Wiki Games  Online research games and patterns reveal structures
of human thought  As one of the most important websites to be
coughed up by the collective human imagination, Wikipedia
provides not only specific knowledge but stunning insight into
the categorization of human thought. Most people use the
resource for topical learning, to look up an unfamiliar term or
brief themselves on history, science, and other fields of
interest. But Wikipedia's structure lends itself to endless
browsing as hotlinked terms guide readers between articles. The
fluid reading experience is the second most important
improvement on the print encyclopedia (the first being
Wikipedia's democratic editing procedure).   People have co-
opted the Wiki's structure and the random article feature to
create games within the knowledge bank. The most common game is
to forge the shortest path between two random articles. Similar
games include hopping to Jesus Christ in six steps or fewer by
means of strategic clicking. The Wiki Game website a