Wikipedia talk:Wikipedians by Erdős number

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I protest this replacement. The data on the page will be lost, and this seems to be a mindless bureaucratic exercise. Why replace one (1) short page by at least two (2) whole categories. Charles Matthews 22:53, 11 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed. This page isn't just a mapping of Wikipedians to Erdős numbers, but also gives paths to Erdős. Can we keep this page or are all "Wikipedians by…" pages being converted to categories? —Psychonaut 02:56, 18 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
- I've done some checking and apparently there's no imperative to replace lists by categories. We can maintain both if we want. —Psychonaut 03:01, 18 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Number 2 folks[edit]

Why are there several people listed with an Erdős number of 2, with the link between them and Erdős as a question mark? If you don't know the connection, how do you know your Erdős number is 2? --ScottAlanHill 04:38, 27 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

(Two of those three questions marks were easy to fix.)

In principle I would say that any listing here without a specified link to Erdős should be treated as an unsourced statement. Lklundin (talk) 20:27, 23 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The question marks could be due to a Wikipedian wishing to remain anonymous while announcing their Erdős number. Roger Hui (talk) 21:03, 25 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Lisification[edit]

Per the discussion at Wikipedia:User categories for discussion/Archive/December 2007#Category:Wikipedians by Erdős number and all subcategories, I am placing the contents of the categories here, so that any names missing from the page may be added properly. --After Midnight ⁰⁰⁰¹ 15:18, 22 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Wikipedians with Erdős number 1

User:Arthur Rubin
User:Koczy
User:Kope
User:McKay

Category:Wikipedians with Erdős number 2

User:Bromille
User:Brontosaurus
User:David Eppstein
User:Djcmackay
User:Joshfisher
User:Markus Kuhn
User:Roger Hui
User:Tom Duff
User:VictorSMiller
User:Youngster68

Category:Wikipedians with Erdős number 3

User:Allansteel
User:Bubba73
User:Cheeser1
User:Davepape
User:David Pierce
User:Dkostic
User:Hugo Dufort
User:Edratzer
User:Erniepan
User:Fnielsen
User:Four Dog Night
User:Jim.belk
User:Jmath666
User:Jonathan A Jones
User:Joseph Myers
User:Lambiam
User:LouScheffer
User:Mlm42
User:Nethgirb
User:Nikita Borisov
User:Nynva
User:OSJ1961
User:Pemboid
User:Peterhoneyman
User:John Quiggin
User:Ragib
User:Ramsey2006
User:Ratfox
User:Rmadhuram
User:Tillmo
User:Tomas Izo
User:Grouse
User:Xaman

Category:Wikipedians with Erdős number 4

User:Adam Chlipala
User:Aetheling
User:AliceTaniyama
User:Billlion
User:Bsradams
User:Buridan
User:Cj67
User:Colin MacLaurin
User:Denny
User:Drpixie
User:Dvanhorn
User:SyntaxPC
User:Front243
User:Gleuschk
User:Illuminatedwax
User:JVittes
User:Joe Decker
User:Jpbowen
User:Jtwdog
User:Kelly elf
User:KristinLee
User:Kusma
User:LW77
User:MichaelMcGuffin
User:PeterSarkoci
User:SDas
User:SH 111
User:Semorrison
User:Shanes
User:William Allen Simpson
User:Urlass
User:Charles Matthews
User:Xxanthippe

Category:Wikipedians with Erdős number 5

User:Aiden Fisher
User:Andrea Censi
User:Chanheigeorge
User:Chaucer1387
User:Chrisamaphone
User:Duae Quartunciae
User:Fournax
User:Hal peridol
User:Hpcoder
User:Incremental Improvements
User:Jao
User:Joeyhagedorn
User:Juan Marquez
User:Meekohi
User:Myasuda
User:Nihilist00
User:Keenan Pepper
User:Phauly
User:Rjw62
User:Lklundin
User:Vantelimus
User:Crism

Category:Wikipedians with Erdős number 6

User:Gjp23
User:Hweimer
User:Roy W. Wright
User:Danielsmith
User:Sucharit
User:Xykon

I actually added these names to the list during the discussion, and neglected to mention it. –Pomte 01:05, 30 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

categories needed[edit]

Crosspost from "talk:list of people by Erdős number#using categories." Nicole Sharp (talk) 15:43, 11 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]