Wikipedia:Six degrees of Wikipedia

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Note that some of the article chains listed here have changed since they were added to this page.

There is a popular hypothesis—known as "six degrees of separation"—holding that any two people in the world are separated by a chain of no more than six acquaintances. It is perhaps a worthwhile task in studying the character of Wikipedia to see whether something similar obtains among its articles. Six Degrees of Wikipedia (popularized by Elan Gershoni) aims to be a compendium of the following things:

• The items separated by the longest minimal chains in the encyclopædia (especially where these are more than four links long). Note that the shortest known chain between the two items should be specified. Generalisation over time, where possible, seems to produce the shortest chains. Failing this, try generalisation over space to reduce chain length.
• The most intuitively remote items separated by short chains—chains of fewer than six articles, anyway. That is, these should be items that have no obvious connection but which, nonetheless, can be linked between very quickly in Wikipedia. This is a much more subjective category, but should still be interesting; it may be enough to describe these as "interestingly" or "oddly" short chains.
• Chains between two articles selected at random (using Special:Randompage). Since these can often be uninteresting, think twice about actually adding these to this page.

Rules

We will accept only links between actual articles, not "Talk" pages. (If this approach still allows many uninteresting connections, it might be worth restricting it in further ways, such as disallowing articles on years or decades completely, or any other type of article that might be considered "too general". For now, though, we will not worry about these.)

Be sure to specify the direction the chain runs in by using, for example, the right-arrow character (→), which can be found below the "edit window" when editing pages. If you cannot use the arrow character, you can just use the word "to".

Using date-to-date links (e.g., 1996 → 1993) is "uninteresting" and should be avoided. Similarly, using country-to-country links (e.g., Japan → China) is uninteresting and should be avoided as well.

Tampering with articles for the sole reason of changing their degrees of separation is discouraged for the purposes of this project; we aim to clarify how Wikipedia is as it evolves, not to set forth that it should be more or less so. That being said, if this page brings to your attention a "missing link" that really should be in an article, feel free to correct it (and make the corresponding change to this page, as well).

Other versions

Popular versions of this game include The Wiki Game and Wikipedia Maze.

The Wiki Game Is a Real-time and multi-player version, and contains different game type challenges that include random start and end goals. Wikipedia Maze awards points and badges for both creating and solving puzzles. Each time a user solves a puzzle they are awarded points based on the average amount of clicks it has taken. The harder the puzzle, the more points are awarded. Each puzzle can be voted "up" or "down" by other players, based on whether or not they like it, which results in points being given to or taken from the creator of the puzzle. Players are also awarded badges when reaching certain point-total milestones.

Surprisingly short chains

Seven-degree chains

• Amine → Amine_(disambiguation) → Anime → Montreal,_Quebec → Casablanca → La_Fouine → Mister_You → Sofiane_(singer)
• Ouija_Board,_Ouija_Board → Morrissey → contrarian → Climate_change → Fish → Hillstream_loach → Balitoropsis → Balitoropsis_stephensoni

Six-degree chains

• Scaphism → Capital Punishment → Execution by shooting → Firearm → Projectile → Dart → Lawn darts
• Hoffman Estates, Illinois → Mori Seiki → Machine tool → Metal → Greek language → Mathematics → Game theory
• Uranus → Right-hand rule → Reflection (mathematics) → Binary relation → Restriction (mathematics) → Restriction (disambiguation) → Racial segregation

• Uranus → helium → Oklahoma → Racial segregation

Five-degree chains

• Swedish War of Liberation → Copper → Copper_toxicity → Physalaemin → Physalaemus → Physalaemus riograndensis
• Kinkajou → Peru → Ceviche → Onion → Microscope → Wave
• Apple → deciduous → wisteria → latticework → lattice girder → San Francisco - Oakland Bay Bridge
  • Apple → Apple (disambiguation) → Apple Inc. → Cupertino, California → San Francisco Bay → San Francisco - Oakland Bay Bridge
• John Travolta → L. Ron Hubbard → Astoria, Oregon → The Goonies → Corey Feldman → Michael Jackson
  • John Travolta → 2001 → 2001 in music → Michael Jackson etc.
    • John Travolta → 1971 in music → Michael Jackson
• Galaxy class starship → bar (establishment) → Australia → prime minister of Australia → John Curtin → Marxism
  • Galaxy class starship → andorian → gesture → marxism
• Soup Nazi → Argentina → 1970s → Unix → Diff → ExamDiff
• Governor of New Hampshire → Fredholm operator
  • Governor of New Hampshire → List of Governors of New Hampshire → 1899 → David Hilbert → Integral equation → Fredholm operator
    • Governor of New Hampshire → Veto → Exclusion → Operator → Integral transform → Fredholm operator
• Hurricane Ike → Cape Verde → Protestantism → Christianity → Baptism → Immersion Baptism
• Take It → The Wallets → Minneapolis-St. Paul → Rhythm and blues → Post-disco → The Limit
• Polydactyly → Uttar Pradesh → Lizard → Early Jurassic → Pterosaur → Pterodactyl
• Are You Being Served? → United States → Culture of the United States → Hip hop music → Breakdance → You Got Served
• Progressive rock → Spock's Beard → Mirror, Mirror (TOS episode) → Mirror Mirror → Twiztid → The Purple Show
• Shikamaru Nara → Deer → Africa → Geography of Africa → Mount Kilimanjaro
• Whose Line Is It Anyway? → David Hasselhoff → Miami Heat → Miami, Florida → Scarface → It's Mine
  • Whose Line Is It Anyway? → Robin Williams → Robots (film) → Scarface (1983 film) → It's Mine.
• Jesus & Sanjaya Malakar
  • Jesus → Homosexual readings of Jesus and John → Homosexuality → Metrosexual → Ryan Seacrest → Sanjaya Malakar
  • Sanjaya Malakar → Ryan Seacrest → Metrosexual → Homosexuality → Religion and homosexuality → Jesus
    • Sanjaya Malakar → An American Idol Christmas → Christmas → Jesus.
• Jesus → Religion and homosexuality → Homosexuality → Metrosexual → Marketing → Car
  • Jesus → Europe → Economy of Europe → Volkswagen → Car
    • Jesus → Child Jesus → Saint Christopher → Car
• Heartland Village, Staten Island → Verrazano-Narrows Bridge → W. Averell Harriman → North Vietnam → Joe Kernan → Armagh GAA
• Flywheel energy storage → Moment of Inertia → Parallel Axis Theorem → Area → Pinellas County, Florida → Palm Harbor, Florida
• 2005-06 in Malaysian football → Negeri Sembilan FA → Malaysia → States of Malaysia → Federation → Latin.
• Colt 45 → Colt Cabana → Western Michigan University → Battle Creek, Michigan → People from Battle Creek, Michigan → Rob Van Dam
• Benzene ↔ Rayquaza
  • Benzene → Alkane → Heptane → Purple → Pokémon → Rayquaza
  • Rayquaza → Ozone layer → Chlorine → Chlorobenzene → Benzene

