Six degrees of wikipedia seperation
 

The basic idea that any wikipedia page can be linked to another with no more than six hyperlinks.

The site allows anyone to test this idea, by putting in the names of two Wikipedia articles, and it will find the shortest path between them.



http://tools.wikimedia.de/sixdeg/

Sklansky > Pokemon

Sklansky
David Sklansky
1982
1990s
Doom
Pokemon

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jesus christ > sklansky doesnt work.

jesus christ > babyface doesnt work either.

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haha, i've done this on my own while bored before. i thought i was the only one

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seems like pretty much everyone with a date attached is linked pretty easily [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

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seems like pretty much everyone with a date attached is linked pretty easily [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

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Yeah, that ruins it. Wikipedia is too needlessly structured.

How often do you read about your favorite unsigned blues saxophonist and think to yourself "Hey, what's this? Let's look at more living people"?

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Success!!!

From "Valbo" to "World Series of Poker"

No route found after 10 degrees

Try in the other direction? Okay

World series of poker
World Series of Poker
1970s
Sweden
Gävle
Valbo

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World series of poker
World Series of Poker
1970
April 9
Jenna Jameson

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Bad_ass - Kilgore_Trout

Bad Ass
Lancre
Cohen the Barbarian
Pulp magazine
Kilgore Trout

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fisting > sklansky

no succes

sklansky > fisting

Sklansky
David Sklansky
1982
AIDS
Anal sex
Fisting

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David Sklansky-->Jailbait

David Sklansky
Henderson, Nevada
Washington, D.C.
Sting operation
Jailbait

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jesus christ > sklansky doesnt work.

jesus christ > babyface doesnt work either.

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4 degrees of separation
Jesus christ
Jesus
2006
1958
Babyface



oreilllllllllllllly

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seems like pretty much everyone with a date attached is linked pretty easily [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

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Yeah, that ruins it. Wikipedia is too needlessly structured.

[/ QUOTE ]you can take off the date part of it.

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jesus christ > sklansky doesnt work.

jesus christ > babyface doesnt work either.

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4 degrees of separation
Jesus christ
Jesus
2006
1958
Babyface



oreilllllllllllllly

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babyface>JC doesnt work. Mistyped.

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Obama
Barack Obama
American Civil War
Benjamin Wade
White trash
Honkey

Big Steve [img]/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img]

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George Bush
George H. W. Bush
Embarrassment
Human sexual behavior
Felching


Big Steve [img]/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img]

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Mike Matusow
Annie Duke
Late Show with David Letterman
Late Night with David Letterman
A$$hole

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NASCAR
American Broadcasting Company
Monday Night Football
[censored]
Stupid

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Hugh Grant
Prostitute