New linky toy fun *wheeeeeee*

[fluffymark]

I've spent *far* too long playing with:

Six Degrees of Wikipedia

putting in random things like sausage -> Napoleon (goes via 10th Century + Poland)
or hovercraft -> Greta Garbo (goes via 1958 and April 15th)

Trying to find anything with more than 6 degrees of separation. Its NOT easy. Even things like quidditch -> astrosociobiology is 4 links apart, and hypothalamus to cirrus is 5 links. Please help - can you lovely people find any long ones? I've a horrible feeling Wikipedia is absolutely stuffed full of vast numbers of weak linkages, making long link-chains very rare.

In other news, am planning exciting and radical things about my hair. You can try and guess if you like, but you probably won't get it right. *secretivesmile*

Comments

[sleep-er.livejournal.com]

5 is the best i can get pudding to battery (http://tools.wikimedia.de/sixdeg/index.jsp?from=pudding&to=battery)

I did manage 1 that failed because it was longer than 10 articles battery -> black book (http://tools.wikimedia.de/sixdeg/index.jsp?from=freedom&to=black+book)

[fluffymark]

Some fail becasue of incorrect capitalization - you may find there is a link to Black Book, or something like that. I'm looking for a genuine 6+ link, with no silly changes of capitalization at either end. Not even found a 6 yet. Wah!

[sleep-er.livejournal.com]

i have a 6 (http://tools.wikimedia.de/sixdeg/index.jsp?from=cd&to=Black+Book) now to see if I can epand upon it.

[sleep-er.livejournal.com]

cd -> ook (http://tools.wikimedia.de/sixdeg/index.jsp?from=cd&to=ook) gives a 7 but may fall foul of silly capitalisation.

[glenndm.livejournal.com]

Copper Carbonate to John Lennon is 8 degrees of separation :)

[glenndm.livejournal.com]

Or least it is when not capitalising John Lennon's name (http://tools.wikimedia.de/sixdeg/index.jsp?from=copper+carbonate&to=john+lennon). Just found out it is only 5 degrees of separation otherwise...

[dreamfracture.livejournal.com]

7 degrees of separation from Treasure Trap to goatse (http://tools.wikimedia.de/sixdeg/index.jsp?from=Treasure+Trap&to=goatse).

[huggyrei.livejournal.com]

bling bling and GURPS have 7 degrees of separation

[huggyrei.livejournal.com]

8 between bling bling and goatse, in fact.

[huggyrei.livejournal.com]

Weirdly, mathematics to doctor who finds nothing, but it finds a 3-degree path the other way around.

[(Anonymous)]

Interestingly 'Churchill' to 'Thatcher' is as much as a 6.