• Empty → Emptiness → Death → Lists of people by cause of death → Lists of office-holders → Colonial heads of German Cameroon → Full
  • Empty → Suicide → List of suicides → Lists of office-holders → Colonial heads of German Cameroon → Full
• Mario → Super Smash Bros. → Pikachu → Hey You, Pikachu → Pokémon Channel
• Björk → Icelanders → Iceland → foreign relations of Iceland → Czech Republic → Václav Havel
  • Björk → Dancer in the Dark → Czechoslovakia → Vaclav Havel

Four-degree chains

• Frikkadel → Meat → Jainism → List_of_Jains → Kalyanji Virji Shah
• Leda Cosmides → United States Hunter/Jumper Association
  • Leda Cosmides → Stanford University → Equestrianism → United States Equestrian Federation → United States Hunter/Jumper Association

• Entscheidungsproblem → Recursion → Strange loop → Predestination paradox → My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic

Three-degree chains

• Alice Hathaway Lee Roosevelt → Theodore Roosevelt → Scrooge McDuck → Diamond
• Coretta Scott King → Weapon of mass destruction → Magenta → Stellar classification
• Cracker (pejorative) → Winn-Dixie → Because of Winn-Dixie → AnnaSophia Robb
• Derek Jeter → The Rock → Alcatraz Island → Egret
• Fire → Dresden → Club (weapon) → Crotch
• Gagaku → China → Taiwan → Brokeback Mountain
• Howard Keel → United States → Capitalism → State monopoly capitalism
• Jeremy Bentham → John Bowring → Hong Kong → Cantopop
• Jeremy Bentham → John Bowring → Giuseppe Caspar Mezzofanti → Algonquin language
• San Jose Youth Symphony → Japan → Animation → Thomas Edison
• Spin (physics) → Ferromagnetism → North Pole → Chandler wobble
• Ted Danson → United States → Pilgrims → William Brewster (Pilgrim)
• The Eagles → Los Angeles, California → Rail Transport → William Jessop
• Yellow-eyed Penguin → Farce of the Penguins → Abe Vigoda → The Godfather

Two-degree chains

• Trigonometry → Germany → Adolf Hitler
• Colt 45 → United States → American Dream
• Inglewood Park Cemetery → Ella Fitzgerald → Pizza
• xkcd → Golden Gate Park → Detergent
• Toothpaste → Apricot → William Shakespeare
• Michael Jackson → Thriller (viral video) → Pope John Paul II

Surprisingly long minimal chains

Ten steps claimed

• Six to Degrees
  • 7 links: Six → 6 (number) → Natural number → Mathematics → Euclidean geometry → Angle → Degree (angle) → Degree.
  • 4 links: Six → 6 (number) → polygon → degrees of freedom (physics and chemistry) → Degree
  • 4 links: Six → 6 (number) → O → Degree_symbol → Degree
  • 4 links: Six → V6 engine → Right angle → Degree (angle) → Degree
• George Bush → MIT and back
  • Only takes 3 or 5, depending on direction. George W. Bush → MIT is 3 or 2. smurrayinchester^{(User), (Talk)} 16:16, 5 March 2006 (UTC)

• Aliens to Vimes

  There is, according to kate's tool, no path under 10 steps between these articles, however the return path, Vimes to Aliens is only 4 degrees - none of which are date related. Chrisboote

  • Aliens → Science fiction → Fantasy → List of fantasy authors → Discworld → Vimes (redirects to Samuel Vimes) CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 12:41, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
  • Aliens → Pinewood Studios → Buckinghamshire → Terry Pratchett → Vimes
  • Aliens → Alien 3 → Pete_Postlethwaite → Samuel Vimes (using http://beta.degreesofwikipedia.com/)

• Mulatto to MooLatte

  There is, according to kate's tool, no path under 10 steps between these articles. Interesting. Bart133 t 23:30, 27 September 2005 (UTC) MooLatte is orphaned. Bart133 t 21:56, 30 September 2005 (UTC)

  • Since MooLatte is orphaned, how about the 9-step:
    • Mulatto → Haiti → Communications in Haiti → Telephone → Automatic number announcement circuit → Loop line → Wikipedia:Orphaned Articles → Wikipedia:Orphaned Articles/M → MooLatte Dlyons493 Talk 00:02, 1 October 2005 (UTC)
  • No longer necessary. Mulatto now links to MooLatte. Daykart 22:24, 19 December 2005 (UTC)
  • MooLatte is now a redirect to Dairy Queen. Mulatto → Donkey → Asses' milk → Milk → Ice cream → Dairy Queen

• Gigantothermy to Summa izbu
  • Gigantothermy → Ichthyosaur → British Museum → Parthian Empire → Akkadian literature → Summa izbu
• Jimmy Blanton to Summa izbu

  According to kate's tool, no paths under 10 steps exist between these two sets of articles. None are orphaned.

