# 6 Degrees of Michael Jordan on Wiki **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [January 26, 2009, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-degrees-of-michael-jordan-on-wiki/483061 "2009-01-26T15:59:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![phungi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phungi/32/395_2.png) [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2009, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-degrees-of-michael-jordan-on-wiki/483061/1 "2009-01-26T15:59:09Z")
A colleague of mine pointed out that you can get to Michael Jordan from any page on Wikipedia in 6 clicks, assuming that page has links. The 6 clicks do not count “internal” page clicks in Wiki that take you from the table of contents down. One must find their own way. I tried “[Kama sutra](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kama_sutra)”: 1. University of Chicago 2. NCAA 3. NBA 4. Michael Jordan Then I tried “[Frank Sinatra](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_sinatra)”: 1. Los Angeles 2. NBA 3. Michael Jordan This may be a repetition of the “6 Degrees of Kevin Bacon” game in which nearly everything routes through either “A Few Good Men” and “JFK” (e.g., a city that has a basketball team or a University), but I got a kick out of it. So, post your challenges… ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2009, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-degrees-of-michael-jordan-on-wiki/483061/2 "2009-01-26T16:18:05Z")
I got close, but couldn’t do it. 1. [Accretion disc](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accretion_disc) 2. Nikolai Shakura 3. Lomonosov Moscow State University 4. University 5. List of universities and colleges by country 6. List of colleges and universities in North Carolina 7. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 8. Michael Jordan I searched for “NBA” on the NCAA page and it didn’t come up. It must’ve been edited since you did yours. ---
**Author:** ![storyteller0910](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@storyteller0910](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/storyteller0910)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2009, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-degrees-of-michael-jordan-on-wiki/483061/3 "2009-01-26T16:29:55Z")
> [@Cisco](#): > > I got close, but couldn’t do it. > > 1. [Accretion disc](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accretion_disc) > 2. Nikolai Shakura > 3. Lomonosov Moscow State University > 4. University > 5. List of universities and colleges by country > 6. List of colleges and universities in North Carolina > 7. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill > 8. Michael Jordan > > I searched for “NBA” on the NCAA page and it didn’t come up. It must’ve been edited since you did yours. I think I got it in six clicks: 1. Accretion disk CLICK 1 2. black holes CLICK 2 3. Stephen Hawking CLICK 3 4. The Simpsons CLICK 4 5. List of Guest Stars on The Simpsons CLICK 5 6. Magic Johnson CLICK 6 7. Michael Jordan ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2009, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-degrees-of-michael-jordan-on-wiki/483061/4 "2009-01-26T17:03:37Z")
Ok, I misunderstood where the first click is counted. [Mantis Shimp](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mantis_shrimp) 1. United States 2. Basketball 3. Michael Jordan This is almost too easy. Wikipedia hyperlinks too many terms for this game. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2009, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-degrees-of-michael-jordan-on-wiki/483061/5 "2009-01-26T17:17:27Z")
(Can’t do links from work): Arminianism Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Barton College North Carolina University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Michael Jordan ETA: the United States -\> Basketball -\> Michael Jordan linkage is going to make it hard to get a good long chain going. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2009, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-degrees-of-michael-jordan-on-wiki/483061/6 "2009-01-27T14:38:47Z")
Octave Chanute Wright Brothers Kitty Hawk North Carolina UNC Chapel Hill Michael Jordan! ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2009, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-degrees-of-michael-jordan-on-wiki/483061/7 "2009-01-27T14:54:02Z")
[Kevin Bacon](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Bacon) [L.A.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L.A.) [National Basketball Association](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Basketball_Association) [Michael Jordan](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Jordan) This is almost too easy. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2009, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-degrees-of-michael-jordan-on-wiki/483061/8 "2009-01-27T15:03:06Z")
Adolf Hitler United States Basketball Michael Jordan We need something a bit more obscure. Anyone for Six Wiki Degrees of Simeon Stylites? ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2009, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-degrees-of-michael-jordan-on-wiki/483061/9 "2009-01-27T16:14:01Z")
[Seasick Steve](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seasick_Steve) 1. Music Genre 2. Gospel 3. Christianity 4. Saint 5. List of Saints 6. Simeon Stylites MAD Magazine was really ahead of their time with their “6 Degrees of Separation between Anyone and Anything” article when I was a kid. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2009, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-degrees-of-michael-jordan-on-wiki/483061/10 "2009-01-27T16:56:42Z")
> [@Cisco](#): > > [Seasick Steve](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seasick_Steve) Lepton Standard Model Science Poetry Lyrics Record Label List of Record Labels List of Record Labels (A-H) Epic Records Modest Mouse Seasick Steve. 10 degrees. Anyone want to try and improve on that? ---
