wikipedia

Wikipedia is a useful widget that pulls up entire wikipedia articles, complete with pictures, for viewing from the Dashboard.

Here are some key features of "Wikipedia":

· Compatible with any language wikipedia, just enter the 2 letter code on the back. Defaults to English.
· Click the wikipedia.org button to the right of the search field to open the current article or search term in Safari.
· The little ? button to the right of the search field will pull a random article into the widget (Special: Randompage query).


Whats New in This Release:

· Compatible with Safari 3 Beta
· Korean localization courtesy of Dong-sung Kim

Wikipedia API is a simple API to embed Wikipedia content dynamically on a Web site.

Wikipedia is an online encyclopedia in which the user community is encouraged to submit information for its entries. Wikipedia is unique in that it is free to the public, the content is fairly well moderated, and its content is licensed under the GFDL (GNU Free Documentation License); therefore, all of its text can be copied, modified, and used any way you see fit.

The only stipulation to using its text, is that the names of the original authors must remain intact. KillerTux.com is currently embedding some of the relevant entries in its own site and has decided to make the API open for public use. It is a simple implementation and should be easy to use. If you are a webmaster and would like to use KillerTux.coms Wikipedia API, this is the place to learn how to do it.

What is an API

An API is an application programming interface with which external applications can communicate with. The syntax and usage of the API dictates the type of data, format, and other specifics of the information to be exchanged. In this case, the API is a simple call to KillerTux.coms web server via the HTTP protocol.

Wikipedia API usage

The URL for the API is "http://scrapers.killertux.com/wikipedia-api.php". It uses the get request method and only has 3 parameters. These parameters are as follows:

wikititle= <wikipedia title of Entry> wikipedia>
wikiformat=[html | text]
wikiimages=[yes | no ]

The wikititle value is the name of the Wikipedia entry you are looking for, in Wikipedias variable entry. This can be found by going to Wikipedia.org and finding an entry. The name is the last part of the URL. For instance, the Wikipedia entry for "Computer Program" is "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_Program". Notice the space is an underscore in the URL. Defining the wikititle value for this API would look like this: wikititle=Computer_Program. This value must be specified. A sample API call would be "http://scrapers.killertux.com/wikipedia-api.php?wikititle=Computer_Program". The wikiformat value currently has two possible values: html and text. html is the default if no value is specified. If you use HTML format, it is recommended that a style sheet be used, although it may not be necessary.

A sample CSS is provided here. The text format option strips all HTML code from the document and returns plain text formatted at 80 characters per column. A sample API call would be "http://scrapers.killertux.com/wikipedia-api.php?wikititle=Computer_Program&wikiformat=html". The wikiimages value is only valid for HTML format; images for the text format are disabled. Image source locations are preserved and images are loaded from Wikipedia, not KillerTux.com. If wikiimages=no is selected, all images and captions will be striped from the document, while other HTML code should remain intact such as links to other articles. A sample API call would be "http://scrapers.killertux.com/wikipedia-api.php?wikititle=Computer_Program&wikiimages=no".

Wikipedia search is a superkaramba theme for searching on en.wikipedia.org.

Based on Answers.com karamba by sg1 http://www.kde-look.org/content/show.php?content=30887

Thanks to Rcio Zienke for language config entry.

To-do

- make some transtalations
- display article in wikipedia search window

en wikipedia description
The en.wikipedia widget for Opera browser allows you to quickly search terms on Wikipedia The en.wikipedia Opera widget allows you to look up pages on en.wikipedia.

Note: To install the widget you have to drag & drop the .zip file on the Opera Widgets Manager window.

Requirements:

· Opera 9 or later

Search Wikipedia from your desktop without opening a web browser using this useful gadget.

If multiple entries match your query,a list is displayed for picking the desired entry.

Click the magnifying glass to see recent search terms so that you can quickly reference information.

MyWiki Toolbar for Wikipedia lets you search Wikipedia while providing advanced functionality such as e-mail notification, popup blocking, privacy protection and weather information right on the toolbar. You can also customize Wikipedia Toolbar with your own links to useful Windows applications.

Wikipedia Search Bar is a small toolbar integrated in Internet Explorer. Created to simplify the search in Wikipedia and in Google, this tools is a perfect add on for every Wikipedias fan. Search in Wikipedia from anywhere, at any time. Its also possible to do Web search with Google or to translate a text.

Wikipedia - Wiktionary is a free widget that lets you search the free Encyclopedia Wikipedia,Dictionary Wiktionary, Wikinews, Wikisource and Wikibooks. This is possible in English, German, Spanish, French, Netherlands, Polski, Svenska,Italiano and Portuguese!

Other Specials:
Changing Size
Automatically Clear on Enter
Shows (if you want) the special logo of every wiki service.

Wikipedia Lookup Extension description
Firefox extension that will let you get the definition or translation from Wikipedia for the text selected Wikipedia Lookup Extension will lookup any selected word from a webpage in the Wikipedia encyclopedia in the language specified in your user preferences.

Requirements:

· Firefox: 1.0 3.0a1

Wikipedia Search Bar is a small toolbar integrated in Internet Explorer. It was created to ease the search in Wikipedia and in Google, this tools is a perfect add on for every Wikipedias fan.

Search in Wikipedia from anywhere, at any time. Its also possible to do Web search with Google or to translate a text.

All Language Wikipedia description
The All Language Wikipedia Opera widget allows you to search Wikipedia in multiple languages The All Language Wikipedia widget for Opera browser currently supports the following languages:
· English
· Spanish
· French
· Russian
· German
· Italian
· Dutch
· Polish
· Portugese
and more...

Requirements:

· Opera 9 or later

Eclipse Wikipedia Editor Plugin is an Eclipse editor for the Wikipedia syntax. The project features syntax highlighting, source folding, outlining, uploading and downloading to and from the Web, and more.

Whats New in This Release:

· It is now possible to add an extra "domain" entry into the login with the wpDomain name entry (this can be helpful for authentication in an extranet configuration with LDAP support).
· The refresh mechanisms of the internal wiki browser preview have changed.
· Every time you click into a new wiki editor, save the wikipedia text, or use a file with extension *.wp in the Eclipse package explorer, the browser views the rendered HTML output from the corresponding file in the /wpbin subdirectory.