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Six Degrees of Wikipedia
https://github.com/jwngr/sdow

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Six Degrees of Wikipedia

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/jwngr/sdow
• Owner: jwngr
• License: mit
• Created: 2014-11-22T20:19:24.000Z (almost 10 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2024-05-21T05:35:16.000Z (6 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-05-22T20:31:12.297Z (6 months ago)
• Topics: wikipedia
• Language: JavaScript
• Homepage: https://www.sixdegreesofwikipedia.com
• Size: 4.05 MB
• Stars: 1,719
• Watchers: 17
• Forks: 88
• Open Issues: 19
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • Contributing: .github/CONTRIBUTING.md
  • License: LICENSE

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README

        
# Six Degrees of Wikipedia

[![Six Degrees of Wikipedia Logo](/website/src/images/[email protected])](https://www.sixdegreesofwikipedia.com/)

[Six Degrees of Wikipedia](https://www.sixdegreesofwikipedia.com) 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](./docs/data-source.md) - Where data for the project comes from, including how to

  download or generate the Six Degrees of Wikipedia database yourself.

- [Web Server Setup](./docs/web-server-setup.md) - How to set up a web server to run a production

  version of the Six Degrees of Wikipedia website.

- [Local Setup](.github/CONTRIBUTING.md) - How to set up your local machine to run your own version

  of Six Degrees of Wikipedia.

- [Miscellaneous](./docs/miscellaneous.md) - A collection of interesting searches and edge case

  page titles.

## Blog

- [Insights On Hitler And More From The First 500,000

  Searches](https://www.sixdegreesofwikipedia.com/blog/search-results-analysis) - Delightful,

  curious, and amusing insights from the first 500,000 searches on Six Degrees of Wikipedia.

## Inspiration

- [Six Degrees of Wikipedia](http://mu.netsoc.ie/wiki/) by Stephen Dolan.

- The general concept of

  [six degrees of separation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_degrees_of_separation) as well as

  its offshoots like

  [Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_Degrees_of_Kevin_Bacon).

- [Wikiracing](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikiracing) and its implementations in apps and website

  such as

  [The Wiki Game](https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/the-wiki-game-a-wikipedia-game-of-racing-and-exploring/id459318432?mt=8)

  by Alex Clemesha and [WikiRace](http://2pages.net/wikirace.php) by 2pages.

## Resources

- [Wikipedia API](https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Main_page)

- [Wikipedia database layout](https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Database_layout)

- [English Wikipedia database dumps](https://dumps.wikimedia.your.org/enwiki)

## Contributing

Contributions to the project are welcome! See the [contribution page](./.github/CONTRIBUTING.md) for

details on how to get everything set up in your local environment.