**Author:** ![Randy\_Seltzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ee7513/32.png) [@Randy\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Randy_Seltzer)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2009, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-degrees-of-michael-jordan-on-wiki/483061/11 "2009-01-27T17:28:24Z")
> [@Tom\_Scud](#): > > Lepton > Standard Model > Science > Poetry > Lyrics > Record Label > List of Record Labels > List of Record Labels (A-H) > Epic Records > Modest Mouse > Seasick Steve. > > 10 degrees. Anyone want to try and improve on that? Not sure if you’re playing the same game the OP is suggesting but… Lepton Carl D. Anderson New York NBA Michael Jordon 4 clicks MUSCOIDEA Superfamily\_(biology) Human Sport [[an amazingly short article]] Regulation\_of\_Sport Broadcasting\_of\_sports\_events Madison\_Square\_Garden Michael Jordon 7 clicks, although the end game there could probably be cleaned up ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2009, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-degrees-of-michael-jordan-on-wiki/483061/12 "2009-01-27T17:44:27Z")
Sexually transmitted disease Public health Sara Josephine Baker U.S. Washington, D.C. Washington Wizards Michael Jordan! ---
**Author:** ![Trepa\_Mayfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@Trepa\_Mayfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trepa_Mayfield)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2009, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-degrees-of-michael-jordan-on-wiki/483061/13 "2009-01-27T18:17:04Z")
I always played this with two random non-stub, non-disambiguation articles, which is significantly harder. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2009, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-degrees-of-michael-jordan-on-wiki/483061/14 "2009-01-27T18:22:42Z")
I’ve seen this game with Hitler. You can get to anyone famous from any page in six clicks. It doesn’t have to be MJ. It can be anyone. BTW, the best way to play is to use the Wiki random page function and go from that page to your target. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2009, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-degrees-of-michael-jordan-on-wiki/483061/15 "2009-01-27T19:14:37Z")
[Barney and Friends](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barney_&_Friends) 1. Texas 2. Southwestern United States 3. Arizona 4. Bill Hicks 5. Preacher 6. Garth Ennis Barney to Garth Ennis in 6 clicks: proof that this game is way too easy. ---
**Author:** ![phungi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phungi/32/395_2.png) [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2009, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-degrees-of-michael-jordan-on-wiki/483061/16 "2009-01-27T20:47:26Z")
perhaps this is too easy… I tried clicking random link and got this: > **[Malibeyli](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mal%C4%B1b%C9%99yli)** > > Malibeyli (Azerbaijani: Malıbəyli) or Ajapnyak (Armenian: Աջափնյակ) is a village de facto part of Stepanakert city in the breakaway Republic of Artsakh, de jure in the Shusha District of Azerbaijan. > This Artsakh location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. This Shusha Rayon location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. then clicked random link again, and got this: > **[Sellafield](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sellafield)** > > Sellafield, formerly known as Windscale, is a large multi-function nuclear site close to Seascale on the coast of Cumbria, England. As of August 2022, primary activities are nuclear waste processing and storage and nuclear decommissioning. Former activities included nuclear power generation from 1956 to 2003, and nuclear fuel reprocessing from 1952 to 2022. > The licensed site covers an area of 265 hectares (650 acres), and comprises more than 200 nuclear facilities and more than 1,000 building... so, the goal is Malibeyli to Sellafield: 1. [Azerbaijan - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azerbaijan) 2. [United Nations - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations) 3. [United Kingdom - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom) 4. [England - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/England) 5. [Irish Sea - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_Sea) 6. [Sellafield - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sellafield) 6 degrees… ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2009, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-degrees-of-michael-jordan-on-wiki/483061/17 "2009-01-27T23:15:32Z")
I’m trying to figure out which links you guys are clicking on. Are they the random reference links scattered throughout the main information page, or are they the links at the bottom of the wiki page? I tried “Tibet” and got nowhere. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2009, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-degrees-of-michael-jordan-on-wiki/483061/18 "2009-01-28T03:23:10Z")
Tibet 1. Asia 2. Europe 3. Franklin D. Roosevelt 4. New York 5. Basketball 6. Michael Jordon ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2009, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-degrees-of-michael-jordan-on-wiki/483061/19 "2009-01-28T13:22:17Z")
> [@FoieGrasIsEvil](#): > > I’m trying to figure out which links you guys are clicking on. Are they the random reference links scattered throughout the main information page, or are they the links at the bottom of the wiki page? > > I tried “Tibet” and got nowhere. I was using the reference links scattered throughout the article. That should keep it within Wiki. [Gisela (singer)](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gisela_(singer)) [Autonomous University of Barcelona](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autonomous_University_of_Barcelona) [Public university](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_University) [University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_North_Carolina_at_Chapel_Hill) Michael Jordan ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2009, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-degrees-of-michael-jordan-on-wiki/483061/20 "2009-01-28T18:38:14Z")
I clicked on the Random Article line in the upper left box of the Wiki homepage. It gave me Stanislawa Zawadzha (1890-1988), a noted Polish soprano who I’d never heard of before. From there: Poland Polonia United States Basketball Michael Jordan Pretty easy once you’ve got a country’s name, which will appear in most articles.