  • Looks to me like Summa izbu is orphaned Dlyons493 Talk 22:26, 6 October 2005 (UTC)
    • Dlyons, look at Teratology
      • De-orphaned the following day Oct 7th. Dlyons493 Talk 21:17, 24 November 2005 (UTC)
  • Jimmy Blanton → Wikipedia:Perfect stub article → Category:Stub categories → Category:Astrology stubs → Summa izbu?
  • Same for Gigantothermy
    • Gigantothermy → Great white shark → Fish → Cyprinidae → Zebrafish → Teratology → Summa izbu and
    • Jimmy Blanton → Tuberculosis → Alcoholism → Fetal alcohol syndrome → Teratology → Summa izbu. Certes (talk) 20:49, 21 November 2009 (UTC)

• Peasant Student Workers Movement to Moyola Park (reverse is 7 steps) smurrayinchester^{(User), (Talk)} 16:47, 6 January 2006 (UTC)
  • Peasant Student Workers Movement → Colombia → Association football → Irish Football Association → Northern Ireland → James Chichester-Clark → Moyola Park

• Snoring to ZZZ. Funnily, no paths under 10 steps exist for these two seemingly related articles. However, the reverse is only 3 steps. -- Daverocks 13:36, 13 January 2006 (UTC)

The only article-space link to ZZZ, List of all three letter acronyms, is orphaned. smurrayinchester^{(User), (Talk)} 10:15, 4 February 2006 (UTC)

Snoring → Uvulopalatopharyngoplasty → Abbreviation → List of acronyms → List of acronyms: Z → Zzz Eventhorizon51 ^(talk) 04:57, 14 November 2015 (UTC)

• Lolicon to Pamela Levy - no path under 10 steps, although the return path is only 4 steps.
  • Lolicon → Eat Me, Drink Me → David Lynch → Fairfield, Iowa → Pamela Levy
  • Lolicon → John Reid, Baron Reid of Cardowan → United Kingdom → Culture of the United Kingdom → Pamela (disambiguation) → Pamela (name) → Pamela Levy. Oren0 05:49, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

• Pants → Lap top and Shirt → Lap top no path under 10 steps, short return paths. Ozone 19:21, 3 April 2006 (UTC)
  • Shirt → Button → Plastic → General Electric → NBC Universal → Microsoft → Computer → Laptop Flora 03:23, 31 October 2006 (UTC)
  • Shirt → Button → Plastic → Silicon → Liquid crystal display → Laptop --White and unnerdy42 22:54, 3 November 2006 (UTC)
  • Pants → Clothing → Plastic → Silicon → Liquid crystal display → Laptop CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 00:21, 26 December 2006 (UTC)
  • Pants → Western World → Technology → Computer → Laptop

• Shaler Area School District to Cameron Stout - no path under 10 steps, reverse path is seperated by only 4 steps.
  • Shaler Area School District → Public School → United Kingdom → Channel 4 → Big Brother (UK) → Big Brother 2003 (UK) → Cameron Stout Oren0 19:42, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

• Mackay Airport to Barra do São Miguel has no path, even with year and date articles. The reverse is 5 degrees. 128.139.226.34 11:48, 24 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Mackay Airport → Mackay, Queensland → Australia → Great Britain → Barra → Barra (disambiguation) → Barra do São Miguel --Brilliand 00:03, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

• Bates Motel to Hornostaypil — not short (under 10 steps) path seems to exist. --77.121.113.77 (talk) 08:11, 30 June 2008 (UTC)
  • Bates Motel → Psychiatric hospital → Punitive psychiatry in the Soviet Union → Soviet Union → Kiev → Kiev Oblast → Hornostaypil -- Sheztime (talk) 07:36, 2 April 2010 (UTC)
  • Bates Motel → Psycho → Jamie Lee Curtis → History of the Jews in Hungary → List of Hasidic dynasties → Hornostaypil

Eight steps claimed

• Functional Requirements for Authority Records to Victor deGrazia
  • Functional Requirements for Authority Records → International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions → Universal Declaration of Human Rights → United States → Chicago → Richard J. Daley → Dan Walker (politician) → Victor deGrazia
  • 6 is now possible: Functional Requirements for Authority Records → Buenos Aires → 1959 Pan American Games → Richard J. Daley → Daniel Walker → Victor deGrazia

• Mesencephalic duct to Surrey Central Station
  • Mesencephalic duct → Anatomy → Artery → Highway → British Columbia → Burnaby, British Columbia → Expo Line → Surrey Central Station
  • 7 is now possible: Mesencephalic duct → Anatomy → Biology → 19th century → Rapid transit → Vancouver SkyTrain → Surrey Central Station
  • The return journey is quicker Surrey Central Station → 2005 → March 2005 → Brain → Mesencephalon → cerebral aqueduct (redirects to Mesencephalic duct)

• Are You Being Served? to Ponte di Cerreto
  • Are You Being Served? → 1977 → Bertil Ohlin → Real → List of Freguesias of Portugal → List of Freguesias of Portugal: V → Ponte → Ponte di Cerreto
  • Can be done in 6: Are You Being Served? → London → Rome → Administrative subdivision of Rome → Ponte → Ponte di Cerreto

• Kenny Chesney to Brands Hatch
  • Kenny Chesney → Uncle Kracker → Mount Clemens, Michigan → Michigan → Detroit, Michigan → Formula One → 1983 Formula One season → Brands Hatch
  • Kenny Chesney → Texas → Big Tex → Fair Park → Brands Hatch
  • (or Kenny Chesney → February 15 → Graham Hill → Brands Hatch if you allow dates)
  • Kenny Chesney → Billboard Touring Award → Donington Park → Brands Hatch

• Cheetos to Church ball doesn't have any paths of ten or less.
  • Cheetos → Frito Lay → Doritos → Junk food → French fries (redirect) to French fried potatoes → Utah → Church Ball -- Jake 15:12, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
  • Can be done in 5: Cheetos → Dallas → The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints → LDS cinema → Church Ball

Seven steps claimed

• 111th Street (New York City Subway station) to Fiacha Cennfinnán
  • 111th Street (New York City Subway station) disambiguation page to 111th Street (IRT Flushing Line) → New York City → Ireland → High King of Ireland → List of High Kings of Ireland → Fiacha Cennfinnán
  • 6 is now possible: 111th Street (IRT Flushing Line) → IRT Flushing Line → London → Irish people → List of High Kings of Ireland → Fiacha Cennfinnán

• Archerfish to Santa Maria Rupes
  • Archerfish → Actinopterygii → 2004 → Solar system → Geological features of the Solar System → List of geological features on Mercury → Santa Maria Rupes

• Art (Myst) to Alien Tort Statute
  • Art (Myst) → Uru:_Ages_Beyond_Myst → 2004 → Guantanamo Bay → Rasul v. Bush → Alien Tort Claims Act → Alien Tort Statute
  • Can be done in 6: Art (Myst) → D'ni Restoration Council → 2002 → 2002 in South Africa → Ed Fagan → Alien Tort Statute

• Baluchitherium to Byzantian Empire
  • Baluchitherium → Asia → Australia → London → London Stansted Airport → Amathus → Byzantian Empire
  • Can be done in 4: Baluchitherium → Asia → Anatolia → Byzantian Empire

• Gunpowder Plot to -ous
  • Gunpowder Plot → Dunchurch → Village → Ville → -ic → -ic (disambiguation) → -ous.
  • Can now be done in 5: Gunpowder Plot → Dunchurch → Village → Ville → -ous

• Klein Bottle to Puppies
  • Klein Bottle → 1882 → 1818 → April 29 → Our Gang → Pups is Pups → Puppies
  • Can be done in 6: Klein Bottle → Nethack → Vegetarian → Carnivore → Domestic Dog → Puppy.

• List of consonants to Fiacha Cennfinnán
  • List of consonants → Velarized alveolar lateral approximant → Hiberno-English(Redirected from Irish English) to Ireland → High King of Ireland → List of High Kings of Ireland → Fiacha Cennfinnán

• Monique Alexander to Surrey Central Station
  • Monique Alexander → 1982 → 1916 → British Columbia → Burnaby, British Columbia → Expo Line → Surrey Central Station
  • can be done in 6: Monique Alexander → 2000 → 2010s → Vancouver → SkyTrain (Vancouver) → Surrey Central Station
    • got it in 5: Monique Alexander → HBO → V-chip → Simon Fraser University → Surrey Central Station

• Momo Hinamori to Andrea Gylfa
  • Momo Hinamori → Bleach (manga) → 2001 → 2001 in music → Icelandic Symphony Orchestra → Todmobile → Andrea Gylfadóttir → Andrea Gylfa.
    • Replace Bleach and 2001 with Grimmjow Jaggerjack and Slipknot (band) to replicate as well.
  • Momo Hinamori → Yachiru Kusajishi → Andre Previn → Vladimir Ashkenazy → Icelandic Symphony Orchestra → Todmobile → Andrea Gylfa
    • The return trip is five, however: Andrea Gylfa → 1986 → 1988 → Younha → Bleach GC: Tasogare Ni Mamieru Shinigami → Momo Hinamori.

• Mouth to Stearns (automobile)
  • Mouth → Animal → Cat → Automobile → History of the automobile → Brass Era car → Stearns (automobile).

• Orphan to Erdos
  • Orphan → Aids → 1981 → May 15 → Prime number → Bertrand's postulate → Erdos.
  • Orphan → Greek language → Hungary → List of Hungarians → Sándor_Erdős → Erdős (to which Erdos redirects).

• Proof by verbosity to Rudraige (from: Chains between two random pages)
  • Proof by verbosity → Mathematical proof → Mathematics → Art → Art mac Cuinn → List of High Kings of Ireland → Rudraige

• Rakata (Star Wars) to ESDP
  • Rakata (Star Wars) → 2003 → Euro → E → EZ → List of acronyms and initialisms: E → ESDP

• Watch Hill, RI to Gunung Kerinci - both mountains so doubly interesting.
  • Interesting, but what are the steps? Dlyons493 Talk 11:13, 12 October 2005 (UTC)

• Zonguldak to Matamata, New Zealand
  • Zonguldak → Black Sea → 1915 → April 15 →Kepa Te Rangihiwinui → Te Kooti's War → Josiah Firth → Matamata, New Zealand

Six steps claimed

• Panzerfaust to Lauren Faust
  • Panzerfaust → Operation Overlord → Pegasus Bridge → Pegasus → My Little Pony → Lauren Faust

Five steps claimed

• Memphis Belle to Mousa Broch
  • Memphis Belle → B-17 Flying Fortress → World War II → United Kingdom → Shetland Islands → Mousa Broch

• RIAA to Evil
  • RIAA → Recording Industry Association of America → Copyright → The Disneyland Memorial Orgy → Evil

• As RIAA is a redirect to Recording Industry Association of America this looks more like four steps to me. TomTheHand 19:54, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

• Cult to Kool-Aid
  • Cult → United States → List of United States companies → Kraft Foods → Kool-Aid
  • Can be done in 4 steps: Cult → Jim Jones → Flavor Aid → Kool Aid

• Elmo to Teletubbies, can anyone do it?
  • Elmo → Sesame Street → Sid the Science Kid → PBS → PBS Kids → Teletubbies 64.173.171.186 (talk) 01:38, 21 October 2010 (UTC)

• You Forgot It in People to Alzheimer's Disease
  • You Forgot It in People → 2002 → February 13 → Eddie Robinson (football coach) → Alzheimer's Disease
  • Can be done in 3 steps: You Forgot It in People → 2004 → Ronald Wilson Reagan → Alzheimer's Disease

• Moses to Don Mills, Ontario
  • Moses → God → Evolution → Ecology → List of planned cities → Don Mills, Ontario).

• 1706 to Eagle-Vail, Colorado
  • 1706 → 1700s → 18th Century → 19th Century → 2000 → Eagle-Vail, Colorado

• Naked mole rat to Black hole
  • Naked mole rat → Rüppell → University of Genoa → Physical (disambiguation page) to Physics → Black hole
  • Can be done in 4 steps: Naked mole rat → Rüppell → Germany → Physics → Black hole --Icweiner 03:02, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

• Leda Cosmides to Flint the Time Detective
  • Leda Cosmides → 1957 → 1954 → Matt Groening → Animated television series → Flint the Time Detective

• Cargo cult to Conformation show
  • Cargo cult → Hmong → Dog → Dog agility → The Kennel Club → Conformation show

• Directorate-General for Transport and Energy (European Commission) to Ong-Bak: Muay Thai Warrior
  • Directorate-General for Transport and Energy (European Commission) → Andris Piebalgs → English language → Backpacking (travel) → 2005 in film → Ong-Bak: Muay Thai Warrior

• Melody to Dukes of Hazzard
  • Melody → Rock music → Radiohead → One-hit wonder → Dukes of Hazzard

• Ashvin → Antarctica does not have any paths less than 10.
  • Ashvin → Indian national calendar → India → Indian Ocean → Antarctica. Oren0 20:00, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

• Annals of the Four Masters to Great Wall of China
  • Annals of the Four Masters → John O'Donovan (scholar) → Queen's University of Belfast (redirect) to Queen's University Belfast → United States → Superpower → Socialist Republic → Centrally planned economy (redirect) to Planned economy → China → Great Wall of China. ---User:Burned_by_everybody
  • Way quicker: Annals of the Four Masters → Chronicle → History of China → Great Wall of China. Oren0 05:28, 28 August 2007 (UTC)

• Snoring to Bugamba
  • Snoring → Edinburgh Royal Infirmary → United Nations → List of ambassadors to the United Nations → Francis K. Butagira → Bugamba

• Journey to the Center of the Earth
  • Journey (band) → Billboard Top 100 → Elvis Presley → CBS → Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987 series) → Earth's core. Without using places or dates.

• Talca to Hamdan bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan
  • Talca → 2010 Chile earthquake → 2010 Winter Olympics → Human trafficking → Child camel jockey → Hamdan bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan

• Lincoln to Nicolas Cage
  • Lincoln (2012 film) → President of the United States → President of the United States (disambiguation) → The Presidents of the United States of America (band) → Roman Coppola → Nicolas Cage
  • Or Lincoln (2012 film) → Steven Spielberg → Francis Ford Coppola → Nicolas Cage

Four steps claimed

• Gsteig bei Gstaad to Khalid al-Azm
  • Gsteig bei Gstaad → French language → Syria → List of Presidents of Syria → Khalid al-Azm

• Development of the urinary and reproductive organs to Jesus
  • Development of the urinary and reproductive organs → Sex organ → Latin → The Passion of the Christ → Jesus

• President to Vaginal intercourse
  • President → France → AIDS → Vaginal intercourse

• Wallpaper to Erectile dysfunction
  • Wallpaper → Puritan → Human sexuality → Sexual dysfunction → Erectile dysfunction

• Apple pie to Rock (geology)
  • Apple pie → Atlantic Ocean → Trough (geology) → Structural geology → Rock (geology)

• Mars (planet) to Mars, Incorporated
  • Mars (planet) → 1000000000 (number) → Lists of billionaires → List of billionaires (2007) → Mars, Incorporated
  • Mars (planet) → Mars (disambiguation) → Mars, Incorporated (uses disambiguation page(s))

• Seven Layer Dip to Britney Spears
  • Seven Layer Dip → Lettuce → USA → Madonna → Britney Spears

• Dwarf tossing to Quantum Mechanics
  • Dwarf tossing → American Dad → Family Guy → Stewie → Quantum Mechanics

• Yassir Arafat to Britney Spears
  • Yassir Arafat → Barack Obama → Grammy Award → MTV Video Music Awards → Britney Spears

Surprisingly long reverse path

• Whereas Bog to Toilet is two steps, Toilet to Bog is 4 steps.
  • Toilet → California → River → Bog

• Bar → Foo is only one step. However, Foo → Metasyntactic variable → Hebrew language → Shtetl → Bar is four steps.
  • Bar no longer links directly to Foo. Shortest path: Bar → Bar (computer science) → Foo (two steps).

• Interesting symmetry here:
  • Here → There (1)
  • Here → There → There (internet service) (2)
  • There → Pronoun → Linguistics → Australia → Indian Ocean → Here (5)
  • There (internet service) → Competition → Civilization → Indian Ocean → Here (4)
    • Incidentally, the last link (Indian Ocean → Here) for these two has vanished, but it was amusing.

• Mykhailo Haivoronsky → Biography → United Kingdom → Liverpool F.C. → Liverpool F.C. statistics → David Raven (footballer) is 5 steps, but there is no return path.

• Abdullah Al-Qasemi → Atheism → Bertrand Russell → Fabian Society → Disambiguation is 4, but the reverse is over 10.
  • Abdullah Al-Qasemi is an orphan, it's only link is from here. Therefore, there is no path. Oren0 19:59, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

• Soyuz TMA-22 → Twitter is 1, but I don't think there is a return path (or a very long one).
  • One path, as of November 2011, is Twitter → United States Department of Justice → United States federal executive departments → United States Department of Defense → United States Department of the Air Force → United States Air Force → Vandenberg Air Force Base → Space Shuttle → Human spaceflight → Soyuz (spacecraft) → Soyuz TMA-22 (10), That is, ignoring the Twitter link in the External links section

• Wales → Wales (disambiguation) → Jimmy Wales is two steps, while Jimmy Wales → English Wikipedia → English Language → United Kingdom → Wales is four steps.

• Antiferroelectricity → Checkerboard is 1.

Shortest "unnatural" chains

• Cold Showers to My Cold Shower
  • Cold Showers → 2005 in film → Zach Braff → List of Scrubs episodes → My Cold Shower

• Urban Meyer to Pope Urban II
  • Urban Meyer → University of Notre Dame → Roman Catholic Church → Pope Urban II

• Graffiti to Maritime archeology
  • Graffiti → Roman Empire → Maritime archeology

• Devil Stick to Gunpowder
  • Devil Stick → Silk Road → Gunpowder

• LSD to Shakespeare
  • LSD → Latin → split infinitive → Shakespeare
  • LSD → British → William Shakespeare amounts to the same thing in a shorter chain. Id the Mildly Confused 04:38, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

• Oboe to veto
  • Oboe → Baroque → Papacy → temporal power → veto

• Immanuel Kant to Ken Kesey
  • Immanuel Kant → reality → schizophrenia → electroconvulsive therapy → Ken Kesey

• Anime to Three Stooges
  • Anime → Moe → Three Stooges
    • Moe is a disambiguation page, and the link has since been changed to bypass it, so the chain is now broken. NeonMerlin 05:09, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

• Anus to Good Morning, Vietnam
  • Anus → Cloaca → Robin Williams → Good Morning, Vietnam
    • dirty lies. no cloaca page links to robin williams 70.90.70.165 19:15, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

• Eeyore to Zeno of Citium
  • Eeyore → Stoicism → Zeno of Citium

• Francis of Assisi to Star Trek
  • Francis of Assisi → Environment → Star Trek

Where is the link to Star Trek on Natural Environment? Avraham 03:01, 2 April 2006 (UTC)

