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Six Degrees of Wikipedia - GhastMaster - 02-22-2018
I occasionally find playing a fun game by myself.
It works very much the same as Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon. However I click links in Wikipedia articles to get from one to the other. I do not limit myself to six links. I just try to get there with as few steps as possible. I do not use the search function, any of the common page elements on the left side, or external links.
Example: Cantina to Alpha Centauri
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantina
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Train_station
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Museum_of_Science_and_Industry_(Manchester)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_aerospace_museums
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kennedy_Space_Center_Visitor_Complex
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubble_Space_Telescope
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpha_Centauri
I think this could be a fun challenge for children or a group competition. Getting to rather obscure articles would be more difficult of course. Restricting "List" pages would make it more challenging.
While writing this I found a wikipedia article for this exact subject. There is a whole page for wikipedia games.
Interestingly, some chains can take many more steps to link in reverse.
RE: Six Degrees of Wikipedia - eppie - 02-22-2018
(02-22-2018, 03:42 AM)GhastMaster Wrote: I occasionally find playing a fun game by myself.
I did this myself a few years ago as well. And just like you I also saw I wasn't the only one.
It is a nice mix of strategy and speed. I think adding a time element would be fun. Do it as fast as possible but every extra page you visit costs you a few min or something.
RE: Six Degrees of Wikipedia - Lissa - 02-22-2018
Someone proved that if you go 17 articles deep, you always end up at a specific page, IIRC, it's philosophy.
RE: Six Degrees of Wikipedia - GhastMaster - 02-27-2018
#1 on hacker news right now is a link to a website to show the links. It is a pretty popular post.
https://www.sixdegreesofwikipedia.com/?source=Cantina&target=Alpha%20Centauri
https://www.sixdegreesofwikipedia.com/
https://news.ycombinator.com/
RE: Six Degrees of Wikipedia - bimbys - 03-12-2018
Good to know I am not the only one lost in Wikipedia. One page leads to another and next thing I know, I am in the deep Wikipedia web looking for more enlightenment.
But if I really want to absorb what I am learning, I write about it on my website that I made using the hpage website builder. Try it too. You can create a free website at hPage.com
RE: Six Degrees of Wikipedia - kandrathe - 03-13-2018
Get from Maze to Comstock Laws in 5 steps or less.