Six degrees of Wikipedia

[Flying Mullet]

This is a fun little game I thought up of while I was browsing around on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/">Wikipedia</a> over lunch and is similar to the <i>Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon</i>. I'll post two random pages from Wikipedia, and the goal is to figure out the quickest way to link from the first page to the second page.

Example
Page 1: Diablo II - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diablo_II)
Page 2: Final Fantasy VI - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_Fantasy_VI)

I made it in 4 "clicks":
Diablo II -> Rock N' Roll Racing -> Super Nintendo Entertainment System -> Final Fantasy V -> Final Fantasy VI

The rules are simple:
- You can only use in-page links, nothing from the left-hand side-bar/navigation can be used.
- You can't edit a page to put a link in. You must use the page as it appears in the browser.
- You can't use dates. This refers to a specific calendar date, day, month, year or any related links, like 1990s or 20th century.


Now, for the first page pairing:
Page 1: Tony Blair - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Blair)
Page 2: Final Fantasy VII - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_Fantasy_VII)

[qwertysaur]

That was too easy.

Tony Blair -> 2007 -> 1990s -> Final Fantasy -> Final Fantasy VII

Only 4 clicks :D

Edit: Forgot to add one of the links I used. Oops.

[Cookie]

And you changed it from 3 to 4 clicks. :p
Sounded fun until qwertyxsora got it so fast. :/

[NeoTifa]

i got tony blair -> 1997 -> video gaming -> ff7

[blackmage_nuke]

Ive played a similar game except i get the article on the front page and try to relate it to sex with only clicking the links availabe at the top without scrolling.

[qwertysaur]

And you changed it from 3 to 4 clicks. :p
Sounded fun until qwertyxsora got it so fast. :/

Sorry, I was talking to someone at the same time as I was typing, so I put 3 instead of 4 links.

[Roto13]

If you can just go to year pages, that'll probably make everything really easy. xP

[Flying Mullet]

Good call. We'll add a rule that you can't use any form of dates.

How about:
Page 1: Porsche 64 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porsche_64)
Page 2: Piranha - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pirahna)

[DK]

Yeah using years is pretty inane.

Anyway I did it with no years, Tony Blair > Socialist > Japan > Music of Japan > Nobuo Uematsu > Final Fantasy VII.

[qwertysaur]

Done with no dates

Porsche 64
Monterey, California
Pacific Ocean
Hydrosphere
River
Amazon River
Piranha

six clicks

[chionos]

Porsche 64 >> Monterey, CA >> Monterey Bay Aquarium >> freshwater >> freshwater fish >> piranha
5 clicks, prolly a way to do it w/ 4 but i couldn't find it

ack, i missed one:
Porsche 64 >> Monterey, CA >> Monterey Bay Aquarium >> aquarium >> freshwater >> freshwater fish >> piranha
so, 6, however:

Porsche 64 >> Monterey, CA >> Monterey Bay Aquarium >> aquarium >> list of freshwater aquarium fish species >> piranha

so back to 5 again

[Captain Maxx Power]

This is how I did it;

Porsche 64 -> Monterey CA -> Fishing -> Fish -> Piranha (The Movie) -> Piranha

That'd be five clicks I believe. :cool:

I also managed this one, but I took a clue off of chionos so I'm not sure if it's allowed;

Porsche 64 -> Monterey CA -> Fishery -> List of Freshwater Fish -> Piranha

[Flying Mullet]

Porsche 64 >> Monterey, CA >> Monterey Bay Aquarium >> aquarium >> list of freshwater aquarium fish species >> piranha

so back to 5 again
There's a link to Aquarium on the Monterey, California page.
Porsche 64 >> Monterey, CA >> aquarium >> list of freshwater aquarium fish species >> piranha


EDIT:

How about:
Page 1: Wallaby - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallabee)
Page 2: Baseball glove - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baseball_glove)

[edczxcvbnm]

Wallaby > Hawaii > United States > Baseball > Baseball clothing and equipment > Baseball glove

5 clicks

[Raistlin]

Easy, 4 clicks.

Wallaby > Rugby Union > Baseball > Baseball Glove

[rubah]

first click: Rugby union - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rugby_union)
Baseball - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baseball)
Baseball clothing and equipment - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baseball_clothing_and_equipment)
Baseball glove - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baseball_glove)

the little boxes of related items at the bottom is fair game, right?

[The Unknown Guru]

I play this all the time in Programming. Mullet, mind if I set up a challenge? I'll make it extra-bizarre.

[Flying Mullet]

the little boxes of related items at the bottom is fair game, right?
For now they are.

I play this all the time in Programming. Mullet, mind if I set up a challenge? I'll make it extra-bizarre.
Go for it. This was just a fun little diversion I posted.

[Loony BoB]

Would be more fun if it didn't allow for categories, and rather only the links within content. :)

With that said, let's try...

David Healy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Healy)
Politics of Djibouti - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics_of_Djibouti)

Go go go.

[qwertysaur]

Finished.

David Healy (Footballer)
Northern Ireland national football team
Confederation of African Football
Djibouti national football team
Djibouti
Politics of Djibouti

Five Clicks.:D

[rubah]

man I think mine was way more than that.

David Healy (Irish politician) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Healy_%28Irish_politician%29)
Green Party (Ireland) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_Green_Party)
List of political parties by country - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_political_parties_by_country)
List of political parties in Djibouti - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_Djibouti)
Politics of Djibouti - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics_of_Djibouti)

but imho the second and third to last are ridiculous on wikipedia's part because one is just a page saying 'lol this list is too big for this page!' and the second is the list on that page.
[edit= haha, cut it down one]
[edit- oh snap, i didn't see this link on the green party of ireland page 8) four baby!]

