Six Degrees of Wikipedia

Six Degrees of Wikipedia traverses Wikipedia page links to find the shortest path between any two of the millions of pages on the world's largest free online encyclopedia.

Documentation

• Data Source - Where data for the project comes from, including how to download or generate the Six Degrees of Wikipedia database yourself.
• Web Server Setup - How to set up a web server to run a production version of the Six Degrees of Wikipedia website.
• Local Setup - How to set up your local machine to run your own version of Six Degrees of Wikipedia.
• Miscellaneous - A collection of interesting searches and edge case page titles.

Blog

• Insights On Hitler And More From The First 500,000 Searches - Delightful, curious, and amusing insights from the first 500,000 searches on Six Degrees of Wikipedia.

Inspiration

• Six Degrees of Wikipedia by Stephen Dolan.
• The general concept of six degrees of separation as well as its offshoots like Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon.
• Wikiracing and its implementations in apps and website such as The Wiki Game by Alex Clemesha and WikiRace by 2pages.

Resources

• Wikipedia API
• Wikipedia database layout
• English Wikipedia database dumps

Contributing

Contributions to the project are welcome! See the contribution page for details on how to get everything set up in your local environment.