A Wikipedia Experiment

[Orange_Lightning]

Its just like Six Dgrees of Seperation.
How about 'Vitamin String Quartet' to 'Respiratory Disease'?

 

[Kilo24]

Its just like Six Dgrees of Seperation.
How about 'Vitamin String Quartet' to 'Respiratory Disease'?

5 clicks.

Spoiler

Vitamin String Quartet - Celine Dion - Esophageal Cancer - Shortness of Breath - Respiratory System - Respiratory Disease

 

[Romicron]

Its just like Six Dgrees of Seperation.
How about 'Vitamin String Quartet' to 'Respiratory Disease'?

I also got 5 clicks, using a completely different path.

Spoiler

Vitamin String Quartet - Opeth - Growling (to Death Growl) - Death Rattle - Choking - Respiratory Disease

My Challenge: Busy Beaver -> Joe Rogan

Go forth, post-haste.

EDIT: I just tried to do this. Kudos to whoever can. Damn.

EDIT 2: Bonus points if you can get it in under 10, but I may or may not have found a 3-move solution... If you find it, try the reverse instead, it's infinitely more challenging.

EDIT 3: I now concur with Orange_Lightning: It is possible to link from any one article on wikipedia to any other article on wikipedia within 6 clicks or less.

 

[edargh]

Me and my freinds have a game, click random article and the first person to reach the wikipedia page for 'anal sex' wins. It usually gets very heated

 

[Orange_Lightning]

I managed 7 clicks for Busy Beaver to Joe Rogan.

EDIT: The Six Degrees of Seperation thing I got from an old music show.

 

[fedpayne]

Alright, you're supposed to do it without going into categories, or using countries.

My random article was the Milltown Dam. Hmmm.

Watt - James Watt - Inventor - History of Science - Ancient Greece - Pederasty in Ancient Greece - Anal sex

Might be a better way of doing it, but I'm quite pleased with myself.

Except for the fact that I should have been working.

 

[Cpt. Red]

3 clicks...(on Busy Beaver -> Joe Rogan)

Spoiler

Busy Beaver->Referee(redirected umpire)->Mixed Martial Arts->Joe Rogan

And in reverse in 5:

Spoiler

Joe Rogan->1967->June 23->Alan Turing->Turing Machine->Busy Beaver

EDIT: I actually got to referee by luck as I wanted to see what the word umpire meant...

 

[twistedshadows]

Go to Wikipedia and search up wood. Now,without using the search bar,get to the page of Evil Dead (The first one). Do you think this is possible? Try it with anything else. Is it easier? Tell me.

I was bored. I did it in 7 clicks (clues, Greenland, lead, bullets, motion pictures, horror, The Evil Dead). Took me maybe five minutes. Pretty much random clicking up until bullets. I'm sure you can do it with anything.

 

[RedFox042]

Go to Wikipedia and search up wood. Now,without using the search bar,get to the page of Evil Dead (The first one). Do you think this is possible? Try it with anything else. Is it easier? Tell me.

All right Here is the path I found starting with Wood and ending with The Evil Dead.
Wood leads to Guitar
Guitars where used by the rock band Van Halen
Van Halen sang the song "Fire in the Hole" from Van Halen III
Which was used in the movie Lethal Weapon 4
That was released by Warner Brothers.
Warner Brothers is owned by Time Warner, who also owns New Line Cinema
New line Cinema released the movie The Evil Dead.

so 7 steps, that's not so bad.

 

[Spacelord]

'Lunacy' to 'Human Resource Management'

GO!

 

[Cpt. Red]

On Vitamin String Quartet to Respiratory disease I got 4:

Spoiler

Vitamin String Quartet->Jimi Hendrix->Asphyxia->Acute respiratory distress syndrome->Respiratory disease

 

[Cpt. Red]

'Lunacy' to 'Human Resource Management'

GO!

Which Lunacy?

 

[Spacelord]

'Lunacy' to 'Human Resource Management'

GO!

Which Lunacy?

There are multiple? Ah.

Well how 'bout this one [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunacy_%28album%29]?

 

[Diablini]

Hmmmm

That is some funny stuff right there.

I would say that it's possible to get anywhere if all the articles form a chain that has no unconnected articles. But if some of them have no link to the rest, then you have limited access

 

[Zenode]

Go to Wikipedia and search up wood. Now,without using the search bar,get to the page of Evil Dead (The first one). Do you think this is possible? Try it with anything else. Is it easier? Tell me.

Well i did it in 9 clicks

Try getting from arithmetic to spontaneous combustion

 

[idiotsavant]

Go to Wikipedia and search up wood. Now,without using the search bar,get to the page of Evil Dead (The first one). Do you think this is possible? Try it with anything else. Is it easier? Tell me.

Well i did it in 9 clicks

Try getting from arithmetic to spontaneous combustion

arithmetic->science->fields of science->chemistry->spontaneous process->thermodynamics->heat of combustion->combustion->spontaneous combustion

8 clicks.

Anyone want to try pikachu->mount rushmore?

Nevermind, easier than I thought. pikachu->mountains->united states->south dakota-> mount rushmore. 4 clicks

 

[Zenode]

Go to Wikipedia and search up wood. Now,without using the search bar,get to the page of Evil Dead (The first one). Do you think this is possible? Try it with anything else. Is it easier? Tell me.

Well i did it in 9 clicks

Try getting from arithmetic to spontaneous combustion

arithmetic->science->fields of science->chemistry->spontaneous process->thermodynamics->heat of combustion->combustion->spontaneous combustion

8 clicks.

hmmmmmmm what about Misogyny to The List of Characters in Fire emblem: Seisen no Keifu

 

[idiotsavant]

Go to Wikipedia and search up wood. Now,without using the search bar,get to the page of Evil Dead (The first one). Do you think this is possible? Try it with anything else. Is it easier? Tell me.

Well i did it in 9 clicks

Try getting from arithmetic to spontaneous combustion

arithmetic->science->fields of science->chemistry->spontaneous process->thermodynamics->heat of combustion->combustion->spontaneous combustion

8 clicks.

hmmmmmmm what about Misogyny to The List of Characters in Fire emblem: Seisen no Keifu

This one was trickier. Misogyny->Stoic->Logic->Logic(disambiguation)->Logic Studio->Apple Inc.->Computer Software->Video Games->Video Game Genres->Fire Emblem->Fire Emblem: Seisen no Keifu-> List of Characters in Fire Emblem: Seisen no Keifu

11 clicks