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Your closest wikipedia article. - Page 1

Your closest wikipedia article.

Posted by: Torchickens
Date: 2009-10-09 13:37:12
On this game basically you have to type in each letter of your current name in order until wikipedia suggests the closest alphabetical match, if you go past the matches just remove a letter. If there are multiple alphabetical matches click the first article that appears.

I'll start:

Torchickens (GCL username) and (Pokemon UK forums which I quit several years ago)

Closest match = http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torchick#Torchic

comment: Torchick with an additional k redirects to list of pokemon?! I don't see why…

Chickasaurus (Various places including serebii and my runescape account name [cough] )

Closest match = http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chickasaw

comment: Interesting, apparantly only 38,000 people are of this linguistic group

ChickenNooby (My runescape account name after new display names update, shame I can't change back until 31st October and it takes your original username off the highscores ftl)

Closest match = http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicken

comment: I'm not surprised  :D

Re: Your closest wikipedia article.

Posted by: Angrysmurf
Date: 2009-10-09 13:48:30
Angrysmurf (GCL)(Gaming site I never go onto anymore)

Closest match: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angry

Comment: No surprises here.

Re: Your closest wikipedia article.

Posted by: Wa
Date: 2009-10-09 20:12:35
Wa (GCL)
Closest match: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WA
Comment: Just a disambiguation page, nothing special.

Paesguud (Google, Youtube)
Closest match: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paestum
Comment: The closest thing was the name of a Graeco-Roman city in the Campania region of Italy; that's kind of cool.

flygonlover (GCL, random places)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flyovers
Comment: Boring…

Re: Your closest wikipedia article.

Posted by: Zach the Glitch Buster
Date: 2009-10-09 20:23:14
Zach the Glitch Buster:
Closet Match: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_voice_actors
Comment: Oh. Weird.

Re: Your closest wikipedia article.

Posted by: Torchickens
Date: 2009-10-11 08:27:08

Zach the Glitch Buster:
Closet Match: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_voice_actors
Comment: Oh. Weird.


It was supposed to be the closest match according to the suggestions that came up in the search bar (before you click search) but equally weird you get a footballer named Zach Thomas http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zach_Thomas  O_o

Re: Your closest wikipedia article.

Posted by: Reimoni
Date: 2009-10-12 15:57:49
Reimoni:(I got 3 closest matches)
1.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reimond_Manco
Comment: I do play soccer (thats what football is in south america and eurasia)
2.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reimond_Stijns
Comment: I aint no teacher
3.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reimond_Tollenaere
Comment: Flemish, sounds funny

Re: Your closest wikipedia article.

Posted by: Kyoukipichi
Date: 2009-10-13 22:15:01
Mugendai (almost everywhere nowadays)
Closest match: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshimoto_Mugendai_Hall
Comment: I expected that.

Kyoukipichi (my old name)
Closest match: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yumi_Yoshimura
Comment: Not surprising.

Parafronas (my alternative old name)
Closest match: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paraf
Comment: Boring.

Re: Your closest wikipedia article.

Posted by: fivex
Date: 2009-11-08 23:58:57
Fawfulthethird(name on GCL only):
Closest match: none
thraciep(name on gamefaqs):
Closest match:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thrace
Comment: No surprises
Mr. Fawful(Name on pokemon platinum fan forums…):
Closes:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Paper_Mario_series_characters
Comment: Wut
fivexthethird(everywere else):
Closest match: none

Re: Your closest wikipedia article.

Posted by: Chaos
Date: 2009-11-23 23:27:25
Chaos (Old name): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaos
Not suprising, even though it's not the Sonic character.

Chaos Hiruko: Closest Match: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaos;Head
WTF? I didn't expect anything, but then THIS popped up?

Venustoise (Serebii name): Closest Match: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venustiano_Carranza
Lulz.

GoldenYuiitusin (Youtube name): Closest Match: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goldenyellow#Golden_yellow
Hmm…

Re: Your closest wikipedia article.

Posted by: Zowayix
Date: 2009-12-10 18:44:28
Zowayix: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zowaa
LordDesu: (over 9000 dudes whose names start with "Lord")

Re: Your closest wikipedia article.

Posted by: Guy
Date: 2009-12-10 18:51:00
Finally doing this.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tombstone

Re: Your closest wikipedia article.

Posted by: ISSOtm
Date: 2016-09-21 02:19:06
ISSOtm : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Issoumaila_Lingane
Didn't expect this, but oh well.

PandaHabert (pseudo on several sites, including my GitHub and Twitter)  : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pandaha
Did NOT expect this.

ecpensiveLife (twitter @ tag) : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expensive_Husbands
(Special mention for the second suggestion : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expensive_Vomit_in_a_Cheap_Hotel)

Re: Your closest wikipedia article.

Posted by: camper
Date: 2016-09-21 08:35:21
camper (only here now): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camper

as expected

Glitcher Red (youtube, reddit, twitch): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glimcher_Realty_Trust

…what

azum4roll (runescape, irc, pokemon showdown, every new account): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Pok%C3%A9mon_(152%E2%80%93201)#Azumarill

kinda expected too

Re: Your closest wikipedia article.

Posted by: Jchu
Date: 2017-05-31 20:52:42
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tzeltal_language
lolwutdapearz o.o