alikoptan / getting-philosophy

A Python script to check the "Getting to Philosophy" law: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Getting_to_Philosophy

A Python script to check the Getting to Philosophy law.

Install & Run

1. Run pip install requirements.txt
2. Pass the link(s) as an argument to the python script. e.g.

python script.py "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random" "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B_sharp_tree"

Scraping

Following the chain consists of:

1. Selecting all <p> elements, specificly the ones under mw-content-text id.
2. Removing all content between brackets.
3. Selecting all links that direct to existing Wiki pages (excluding links to files).
4. Picking the first valid link, repeat.