Wikipedia Degrees of Separation

[Agent Ducky]

http://5degreesofwikipedia.tumblr.com/post/365370332/kublai-khan-to-kfc

It's theorized that you can get from one wikipedia article to any other within 5 clicks... So far I haven't found a way to disprove this, even with the most random stuff anyone could think of.

like toner -> grapes


Toner -> Paper -> Ancient Egypt -> Greece -> Dionysus -> Grapes. 5 clicks.

Or Chinchillas -> October Revolution
Chinchillas -> South America -> Socialism -> Marxism -> October Revolution

It's really stupid but kind of addictive and interesting how everything on Wikipedia is super-interconnected like this....

Can someone disprove this? Lol.

[Sir Comradical]

Lets try with people. Sachin Tendulkar (Indian cricketer) and Karl Marx.

Sachin Tendulkar -> Mumbai -> Economy of India -> Soviet Union -> Marxism -> Karl Marx

Yep, it works.

[Pirate Utopian]

Evelyn Waugh to Odd Future doesnt work. 7 clicks are needed.

[Rusty Shackleford]

i think theres a game varianed called "Three Clicks to Hitler" where you start with a random page and have to get to hitler in 3 clicks. :lol:

[Comrade J]

i think theres a game varianed called "Three Clicks to Hitler" where you start with a random page and have to get to hitler in 3 clicks. :lol:

I started with Jurassic Park and got to Hitler in 3 clicks. Also Dijbouti - Hitler in 3 clicks. Same with 'Vacuum state'. :lol: See if anyone can find something over 3 clicks to Hitler.

[Inquisitive Lurker]

There has been a Wikipedia game based on this for years. It's called Mornington Crescent. You pick a random page, and then you try to get to the article on the Mornington Crescent tube station in London in the least number of clicks.

It's based of the radio game Mornington Crescent from I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue on the BBC.

[Pirate Utopian]

Waka Flocka Flame > Hiphop > Hitler
:lol:

[Agent Ducky]

I started with Jurassic Park and got to Hitler in 3 clicks. Also Dijbouti - Hitler in 3 clicks. Same with 'Vacuum state'. :lol: See if anyone can find something over 3 clicks to Hitler.

Samsung Alias 2 (phone) -> samsung -> Korean war -> world war 2 -> Hitler

That's 4 :( I probably didn't try hard enough though :lol:

[Iraultzaile Ezkerreko]

Fender Blues Junior > Italy > Adolf Hitler

[Comrade J]

Samsung Alias 2 (phone) -> samsung -> Korean war -> world war 2 -> Hitler

That's 4 :( I probably didn't try hard enough though :lol:

You can go Samsung Alias 2 -> United States of America -> Nazi Germany - Adolf Hitler, which is only 3.

[CitizenSmith]

A game I played on another forum was to get from the article of the day to hitler in as few clicks, it's rarely over 3, as long as you can get to a nation in one click, you can pretty much get to Hitler in two.

Article -> Nation -> WWII -> Hitler

Fewer if it's a major nation from WWII.

[Agent Ducky]

You can go Samsung Alias 2 -> United States of America -> Nazi Germany - Adolf Hitler, which is only 3.

You're right, I didn't try hard enough. :lol:

[Pirate Utopian]

Planking > New Zealand > WWII > Hitler

[Johnny Kerosene]

i think theres a game varianed called "Three Clicks to Hitler" where you start with a random page and have to get to hitler in 3 clicks. :lol:

I though it was 5 clicks.

[human strike]

i think theres a game varianed called "Three Clicks to Hitler" where you start with a random page and have to get to hitler in 3 clicks. :lol:

We used to pIay a game at schooI instead of working where we'd race from one wiki articIe to another in the same fashion - was based on time rather than cIicks though - we caIIed it wiki races, Iike wacky races init

[Sam_b]

If you click the first link in any article that isn't in italics or otherwise you'll eventually get back to Philosophy.

[Rusty Shackleford]

Giovanni Conti > Kingdom of Italy > Adolf Hitler :lol:
2 clicks
ok, next try is 3 clicks to lenin. i dont like clicking on hitler.




Elizabeth of Denmark Duchess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel > Lutheranism > Marxism > Vladimir Lenin

3 clicks and on my first try!

[Princess Luna]

Barack Obama-> George W. Bush -> Republican Party (United states) -> Communism

Communism-> Red Scare -> Nazi Germany

Nazi Germany->Franklin D. Roosevelt-> United States of America-> Barack Obama

[Q]

Peanut Butter -> World War II -> V-2 -> Space exploration -> Moon rocket

[Agent Ducky]

If you click the first link in any article that isn't in italics or otherwise you'll eventually get back to Philosophy.

'Tis true. I've tried this many times. lol.

[CynicalIdealist]

I found a way to select a random wikipedia article. In this case, I got George Menachery.

George Menachery -> India -> Jews -> Hitler

[Johnny Kerosene]

If you click the first link in any article that isn't in italics or otherwise you'll eventually get back to Philosophy.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_storage_device
links to,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recording
Which then links back Data Storage Device. Consider yourself defeated good sir.

[Agent Ducky]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_storage_device
links to,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recording
Which then links back Data Storage Device. Consider yourself defeated good sir.

Unless of course you get yourself into an endless loop. Which doesn't happen often. =]

[praxis1966]

Yawn. Back in the analog days, people played this game at parties, it was done with actors and it was called Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon.

[Agent Ducky]

Yawn. Back in the analog days, people played this game at parties, it was done with actors and it was called Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon.

Yeah, but that requires you to actually watch movies and know stuff. Who seriously does that these days? :rolleyes: Psssshhht, old people. :lol: