Wikipedia:Six degrees of Wikipedia

See also: Wikipedia:Wiki Game and Wikipedia:Wikipedia games

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 are separated by a chain of no more than six acquaintances. Studying the characters of Wikipedia to see whether something similar obtains among its articles, Six Degrees of Wikipedia aims to be a compendium of the following things:

• The items separated by the longest minimal chains in the encyclopedia (especially where these are more than four links long). 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.
• Articles that can be proven to have no chain between one another. This is the search for the potential outlier that could prove the hypothesis at least capable of being in a state of "incorrect". Intuition suggests that there shouldn't be any, but that is in fact why we need to search for it/them.

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

The Wiki Game Is a Real-time and multi-player version, and contains different game type challenges that include random start and end goals. CCTV 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

Eight-degree chains

Sybra fuscotriangularis → Defrocking → Anglican Communion → Algeria → Savage Islands → Lamiinae → Apomecynini → Sybra → Sybra fuscotriangularis

Compound of ten octahedra → Antiprism → Archimedes → Aphrodite → Aethiopia → Aethiopia (beetle) → Apomecynini → Paranicomia → Paranicomia similis

Seven-degree chains

• Josh Chapman → SEC Championship Game → Auburn University → List of forestry universities and colleges → Department of Forest Conservation (Sri Lanka) → List of coleopterans of Sri Lanka → Sybra signatoides → Sybra → Sybra fuscotriangularis

• Confirmed April 12, 2024

• Anime Boston → Troy Baker → Hades → Aethiopia → Aethiopia (beetle) → Apomecynini → Mycerinopsis → Mycerinopsis tonkinea

• Confirmed Janurary 1st, 2024

• Girls Aloud: Ten Years at the Top → Los Angeles → Spain → Savage Islands → Lamiinae → Apomecynini → Sybra → Sybra fuscolateralipennis

• Confirmed November 1st, 2023.

• StubHub → Germany → Algeria → Savage Islands → Lamiinae → Apomecynini → Sybra → Sybra fuscotriangularis

• Confirmed October 17th, 2022.

• YAFM → Radio broadcasting → Radio in Sri Lanka → Deforestation in Sri Lanka → List of coleopterans of Sri Lanka → Sybra praeusta → Sybra → Sybra fuscotriangularis

• Confirmed September 12th, 2019.

• Ch'aki Qucha (disambiguation) → Quechuan languages → Quinine → Alkaloid → Utetheisa ornatrix → Utetheisa → Nyctemera → Nyctemera dauila

• Confirmed to still work as of October 22, 2021.
• Faster way: Ch'aki Qucha (disambiguation) → Quechuan languages → Andes → Crypsis → Arctiinae → Nyctemera → Nyctemera dauila

• Ibrahim Ali Hussein → Wajir West Constituency → Nairobi → South Africa → Lichen → Pertusariaceae → Pertusaria → Pertusaria lactea

• Tested on 29 February 2020.

• Quick → Speed → Autoroutes of France → Artenay → Saint-Maurice-sur-Aveyron → Fontainejean Abbey → Les Écharlis Abbey → Fast

• Tested on 7 September 2020.

• Global Co-opetition → International Standard Book Number → ISO/IEC 8859 → Dze → Jordanville, New York→ Webb, New York → Cage Lake → Buck Pond (Stillwater, New York)

• Tested on 11 December 2020

• HD 15115 → Year → Earth → Wood → Carya tomentosa → Scobicia bidentata → Scobicia → Scobicia arizonica

• Tested on 3 March 2021

• Elena Ferrari → University of Insubria → Italy → Alps → Moth → Gracillariidae → Gracillariinae → Monocercops → Monocercops nepalensis

• Was eight degrees, only 7 as of March 8th, 2021.

• Drew Gooden (comedian) → Sketch Comedy → Los Angeles → Bordeaux → Saint-Côme → Saint-Côme (disambiguation) → Come → Cum

• Tested on 15 July 2021

• William and Caroline Gibbs House → National Register of Historic Places listings in Washington, D.C. → Korean War Veterans Memorial → Juniper → Tortricidae → List of Tortricidae genera → Cerace → Cerace diehli
• Blake Fell → Ordnance Survey → Geography of South Africa → Canary Islands → List of Lepidoptera of the Canary Islands → Scrobipalpa halymella → Scrobipalpa → Scrobipalpa zouhari
• Six (musical) → Social distancing → Portugal → Savage Islands → Lamiinae → Onciderini → Cacostola → Cacostola strandi

• Tested on 5 April 2022

• Yafa Yarkoni → Mandatory Palestine → Gulf of Mannar → Deforestation in Sri Lanka → List of coleopterans of Sri Lanka → Sybra quadrimaculata → Sybra → Sybra alternans
• Alloy (Skepticism album) → Ordeal (Skepticism album) → Turku → Finland → Onciderini → Cacostola → Cacostola strandi
• confirmed on 6 May 2022

Individual paths

Delphi Community School Corporation

School

Geographic coordinate system

Coordinate system

30th parallel north

Circle of latitude that is 30 degrees north of the Earth's equator

Savage Islands

Macaronesian archipelago in the North Atlantic

Lamiinae

Subfamily of insects

Onciderini

Tribe of beetles

Cacostola

Genus of insects

Cacostola strandi

Species of beetle

Six-degree chains

• 2020 Louisiana–Monroe Warhawks softball team → Youngsville, Louisiana → Soybean → Carya tomentosa → Scobicia bidentata → Scobicia arizonica
• Foua → Tonga → Coconut → Arrow → Archery at the Summer Universiade → Archery at the 2019 Summer Universiade → Archery at the 2019 Summer Universiade - Men's individual recurve
• Salman Khan → Being Human → Population → Bharatiya Janata Party → Modi
• Scaphism → Capital Punishment → Execution by shooting → Firearm → Projectile → Dart → Lawn darts

• Scaphism → Death by burning → British Isles → Darts → Lawn darts

• Jesus → Roman Empire → Germanic peoples → Germanic-speaking Europe → Germany → Adolf Hitler

• Jesus → Roman Empire → Nazi Germany → Adolf Hitler
• Jesus → Judaism → Holocaust → Adolf Hitler
• Jesus → Jews → Nazi Germany → Adolf Hitler

• 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

• Lin-Manuel Miranda → New York City → Street Food → List of street foods → Ice Cream → Sorbet → Raspberry

• Lin-Manuel Miranda → Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series → Desperate Housewives → Raspberry

• Hedda Gabler → Motörhead → Andy Kershaw → Axis of evil → Evel Knievel → Liberace → Chico Marx
• Big Bang → Cambrian Explosion → Feces → Coffee → Magnesium → Ancient Greek → Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

• Big Bang → Aristotle → Ancient Greek → Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

• Honey dipper → Honey → Russia → Hokkaido → Niseko-Shakotan-Otaru Kaigan Quasi-National Park → Finella → Finella dubia
• NGC 1466 → John Herschel → Chemist → Albert Einstein → Adolf Hitler
• Tissue → Wrapping tissue → Book → Author → Fermat's Last Theorem → Abc conjecture → Inter-universal Teichmüller theory
• Everywhere at the End of Time → a bunch of things

• Everywhere at the End of Time → Al Bowlly → Luftwaffe → Adolf Hitler → Evil → Devil → Hell

• Everywhere at the End of Time → Twitter → Islam → Hell

• Everywhere at the End of Time → Al Bowlly → Luftwaffe → Strategic bombing → Civil defense siren

• Everywhere at the End of Time → YouTube → Hillsborough disaster → Civil defense siren

• Everywhere at the End of Time → Creepypasta → Savefile → Super Mario Galaxy → Black hole → Cosmic microwave background → Heat death of the universe

• Everywhere at the End of Time → The New York Times → Cyberattack → Heat death of the universe

• Jaj → Byblos → Frank Sinatra → Steely Dan → Aja (song) → Aja (name) → Aja
• TON 618 → Galaxy → List of galaxies → Butterfly → List of butterflies in Taiwan → List of moths in Taiwan → Agathia lycaenaria (Correct as of 7/21/2022)
• Toilet paper orientation → University of Notre Dame → Catholic higher education → Catholic Church → Pope → List of popes → List of sexually active popes
• Eminem → Middle America (United States) → West Coast of the United States → Hawaii → Attack on Pearl Harbor → Allies of World War II → Adolf Hitler

Five-degree chains

• Wars of the Diadochi → Alexander the Great → Athens → Modern architecture → Empire State Building → Kevin Bacon

• Swedish War of Liberation → Copper → Copper toxicity → Physalaemin → Physalaemus → Physalaemus riograndensis
• Globefish → Pao (fish) → Maurice Kottelat → Système universitaire de documentation → Library science
• 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

• Article deleted.

• 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

• Rayquaza is now a redirect, but the target page still links to Ozone layer. However, Pokémon no longer contains a link to Rayquaza.

• 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
• Eggplant → South Asia → Continent → Africa → South Africa → Apartheid
• Jesus → Roman Empire → Britannia → UK → United States → Donald Trump
  • Jesus → Pope → Pope Francis → Donald Trump
• Racism → Barack Obama → Bo (dog) → Canis lupus familiaris → Puppy

• Racism → Dominican Order → Hound → Puppy

• Puppy → Designer dog → New York Times → Civil War → Racism

• Puppy → Dog → Indonesia → Racism

• Edgar Allan Poe Museum (Richmond, Virginia) → The New York Times → Serbia → Origin hypotheses of the Serbs → Genetic studies on Arabs → Nablus mask-like facial syndrome
• xkcd → Science → Chemistry → Periodic Table → Oxygen → Detergent
• Carp → Europe → England → Redditch → Archer Windsor-Clive → List of cricketers who were killed during military service
• Oliver Heldens →Lollapalooza → Courtney Love → George, Washington → Place names considered unusual → Beans and Bacon mine

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
• Avocado → Mexico → United States → Illegal Immigration to the United States → Illegal Immigration
• Daily Aikya → India → Formula 1 → Superleague Formula → List of Superleague Formula drivers and teams

• Page deleted by a PROD.

• Wikipedia:Vandalism → Wikipedia:Protection Policy → German Wikipedia → Holocaust denial → Ku Klux Klan
• Milli Vanilli Greatest Hits → Pop music → Internet → Moore's law → Graphene nanoribbon
• Martin Garrix → Amstelveen → World War II → Ustashe → Velebit uprising
• Trigonometry → Babylonia → Iraq → Tanzim Qaidat al-Jihad fi Bilad al-Rafidayn → Al-Qaeda
• Datura → Necromancy → Alchemy → Chrysopoeia → Ouroboros
• Jesus → Islam → Sharia → Osama bin Laden → September 11 attacks
• Murder of Deborah Linsley →DNA profiling → O. J. Simpson → John McEnroe → "I Just Had Sex"

Three-degree chains

• Alice Hathaway Lee Roosevelt → Theodore Roosevelt → Scrooge McDuck → Diamond
  • Alice Hathaway Lee Roosevelt → New York → 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
• Eddsworld → Tomska → Vlog → President of Russia
• 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
• Star Trek → Paramount Global → The Walt Disney Company → Star Wars
• Trigonometry → Babylonia → Germanic peoples → Adolf Hitler
• 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
• Ted Kennedy → Ronald Reagan → Korean Air Lines Flight 007 → King Salmon, Alaska
• User:TheBuddy92/Willy on Wheels: A Case Study → John Kerry → Judaism → Jesus
• Jimmy Wales → Encyclopedia → Hierarchy → God
• SCP 06F6 → Phenomenon → List of internet phenomena → SCP Foundation
• T-Series (company) → World Bank → Equal Employment Opportunity Commission → We choose to go to the Moon
• Maternal insult → Mother → French language → Wikipedia
• Sharpie (marker) → President of the United States → United States → World War II
• Toothpaste → Lead → Alchemy → William Shakespeare
• Religion → Theory of everything → Theory of everything (disambiguation) → Geometry Dash

• Quantum electrodynamics → Theory of everything → Theory of everything (disambiguation) → Geometry Dash

• The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth → Reddit → The Newsroom (American TV series) → Sarin
• I Love Lucy → Broadcast syndication → NPR → Enhanced interrogation techniques
• Dio Brando → Serial killers → Race (human categorization) → Racism
• M&M's → Christmas → Transgender Day of Remembrance → Sex

Two-degree chains

• Nuclear Fusion → Castle Bravo → Godzilla
• Colt Single Action Army → United States → American Dream
• Inglewood Park Cemetery → Ella Fitzgerald → Pizza
• Michael Jackson → Thriller (viral video) → Pope John Paul II
  • Michael Jackson → Michael Jackson memorial service → Pope John Paul II
• Cobalt → Cobalt blue → Sonic the Hedgehog (character)
• Newcastle United F.C. → Testicular cancer → Pearly penile papules (warning: NSFW)
• Hulk Hogan → Jesus → Carpentry
• Jesus → Jerusalem → Donald Trump
• Emoji → Japanese → World War II
• Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market → Susan Wojcicki → Hillary Clinton
• Touhou Project → List of Touhou Project characters → Hecate
• Costume → Uniform → Prison
• xkcd → Hilbert curve → IP address
• Trojan.Win32.DNSChanger → iTunes → Digital rights management
• Syndactyly → Sonic hedgehog → Prostate cancer
• World War III → Zombie apocalypse → Minecraft
• An Empty Bliss Beyond This World → BioShock (series) → Pinkerton (detective agency)
• Family tree → Sigmund Freud → PBS
• Family tree → BBC → Left-wing politics
• Microsoft → Meta Platforms → Greek language
• Team Fortress 2 → Stuttgart → Adolf Hitler
• Among Us → Atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki → Unit 731
• Northern Inuit Dog → Cryptorchidism → Testicular cancer (warning: NSFW)
• Megamind → Supervillain → Adolf Hitler
• Geometry Dash → Avengers: Infinity War → Chris Pratt
• Femboy → Fruit (slang) → World War II
• Femboy → Skirt → World War II
• Femboy → Alt-right → World War II
• Femboy → Mama-san → World War II
• Femboy → Bakla → World War II
• Femboy → BDSM → World War II
• Femboy → Fuck → World War II
• Femboy → Queer → World War II
• Femboy → Gender role → World War II
• Femboy → Wartime cross-dressers → World War II
• Femboy → Popular culture → World War II
• Femboy → Dress → World War II
• Femboy → Lesbian → World War II
• Femboy → Kinsey scale → World War II
• Femboy → Femme → World War II
• Femboy → Trousers as women's clothing → World War II
• Femboy → Cleavage (breasts) → World War II
• Femboy → Harry Styles → World War II
• Femboy → Cross-dressing → World War II
• Femboy → Friend of Dorothy → World War II
• Autism → Obsessive–compulsive disorder → Hell

Surprisingly long minimal chains

Twelve steps claimed

• Laurence Acton to Mount McGhee
  • (Note the two pages the Laurence Acton disambiguation links to below)

Eleven steps claimed

• Laurence Acton (senior) to Mount McGhee
• Laurence Acton (junior) to Mount McGhee
• Windo to Mount McGhee
• The Flatlanders to Mount McGhee

Ten steps claimed

• Six to Degrees
  • 6 links: Six → 6 (number) → Natural number → Mathematics → Euclidean geometry → Degree (angle) → Degree.
  • 3 links: Six → 6 (number) → polygon → 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 → Biology → Mesopotamia → Akkadian literature → 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
    • Peasant Student Workers Movement → ETA (separatist group) → Northern Ireland → James Chichester-Clark → Moyola Park --The cool numel (talk) 12:33, 28 October 2021 (UTC)

• 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)
  • Snoring → Consonant → Z → Z (disambiguation) → ZZZ

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 → Laptop 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)
  • Shirt → Sneakers → Online shopping → Laptop
  • Pants → Clothing → Plastic → Silicon → Liquid crystal display → Laptop CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 00:21, 26 December 2006 (UTC)
  • Pants → Western World → Technology → Computer → Laptop
  • Pants → Sneakers → Online shopping → 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)

• Rhett Biglands to Ozotuncus ozotuncus
  • Rhett Biglands → Australian Rules Football → Melbourne → Larissa → Larisa subsolana → List of Tortricidae genera → Expo Line → Ozotuncus ozotuncus

• 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

• Rakvere Theatre to Sybra fuscotriangularis
  • Rakvere Theatre → Estonia → .eu → Sri Lanka → List of national parks of Sri Lanka → List of coleopterans of Sri Lanka → Sybra oblongipennis → Sybra → Sybra fuscotriangularis

• Boner to Cum
  • Boner → Boner (surname) → Charles Boner → Munich → Saint-Côme → Saint-Côme (disambiguation) → Come → Cum

• Xie → Cacostola strandi is of length 8 as of 28 April 2022.

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

• Square bifrustum to Cuckold Formation
  • Square bifrustum → Trapezoid → Indian mathematics → List of timelines → 2020 in paleontology → St. John's Group → Signal Hill Group → Cuckold Formation

• 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)
  • In 4: Watch Hill, RI → census-designated place → Hawaii → List of islands by highest point → Mount Kerinci

• 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

• Maffra West Upper, Victoria to Northfleet Urban Country Park
  • Maffra West Upper, Victoria → Australia → England → Kent → Northfleet → Northfleet Urban Country Park

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)
  • Elmo → PBS → Teletubbies

• Weakness leads to the United States Naval Academy, Go Army, Beat Navy.
  • Weakness → Greek language → United States → U.S. state → Maryland → United States Naval Academy

• 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

• Kurtz_House_(Washington,_Iowa) to Heni_Te_Kiri_Karamu
  • Kurtz_House_(Washington,_Iowa) → Italianate_architecture → Wellington → Tauranga → Aquinas_College,_Tauranga → Heni_Te_Kiri_Karamu

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))
  • Not relying on number, list, or disambiguation pages: Mars (planet) → The Martian Chronicles →Day of the Dead →Chocolate →Mars, Incorporated

• 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

• Cup of Solid Gold to Shine On You Crazy Diamond
  • Cup of Solid Gold → Manchu people → Dream of the Red Chamber → Frame story → Shine On You Crazy Diamond

• Richard Burgi to CharliiTV
  • Richard Burgi → Desperate Housewives → Bravo Otto → Suzi Quatro → CharliiTV

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
    • Soyuz (spacecraft) no longer links directly to Soyuz TMA-22. The shortest path, as of January 2020, is Twitter → International Space Station → Soyuz (spacecraft) → Soyuz (rocket family) → Soyuz TMA → Soyuz TMA-22

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

• Easy → Simple, but Simple → Simple Kid → Alternative rock → Californication (album) → Easily → Easy

• Antiferroelectricity → Checkerboard is 1.
  • One path (as of Dec 2017) is Checkerboard → Taxicab → Car → Electric car → Electric motor → Electrical energy → Electric potential energy → Electricity → Antiferroelectricity (9 pages, 8 links) ... probably could be shorter Ev3commander (talk) 23:15, 30 December 2017 (UTC)

• Perhaps more surprising for the number of possible paths: Artemisia Gallery → The Doomsday Machine (Star Trek: The Original Series) is 4 steps, with 3 possible paths. (One is Artemisia Gallery → Phyllis Bramson → Smithsonian Institution → Star Trek: The Original Series → The Doomsday Machine (Star Trek: The Original Series). The reverse path, however, is 5 steps with 591 possible paths: One example is The Doomsday Machine (Star Trek: The Original Series) → CBS → Low culture → Cultural artifact → Artist-run space → Artemisia Gallery.

Shortest "unusual" chains

• ¡! to ¡Uno!
  • ¡! → Juan Carlos I → The Simpsons → The Simpsons Theme → ¡Uno! (there are 18 paths)

• Cold Showers to My Cold Shower
  • Cold Showers → 2005 in film → 2007 in home video → 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)
    • And there are a total of 5 possible paths! Sungodtemple (talk) 18:48, 2 March 2021 (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

• AC/DC → Ancient Egypt
  • AC/DC → Moscow → Golden Horde → Egypt → Ancient Egypt

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

• Kadabra to Simplex

• Kadabra → Pentagram → Simplex

• Ameno (song) → Liberal Democrats (UK)

• Ameno (song) → France → Scientology → Arbitration Committee → Liberal Democrats (UK)

• Ameno (song) → France → United Kingdom → Liberal Democrats (UK)

• SCP Foundation → Political prisoner

• SCP Foundation → IKEA → Political prisoner

• Just...what.

• Ø → Ø (disambiguation) → Ø (Disambiguation)

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:Tourist 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

Courtland to Hunter of Stars

• Courtland → Courtland, Virginia → Jerusalem → Athens → Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest → Hunter of Stars

Pat Tillman to Jesus in Islam

• Pat Tillman → Quran → Jesus in Islam

Six Degrees to Kevin Bacon

Rules: (1) The destination is Kevin Bacon, in precisely six links; the more obscure, the better. (2) No, but no, film- or acting-related links are allowed. I'm starting off with:

• Poor Man's Bible → Acid rain → John Evelyn → Bubble and squeak → Belgium → Afterlife → Kevin Bacon

Afterlife no longer links to Kevin Bacon

• Morphine → Botany → Binomial nomenclature → Clade → Smallpox → Philadelphia → Kevin Bacon

Philadelphia now has a separate page for notable persons so this is now seven degrees.

• Composite bow → Ancient Egypt → Government → Aerospace → Light fixture → Internet meme → Kevin Bacon
• Climate change → Greenland Ice Sheet → Mars → Electric vehicle → World Bank → Gulf War → Kevin Bacon
• Cockroach → North America → List of regions of the United States → Mid-Atlantic (United States) → Pennsylvania → List of people from Pennsylvania → Kevin Bacon
• Adolf Hitler → Academy of Fine Arts Vienna → University of Music and Performing Arts Graz → Darius Milhaud → Budapest Quartet → Settlement Music School → Kevin Bacon
• Sonic the Hedgehog → Doppelganger → Spontaneous Human Combustion → Reincarnation → Index of Jainism-related articles → Wikipedia:Six_degrees_of_Wikipedia → Kevin Bacon

See also

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

External links

• WikiDistrict A now defunct 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.
• Six degrees tool
• Wikispeedia An implementation of the game with an additional research purpose.
• Lost in Wikipedia - BBC News Magazine article on 'Wiki-chaining'
• Six Degrees of Wikipedia
• Jitendran, K; Akash, S; Aswin, N; Rajesh Kumar, T (2021-05-01). "Six by Two Degrees of Wikipedia using BFS Algorithm". Journal of Physics: Conference Series. 1916 (1): 012232. doi:10.1088/1742-6596/1916/1/012232. ISSN 1742-6588.