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by armandososa 1164 days ago
This is funny, pressed the dice icon and I got "Milk" and "Cookie" and I thought it was going to be a short connection. It isn't. https://www.wikibinge.com/#Milk/Cookie
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The generated paths are not shortest. Click the "About" section for details. It intentionally generates longer paths through smaller articles.
I'd love to be able to customize the algorithm. I'm curious what would happen if you placed various weights to optimize for shortest path AND most niche path (or however you'd describe this)
Just using my Wikigame skills, I went from Milk -> Hot Chocolate -> Chocolate -> Chocolate chip cookie -> Cookie. This path likely got downranked because all would be popular articles.
That is a shockingly long chain. Amusingly if you flip them, Cookie links directly to Milk.
It’s only about 70 jumps from Allosauruses to bodybuilder and trainer Mark Rippetoe