the vynsane asylum

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.)

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.

anarky wrote: 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

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

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

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

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

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".

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

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

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