Catfishing

How to play

• Guess the Wikipedia article from the categories it’s in.
• Every day there are 10 articles to guess, from a pool of over 2,000 notable, diverse, and interesting people, places, and things.
• Guess the article title. Titles normally include any first names. Don’t worry about capitalisation, accents, or anything in brackets like (TV series) or (singer).
• Many alternative names and common misspellings are accepted: specifically, any ‘also known as’ entries on Wikidata, and any word or phrase which Wikipedia redirects to the article. For example:
  • shakespeare is accepted for William Shakespeare
  • but swift is not accepted for Taylor Swift, as swift has many notable meanings
  • arabian nights is accepted for One Thousand and One Nights
• Wikidata and Wikipedia don’t record every possible alternative name. So if you knew the right answer but got the title wrong, just tap Close enough

Articles

• Articles are selected from various sources, including the Vital Articles project, popular topics, and user suggestions. Each article is in at least four categories, and is the only article in its combination of categories.

Contributing

• You can suggest articles for the game.
• If an article doesn’t make sense (e.g. has a giveaway category), tap Report bad article and I will review it.
• Improve categories and alternative names by editing Wikipedia and Wikidata. Drop me an email and I will pick up your edits.

About the game

• Made by Matthew — email me with feedback or issues at [email protected].
• Original concept by Sumana Harihareswara. Name and original implementation by Kevan Davis in 2006.

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