[Old Manus]

List of political parties in Djibouti - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

=/=

Politics of Djibouti - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

<3 pedanticism

[Rye]

http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/the_problem_with_wikipedia.png

[rubah]

I edited that post so many times manus xD There might be a way to get it back to four but whatev 8)

Alright, I have a good one for you guys:

Leona Helmsley -> Bay of Pigs Invasion

[Raistlin]

Leona Helmsley > Empire State Building > President of the United States > John F. Kennedy > Bay of Pigs Invasion

Four clicks.

*is amused with this game*

[Loony BoB]

Ron Clements - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Clements)

to

Cinder Cone (British Columbia) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinder_Cone_%28British_Columbia%29)

EDIT: Damn, I got it in six even for that. This is difficult - the first pages almost always have a major link in them.

EDIT: The fact that people can easily just force it by editing pages doesn't help much xD

[Flying Mullet]

Ron Clements -> Lady and the Tramp -> Mexico -> Michoacán -> Parícutin -> Cinder cone -> List of peaks named Cinder Cone -> Cinder Cone (British Columbia)


EDIT: The fact that people can easily just force it by editing pages doesn't help much xD

The rules are simple:
- You can only use in-page links, nothing from the left-hand side-bar/navigation can be used.
- You can't edit a page to put a link in. You must use the page as it appears in the browser.
- You can't use dates. This refers to a specific calendar date, day, month, year or any related links, like 1990s or 20th century.
If someone's editing the page for links they're evil cheaters. :aimmad:



Here's a fun one:
Prime Movers - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Prime_Movers)
to
Prime ideal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_ideal)

[rubah]

Sioux City, Iowa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sioux_City%2C_Iowa)Lewis and Clark Expedition - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_and_Clark_Expedition)
Yellowstone River - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellowstone_River)
Yellowstone National Park - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellowstone_National_Park)
Supervolcano - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supervolcano)
Volcano - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volcano)
Cinder cone - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinder_cone)
List of peaks named Cinder Cone - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_peaks_named_Cinder_Cone)
Cinder Cone (British Columbia) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinder_Cone_%28British_Columbia%29)

<del>this came in over 6 so bad, but I thought it was an amusing train .</del> Refined it to a little less, but it took out the amusing part of using interstate 80 that links iowa and wyoming xD

[Loony BoB]

Ron Clements -> Lady and the Tramp -> Mexico -> Michoacán -> Parícutin -> Cinder cone -> List of peaks named Cinder Cone -> Cinder Cone (British Columbia)


EDIT: The fact that people can easily just force it by editing pages doesn't help much xD

The rules are simple:
- You can only use in-page links, nothing from the left-hand side-bar/navigation can be used.
- You can't edit a page to put a link in. You must use the page as it appears in the browser.
- You can't use dates. This refers to a specific calendar date, day, month, year or any related links, like 1990s or 20th century.
If someone's editing the page for links they're evil cheaters. :aimmad:



Here's a fun one:
Prime Movers - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Prime_Movers)
to
Prime ideal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_ideal)
EDIT: Got it less by one.

[Prime Movers] - Michigan - Lawrence Technological University - Mathematics - Prime numbers - Prime ideal

[Captain Maxx Power]

Prime Movers -> Blues -> Roman Numbers(redirect Roman Numerals) -> Numeral System -> Prime Numbers -> Prime Ideal

Got it in five. :cool:

[The Unknown Guru]

Here's one.

Smarty - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smarty)
to
Friedrich Nietzsche - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Nietzsche)

I got it in 5.

[Big D]

Smarty - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smarty)

Smarties (Nestlé) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smarties_%28Nestl%C3%A9%29)

Europe - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe)

Western culture - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_culture)

Philosophy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophy)

Friedrich Nietzsche - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Nietzsche)

Five clicks.

[rubah]

Separation of concerns - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Separation_of_concerns)
Edsger W. Dijkstra - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edsger_W._Dijkstra)
Michael O. Rabin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_O._Rabin)
Germany - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany)
Friedrich Nietzsche - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Nietzsche)

five

[The Unknown Guru]

Here's how I did it:

Smarty - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smarty)
Web template system - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_template_system)
Web page - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_page)
World Wide Web Consortium - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Wide_Web_Consortium)
Germany - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany)
Friedrich Nietzsche - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Nietzsche)

Also, Big D could lose a click by going straight to Germany from Europe.

[rubah]

well part of the fun is seeing the thought processes.

[Big D]

Here's one to try...

Salami - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salami)

to

The Gamesters of Triskelion - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gamesters_of_Triskelion)

[The Unknown Guru]

Salami - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salami)
United States - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States)
Merchandising - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/merchandising)
Star Trek - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek)
Star Trek: The Original Series - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek:_The_Original_Series)
List of Star Trek: The Original Series episodes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Star_Trek:_The_Original_Series_episodes)
The Gamesters of Triskelion (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gamesters_of_Triskelion)

6 clicks.

[Big D]

Salami - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salami)
United States - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States)
Merchandising - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/merchandising)
Star Trek - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek)
Star Trek: The Original Series - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek:_The_Original_Series)
List of Star Trek: The Original Series episodes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Star_Trek:_The_Original_Series_episodes)
The Gamesters of Triskelion (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gamesters_of_Triskelion)

6 clicks.That's so much more straightforward and logical than the route I took:

Salami - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salami)
Fermentation (food) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermentation_%28food%29)
Alchemy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alchemy)
Suns in alchemy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suns_in_alchemy#Opus_Magnum)
Solar symbol - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_symbol)
Triskelion - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triskelion)
The Gamesters of Triskelion - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gamesters_of_Triskelion)