Thursday, September 13, 2007

Top 10 Wikipedia tricks

Without a doubt, Wikipedia is one of the most useful and amazing sources of information on the internet—but chances are you aren't using it to its full potential. Thanks to its freely available content base, lots of Wikipedia-related projects have sprung up that offer easy access to information every which way you need it. Whether you want to do a quick lookup on your mobile phone to settle a debate at the bar, mind map related articles, integrate Wikipedia lookups into your media player and instant messenger or simply need better and quicker search tools, check out the list of top 10 Wikipedia tricks.
Top 10 Wikipedia Tricks
10. Contribute!
9. Get a Random Article
8. Get the Wikipedia Educational CD
7. Get Wikipedia Articles Based on Web Page Content
6. See Who's Editing What Pages
5. Map Wikipedia Articles with WikiMindMap
4. Embed Wikipedia into Your Media Player and Instant Messenger
3. Search Wikipedia with Your Cell Phone
2. Search as You Type with WikiWax
1. Store the Wikipedia on your iPod with Encyclopodia

From: lifehacker

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