Six Degrees of Wikipedia

[mjdgoldeneye]

Wikipedia is massive. A guy a while back analyzed the massiveness of Wikipedia and found that you can get from basically any article to any other in an incredibly small number of clicks. I think it's really interesting.

 

http://www.netsoc.tcd.ie/~mu/wiki/

 

You can enter any 2 article names and it will link them in the fewest possible clicks. I can't beat 5, and to get 5 I kind of have to cheat by using really obscure stuff.

 

You only need 5 clicks to get from the Songhai Empire to Adam Ryland.

 

Try to get more than 5 links. I dare you.

 

Some links are amazing... There's a link to Homer Simpson from the Pythagorean Theorem page! Directly! If you get anything funny or cool or better than 5, post it!

[Teh_Showtime]

<p>this is old but I like playing this</p><p> </p><p>

also, this site cheats and doesnt use direct clicks</p><p> </p><p>

it just uses dates and enters them, etc</p>

[angeldelayette]

I got 5 links as well on one, going from life to Adam Ryland and none of them were dates.

[ampulator]

<p>For fun, I linked <a href="http://www.netsoc.tcd.ie/~mu/cgi-bin/shortpath.cgi?from=Kevin+Bacon&to=Adam+Ryland" rel="external nofollow">from Kevin Bacon to Adam Ryland.</a></p><p> </p><p>

Amusing... for a while.</p>

[BHK1978]

<a href="http://www.netsoc.tcd.ie/~mu/cgi-bin/shortpath.cgi?from=Hillbilly+Jim&to=Otto+Von+Bismarck" rel="external nofollow">Hillbilly Jim to the man who united Germany, Otto Von Bismarck.</a>

[D-Lyrium]

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="mjdgoldeneye" data-cite="mjdgoldeneye" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="28611" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><p> <a href="http://www.netsoc.tcd.ie/~mu/cgi-bin/shortpath.cgi?from=Songhai+Empire&to=Adam+Ryland" rel="external nofollow">You only need 5 clicks to get from the Songhai Empire to Adam Ryland.</a></p><p> </p><p> Try to get more than 5 links. I dare you. <img alt=":D" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/biggrin.png.929299b4c121f473b0026f3d6e74d189.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png"></p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> That only works if you turn around and go backwards half-way through though. <img alt=":p" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/tongue.png.ceb643b2956793497cef30b0e944be28.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png"> You can't get from Student's Union to Aston University (or from Aston University to Adam Ryland), you have to go from AU to SU (and AR to AU). Although having said that, it seems that's how it works: tries to work from both ends into the middle.</p>

[20LEgend]

I got a 6

Daz to Ed Curtis

[Synticha]

I got 7! From Daz 3D to Ed Curtis

[20LEgend]

Does that count as 7?

[Synticha]

Wait just a min... Fu*k! Never try to do anything while your drunk!

[shawn michaels]

If i understood this correctly, i have a good one here. 4 clicks to go from Francis Obikwelu ( a portuguese sprint athlete) to Adam Ryland. Not bad,right?

 

And here it is:

 

http://www.netsoc.tcd.ie/~mu/cgi-bin/shortpath.cgi?from=Francis+Obikwelu&to=Adam+Ryland

 

Edit: Here is a very good one:

 

http://www.netsoc.tcd.ie/~mu/cgi-bin/shortpath.cgi?from=Homer+Simpson&to=Cavaco+Silva

 

(3 clicks from Homer Simpson to Cavaco Silva, Portugal's president.)

[Guest Abraham]

I knew it...http://www.netsoc.tcd.ie/~mu/cgi-bin/shortpath.cgi?from=Spongebob&to=9/11