latest-game-for-bored-students-Wikiracing/stories/201007110177" target="_blank">https://www.post-gazette.com/business/tech-news/2010/07/11/Latest-game-for-bored-students-Wikiracing/stories/201007110177</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Colin Hepke (2008). "On Your Mark, Get Set, Wikipedia"! Archived 2012-04-03 at the Wayback Machine Cornerstone 2(3), 8. <a href="https://spider.eecs.umich.edu/tbp/Newsletters/F08/F08Second_Actives.pdf" target="_blank">https://spider.eecs.umich.edu/tbp/Newsletters/F08/F08Second_Actives.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Stefan Thaler, Katharina Siorpaes, Elena Simperl and Christian Hofe (2011). "A Survey on Games for Knowledge Acquisition". Archived 25 May 2012 at the Wayback Machine Semantic Technology Institute International. pgs 14-17. <a href="http://www.sti-innsbruck.at/fileadmin/documents/technical_report/A-survey-on-games-for-knowledge-acquisition.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.sti-innsbruck.at/fileadmin/documents/technical_report/A-survey-on-games-for-knowledge-acquisition.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>Walker, John (10 June 2010). "Searching For Fun: Wikipedia Game". Rock, Paper, Shotgun. <a href="https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2010/06/10/searching-for-fun-wikipedia-game/" target="_blank">https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2010/06/10/searching-for-fun-wikipedia-game/</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>Stevens, Heidi (14 August 2011). "Zero in on your child's lack of focus". The Seattle Times. <a href="https://www.seattletimes.com/life/lifestyle/zero-in-on-your-childs-lack-of-focus/" target="_blank">https://www.seattletimes.com/life/lifestyle/zero-in-on-your-childs-lack-of-focus/</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>Plumez, Jacqueline Hornor (25 September 2008). "The Career Doctor". Larchmont Gazette. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 16 November 2011. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160304093833/https://www.larchmontgazette.com/2008/careerdoctor/20080925careerdoccteen.html" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20160304093833/https://www.larchmontgazette.com/2008/careerdoctor/20080925careerdoccteen.html</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>Denise Smith Amos. "500 teens converge for TechOlympics". Cincinnati Enquirer, 3/5/2010 <a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_Enquirer" target="_blank">/wiki/Cincinnati_Enquirer</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:9"><p>Read, Brock (28 May 2008). "6 Degrees of Wikipedia". The Chronicle of Higher Education. <a href="https://chronicle.com/blogs/wiredcampus/6-degrees-of-wikipedia/3973" target="_blank">https://chronicle.com/blogs/wiredcampus/6-degrees-of-wikipedia/3973</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:10"><p>"I Made a Graph of Wikipedia... This Is What I Found" on YouTube <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JheGL6uSF-4" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JheGL6uSF-4</a> <a href="#fnref:10" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:11"><p>Nations, Daniel (4 March 2020). "Love Wikipedia? Then You'll Also Love the Wiki Game". Lifewire. Retrieved 18 April 2025. <a href="https://www.lifewire.com/playing-the-wiki-game-3486704" target="_blank">https://www.lifewire.com/playing-the-wiki-game-3486704</a> <a href="#fnref:11" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:12"><p>"Wikispeedia". dlab.epfl.ch. Retrieved 9 January 2021.. <a href="https://dlab.epfl.ch/wikispeedia/play/" target="_blank">https://dlab.epfl.ch/wikispeedia/play/</a> <a href="#fnref:12" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>