• Podenco Ibicenco to Detroit Tigers
  • Podenco Ibicenco → Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center → Detroit Tigers

• Japanese toilet to Corrosion
  • Japanese toilet → Tokyo → Steel → Corrosion

• Satyr to Wombat
  • Satyr → Bagpipes → Australia → Wombat

• Oregon Coast Aquarium to European Coal and Steel Community
  • Oregon Coast Aquarium → Keiko (Orca) → Norway → European Union → European Coal and Steel Community

• Mao Zedong to Ichiro Suzuki
  • Mao Zedong → October 1 → Ichiro Suzuki

• Locust to Bicycle
  • Locust → 19th Century → Bus → Bicycle

• From a Jack to a King; From Loneliness to a Wedding Ring
  • Jack → Iliad → King; Loneliness → Interpersonal relationship → Marriage → Wedding band (or ring)

• Dick Cheney to Sunflower
  • Dick Cheney → 1964 → Osama bin Laden → Sunflower

(many obvious other chains from this e.g.:) Dick Cheney → George W. Bush → Osama bin Laden → Sunflower

• Pants to Bill Gates
  • Pants → American English → 20th century → Bill Gates

• Penis to Queen Elizabeth II
  • Penis → Circumcision → Canada → Queen Elizabeth II or
  • Penis → Body piercing → 1960s → Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom

• Running to Naked
  • Running → Ancient Olympic Games → Naked

• Basketball to Naked
  • Basketball → Gym → Naked

• Under Pressure → World War I
  • Under Pressure → Propel Fitness Water → PepsiCo → Pepsi → World War I --68.75.182.69 23:58, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
  • Under Pressure → Switzerland → World War I amounts to the same thing in a shorter ch --Icweiner 02:45, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

• The Neverending Story → Fantasy → Final Fantasy

• Britney Spears → Montreal Screwjob
  • Britney Spears → UPN → World Wrestling Entertainment → Montreal Screwjob --Carn29

• Cyberpunk → Tool
  • Cyberpunk → United states secret service → Tool

• Pikachu → World domination
  • Pikachu → Pokemon game mechanics → World domination

• Hannah Montana → Illinois → McDonald's → Ronald McDonald

• Bill Gates → History of Microsoft → Wii → Nintendo → Pokémon

• Wales → Atlantic Ocean → Marine pollution → Plankton → Whales

• Quantity → Energy → Quantum mechanics
• Quantity → English language → Inflection

• Boot to the Head:
  • Boot → Leggings → Home Shopping Network → List of programs broadcast by MTV → The Head

Chains between two random pages

Charyyapadas to Broadstairs

• Charyyapadas → Assamese language → 1867 → United States → Tourism → Broadstairs

Oatcake to Ukrainian I

• Oatcake → England → English Language → Latin Alphabet → Cyrillic Alphabet → Ukrainian I

The Payolas to Marvin Liebman

• The Payolas → Punk Rock → Roxy Music → Manifesto → Young Americans for Freedom → Marvin Liebman

Kick to The Face

• Kick → Boxing → 1968 → Kylie Minogue → The Face

Adolphe Joseph Thomas Monticelli to Classical theory

• Adolphe Joseph Thomas Monticelli → France → God → Higgs boson → Graviton → Classical theory

Sobhuza II of Swaziland to Binnenalster

• Sobhuza II of Swaziland → April 12 → April 13 → Hamburg → Binnenalster

Vin Mariani to Capital virtues

• Vin Mariani → Wine → Italy → Petrarch → Cardinal virtues → Capital virtues

Baltasar Carlos, Prince of Asturias to Saurodactylus

• Baltasar Carlos, Prince of Asturias → Biography → Hermit → Sex → Gecko → Saurodactylus

Hal Colebatch to Liard River

• Hal Colebatch → Adolf Hitler → September 1 → Rocky Mountains → Liard River

Cyber Team in Akihabara to Mount Carmel Cemetery

• Cyber Team in Akihabara → Manga → United States → Chicago → Al Capone → Mount Carmel Cemetery

Sweet Polly Oliver to Committee of Public Safety

• Sweet Polly Oliver → England → History of the United Kingdom → France → French Revolution → Committee of Public Safety

Velociraptor to Jewish services

• Velociraptor → Tooth → Human → Bible → Judaism → Jewish services
• or... Velociraptor → Jurassic Park → Steven Spielberg → Schindler's List → Shabbat → Jewish services
  • Can be done in 5 Velociraptor → Poland → Jewish → Judaism → Jewish services

Coenzyme Q to Rawlins, Wyoming

• Coenzyme Q → dietary supplement → United States (a very general link that makes it possible to get to any geographic area, thus taking the fun out of 'six degrees') to Wyoming → List of Wyoming counties → Carbon County, Wyoming → Rawlins, Wyoming
  • Can be done in 6 Coenzyme Q → 1958 → Wyoming → List of Wyoming counties → Carbon County, Wyoming → Rawlins, Wyoming

Gerald Posner to Michel Tremblay

• Gerald Posner → Al Gore → Canadian Broadcasting Corporation → Quebec → List of Quebec authors → Michel Tremblay

Solna to Mohammad Abaee-Khorasani

• Solna → Sweden → Iran → List of Iranians → Mohammad Abaee-Khorasani

Pokémon to Boston Molasses Disaster

• Pokémon → North America → United States → Boston → Boston Molasses Disaster

Common Grackle to Ambassador Hotel

• Common Grackle → United States → Vietnam War → Robert F. Kennedy → Ambassador Hotel

Ylistaro to Streptococcus pneumoniae

• Ylistaro → Finland → 20th Century → Infectious disease in the 20th century → Pneumonia → Streptococcus pneumoniae

Julius Caesar to Rafael Cordero (educator)

• Julius Caesar → Roman Empire → Spain → Puerto Rico → List of famous Puerto Ricans (which redirects to List of Puerto Ricans) to Rafael Cordero (educator)

Marsupial to Bridge

• Marsupial → Australia → Sydney → Sydney Harbour Bridge → Bridge

Frank Drake to Ramsey Island

• Frank Drake → List of astronomers → Britain → Wales → Anglesey → List of islands of Wales → Ramsey Island
  • Can be done in 6 Frank Drake → 1961 → 1962 → 1962 in South Africa → Pembrokeshire → Ramsey Island

