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• Building a (fast) Wikipedia Offline Reader

  http://users.softlab.ece.ntua.gr/~ttsiod/buildWikipediaOffline.html
  Article by Thanassis Tsiodras describing how he put together a searchable offline version of the online encyclopedia using various open source tools.

• DBpedia

  http://dbpedia.org/
  A community effort to extract structured information from Wikipedia and to make this information available on the Web. Details of datasets, online access, and example use cases.

• Encyclopodia

  http://encyclopodia.sourceforge.net/
  Free software version of Wikipedia for Apple iPod devices. [English/German]

• Infodisiac

  http://infodisiac.com/Wikipedia/
  Offers Wikipedia in several languages in TomeRaider format, for Palm OS, Pocket PC, and EPOC Smart Phones.

• Mediapost.com - Wikipedia's Symbiotic Relationship With Search

  http://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/30253/wikipedias-symbiotic-relationship-with-search.html
  Article by Max Kalehoff. "Wikipedia's orderly collection of consumer-created content is becoming a high-powered magnet for Internet searches." "For marketers, Wikipedia can be an unpredictable variable capable of influencing customers and stakeholders. Consider not only its impact on brand search results, but also the impact of potentially inaccurate, unfair, or partisan content. Wikipedia and its contributors can be friends or foes."

• Poynter Online - Wikipedia for Journalists

  http://www.poynter.org/how-tos/digital-strategies/web-tips/21421/wikipedia-for-journalists/
  Proclaims that the use of Wikipedia is a good source for basic background information for journalists.

• The Full Wiki

  http://www.thefullwiki.org/
  Mashup of Google Maps and Wikipedia, providing a map of every location mentioned in any article.

• Trending articles

  http://wikipedia.trending.eu/
  Presents hourly updated statistics of the most read articles on Wikipedia.

• WikiBrowse

  http://wikiproject.sourceforge.net/
  Wikipedia dedicated, open source browser for Windows.

• Wikimedia Conference Japan 2009

  http://www.wcj2009.info/
  The first regional Wikimedia conference in Japan aimed to be a forum for Wikimedians, researchers, journalists and others interested in Wikimedia projects.

• Wikipedia

  http://en.wikipedia.org/
  A free encyclopedia built collaboratively using wiki software. (Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License).

• Wikipedia for schools

  http://schools-wikipedia.org/
  A free, hand-checked, non-commercial selection from Wikipedia, targeted around the UK National Curriculum.

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