Proof by verbosity to Rudraige

• Proof by verbosity → Mathematical proof → Natural language → Esperanto → Ireland → Early history of Ireland → List of High Kings of Ireland → Rudraige
  • Slightly shorter: Proof by verbosity → Mathematical proof → Mathematics → Art → Art mac Cuinn → List of High Kings of Ireland → Rudraige

Walter Richard Parker to 85

• Walter Richard Parker → Royal Marines → 1982 → List of state leaders in 1982 → List of state leaders in 1981 → 85

Don Beebe to Haji Ali Dargah

• Don Beebe → December 18 → Niger → Islam → India → Mumbai → Haji Ali Dargah
  • Can be done in 5 Don Beebe → 1996 → 1993 → Bombay (redirects to Mumbai) → Haji Ali Dargah

Shoichi Nakagawa to Tallest buildings in Australia

• Shoichi Nakagawa → 1953 → Prime Minister of Australia → Australia → Melbourne → Tall buildings in Melbourne → Tallest buildings in Australia
  • Can be done in 5 Shoichi Nakagawa → Japan → List of countries → Tallest structures of different countries → Tallest buildings in Australia

Molson Coors to Chemical elements named after places

• Molson Coors → Beer → Starch → Carbohydrate → Carbon → Chemical Element → List of elements by name → Chemical elements named after places

Clarkefreak ∞ 22:25, 8 August 2005 (UTC)

• • Can be done in 6 Molson Coors → 2005 → February 2005 → February 2004 → Chemical element → Chemical elements named after places

Hollycombe Steam Collection to Tithonus

• Hollycombe Steam Collection → Category:Visitor attractions in Hampshire → Broadlands → United Kingdom → Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson → Tithonus

Clarkefreak ∞ 03:39, 18 August 2005 (UTC)

Crawford Notch to Ferdinand von Saar

• Crawford Notch → 19th century → 1791 → Franz Grillparzer → List of Austrian writers → Ferdinand von Saar

Visualization (cam) to Defeated nominees to the U.S. Supreme Court

• Visualization (cam) → Meditation → 1972 → Supreme Court of the United States → Defeated nominees to the U.S. Supreme Court

ad nauseum to Coyville, Kansas in six steps:

• ad nauseum → politician → governor → List of United States Governors → Kansas → Wilson County, Kansas (or List of cities in Kansas) to Coyville, Kansas

Back → The Future

• Back → scrum → Canada → Montreal → Leonard Cohen → The Future
  • Also Back → Anatomy → Touch → Leonard Cohen → The Future

List of names of the official languages of the European Union in the official languages respectively to GoldenEye (song)

• LonotolotEUitolr → English language → Film → List of character-based movie franchises → James Bond → GoldenEye → GoldenEye (song)
• List of names of the official languages of the European Union in the official languages respectively → Finnish language → Saint Petersburg → GoldenEye → GoldenEye (song), according to the Six degrees tool (see bottom)

Zoe Stark → Port Everglades

• Zoe Stark → Australian → United States → Florida → Port Everglades: this was the first route I found (manually) on my first try. --Ravi12346 04:57, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

Blue Nile Falls → John Norquist

• Blue Nile Falls → Tourist attraction → United States → Wisconsin → Milwaukee, Wisconsin → List of mayors of Milwaukee → John Norquist. my first try :)--Ally525 00:39, 5 March 2006 (UTC)

Venice Commission → Dahntay Jones

• Venice Commission → United States → Memphis International Airport → Memphis, Tennessee → Memphis Grizzlies → Dahntay Jones ---Sluzzelin 11:27, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

• Can be done in 5: Venice Commission → United States → Tennessee → Memphis Grizzlies → Dahntay Jones---Sluzzelin 14:25, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

Principality of Capua → Grant Waite

• Principality of Capua → Southern Italy → Italy → Sport in Italy → Italian national football team → Serie A → List of sports attendance figures → FBR Open → Grant Waite---Curlingforever 09:12, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

HMAS Brisbane (D 41) → Medical University of Lublin

• HMAS Brisbane (D 41) → United States → Poland → Lublin → Medical University of Lublin --jh51681 22:59, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

Fish → Growth hormone

• Fish → Blood → Hormone → Growth hormone

Ashvin → Antarctica does not have any paths less than 10.

• Ashvin → Indian national calendar → India → Indian Ocean → Antarctica. Oren0 05:56, 17 April 2007 (UTC)
• Alternatively: Ashvin → BitTorrent, Inc. → United States → Military activity in the Antarctic → Antarctica. Sandy of the CSARs (talk) 05:39, 24 May 2009 (UTC)

Antarctica → Snow Patrol does not have any paths less than 10.

• There's a path of 1. Antarctica → United Kingdom → Snow Patrol. Oren0 05:58, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

Bowling for Dollars → Essex County, Ontario

Bowling for Dollars → WJW → Essex County, Ontario

Caboose (Red vs. Blue) → Heterochromia

• Caboose (Red vs. Blue) → Blue → Blond → Eye color → Heterochromia PamD 07:30, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

Foreign relations of Cameroon → Baktykozha Izmukhambetov Foreign relations of Cameroon > United Nations > United Nations member states > Kazakhstan > Nursultan Nazarbayev > Baktykozha Izmukhambetov SalaSkan 01:48, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

Qwilfish to University of Indonesia

• Qwilfish → Pufferfish → Tropical zone → University of Indonesia

Rei Ayanami to Crime & Punishment

• Rei Ayanami → Anime → Japan → Russia → Russian literature → Crime & Punishment
  • Also: Rei Ayanami → Neon Genesis Evangelion (live-action movie) → Universal Studios → NBC Universal → NBC → Crime & Punishment; reverse: Crime & Punishment → NBC → NBC Universal → Universal Studios → List of Universal Pictures films → Neon Genesis Evangelion (live-action movie) → Rei Ayanami -- CJ Miller. (^{That's my name.}_{Don't wear it out.}) 03:22, 23 February 2009 (UTC)

Maund to Chapare River

• Maund → kilograms → liter → beverages → colas → Coca-Cola → coca → Chapare Province → Chapare River --jh51681 (talk) 12:17, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

Northern Qi to P.H.U.Q.

• Northern Qi → Buddhism → Europe → England → Newcastle upon Tyne → The Wildhearts → P.H.U.Q. --jh51681 (talk) 11:51, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

River Deben → Earth Is Room Enough

• River Deben → Suffolk → Russia → Asia → Bible → Isaac Asimov → Earth Is Room Enough --jh51681 (talk) 11:24, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

• Shorter: River Deben → Common Reed → Asia → Bible → Isaac Asimov → Earth Is Room Enough --jh51681 (talk) 11:37, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

William Elfving → Emergency (Philippine TV program)

• William Elfving → County of Santa Clara → U.S. state → State of Georgia → Interstate 285 → emergency → Emergency (disambiguation) → Emergency (Philippine TV program). --jh51681 (talk) 21:09, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

Piano Sonata in E-flat major, D. 568 (Schubert) to William Coffey

• Piano Sonata in E-flat major, D. 568 (Schubert) → 1829 → August 12 → Victoria Cross → List of Victoria Cross recipients by name - C → William Coffey

Pikachu → John Madden

• Pikachu → Hey You, Pikachu! → Microphone → Edmund Lowe → Actor → Emmy Awards → Sports Emmy Award → Outstanding Sports Personality, Play-by-Play → Al Michaels → John Madden -- CJ Miller. (^{That's my name.}_{Don't wear it out.}) 03:07, 23 February 2009 (UTC)

• Shorter, more prosaic: Pikachu → Video games → Video game genres → Madden NFL → John Madden. -- Sandy of the CSARs (talk) 05:34, 24 May 2009 (UTC)

Counterfeit banknote detection pen → Juryszewo.

• Counterfeit banknote detection pen → Euro → Poland → Gmina → List of Polish gminas → List of Polish gminas/R → Gmina Radzanowo → Juryszewo.
• In the opposite direction: Juryszewo → Poland → Banknote → Counterfeit → Counterfeit banknote detection pen. -- Sandy of the CSARs (talk) 06:01, 24 May 2009 (UTC)

Nikki Coghill → Dedicated (Lemar)

• Nikki Coghill → Australia → Continent → Africa→ "major famine in Ethiopia" → Do They Know It's Christmas? → Lemar → Dedicated (Lemar) Sandy of the CSARs (talk) 06:19, 24 May 2009 (UTC)
• Dedicated (Lemar album) → BBC Television → Neighbours → Ramsay Street → Nikki Coghill, with help from [1]. Certes (talk) 00:18, 17 February 2011 (UTC)

Goat Cheese → Barack Obama

• Goat cheese
• French Language
• U.S.
• Barack Obama

Elisabeth Parr, Marchioness of Northampton → 4774 Hobetsu

• Elisabeth Parr, Marchioness of Northampton → Category:Daughters of barons → Category:Barons → Ercole Dembowski → 349 Dembowska → Category:Asteroids named for people → Category:Asteroids → Category:Asteroids named for places → 4774 Hobetsu. for this one, i cheated: I used categories (allowed?). i guessed that there may be an asteroid named after a baron. searched for Asteroid + Baron:there was, but his article wasnt categorized as a baron, so i added the category (accurate, but not there originally). so sue me. ok: Elisabeth Parr, Marchioness of Northampton Lady Jane Grey Renaissance humanism Renaissance Astronomy Asteroid List of notable asteroids List of minor planets named after places 4774 Hobetsu cheated again by adding this to the list. but it belongs there, and the list is misnamed!!!
• Without cheating, and shorter: Elisabeth Parr, Marchioness of Northampton → Southwark → United Kingdom → Astronomy → List of astronomers → Seiji Ueda

ETAOIN SHRDLU → Fonejacker

• ETAOIN SHRDLU → English Language → Cockney → Fonejacker.

Walt Disney to The Hollies

• Walt Disney → The Walt Disney Company → Walt Disney Motion Pictures Group → DisneyToon Studios → The Tigger Movie → Kenny Loggins → Buffalo Springfield → Stephen Stills → Graham Nash → The Hollies
  • or... Walt Disney → Lincolnshire → Greater Manchester → Manchester → The Hollies

Miranda Cosgrove to Journey (band)

• Miranda Cosgrove → iCarly → List of iCarly episodes → iCarly (season 1) → Randy Jackson → Journey (band)
• or... Miranda Cosgrove → School of Rock → AC/DC → Steven Tyler → American Idol → Randy Jackson → Journey (band)

Wednesfield to Quilaco

• Wednesfield → United Kingdom Census 2001 → Christian → Christianity by country → Chile → Provinces of Chile → Biobío Province → Quilaco

Gene Hamilton to 3-Faced Elva

• Gene Hamilton → Eugene Hamilton → White Hall, Illinois → Asian (U.S. Census) → Asian American → Taiwan → Music of Taiwan → Mandarin pop → Elva Hsiao → 3-Faced Elva

Forest Thrush to Bird (disambiguation)

• Forest Thrush → Bird → Bird (disambiguation)
• Bird (disambiguation) → Bird → Passerine → Turdidae → Forest Thrush

Pytor Iylich Tchaikovsky to Pelican Eel

• Tchaikovsky → Germany → Baltic Sea → Atlantic Ocean → Eel → Saccopharyngiformes → Pelican eel

See also

• Wikipedia:Wikipedians by Erdős number
• Wikipedia:Get to Philosophy
• Wikipedia:Link Surfing

External links

• WikiDistrict A real-time wikipedia path calculator
• The Wiki Game A Real-time and multiplayer version of the game where the player has given maximum time-limits to get from one wikipedia page to another. Players compete in real time. Players are assigned random names and can register and choose a permanent nickname.
• Wikipedia Maze An implementation of the game that awards points and badges to players for creating and solving puzzles.
• Six degrees tool
• Wikispeedia An implementation of the game with an additional research purpose.
• DegreesOfWikipedia.com is a multi-lingual degrees of separation finder for wikipedia, using 11 different languages and a live copy of the wikipedia database.
• Lost in Wikipedia - BBC News Magazine article on 'Wiki-chaining'
• [2] - Shortest Wikipedia link to Kevin Bacon's page