@xgenericx - That's how I always do it. Or, at least whenever I'm not at my main computer (which has "wiki %s" as a keyword search to actually do the Wikipedia search instead of just an I'm feeling lucky for "wiki %s"). IIRC, both "wiki" and "wikipedia" are in the top ten most-Googled queries, and I doubt it's because people forget how to go to wikipedia.org. Of course, it's also at least in part because Google is my automatic home page out of sheer habit - firing up a browser always results in my typing "CMD+L google.com [return]"
Using Google's "I'm feeling lucky" search is not so retarded as it may seem... it is indeed true that you, mister, are a f**ktard, if you write www.yahoo.com as a Google search term, so you can do your "search" from laughably inferior site, but if you are looking for "astalavista.box.sk" portal and don't know the url, you can just write in Firefox address bar: [astalavista] and you get the one of the most usefull sites in the universe via Google's I'm feeling lucky search that finds the url for you in the background. For most sites it will find their wiki entry because it is the most relevant, for parts of url it will in 99% of the time find the site you are looking for.
pixelmixerFeb 18, 2007
i just use the firefox 2 built in search to search wikipedia... it works faster for most things unless you spell it wrong. wikipedia search "Kryptonite": directly opens <a class="user" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kryptonite:">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kryptonite:</a> 0 click 1 searchgoogle search "Kryptonite": second link down opens <a class="user" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kryptonite:">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kryptonite:</a> 1 click 1 searchgoogle search "wiki Kryptonite": first link down opens <a class="user" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kryptonite:">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kryptonite:</a> 1 click 1 search
Closed AccountFeb 18, 2007
I think it is time for Google to give Wikipedia a hand with their search capabilities. Specifically the Google "Did you mean:" feature.
firehedFeb 18, 2007
@xgenericx - That's how I always do it. Or, at least whenever I'm not at my main computer (which has "wiki %s" as a keyword search to actually do the Wikipedia search instead of just an I'm feeling lucky for "wiki %s"). IIRC, both "wiki" and "wikipedia" are in the top ten most-Googled queries, and I doubt it's because people forget how to go to wikipedia.org. Of course, it's also at least in part because Google is my automatic home page out of sheer habit - firing up a browser always results in my typing "CMD+L google.com [return]"
bidiFeb 18, 2007
Using Google's "I'm feeling lucky" search is not so retarded as it may seem... it is indeed true that you, mister, are a f**ktard, if you write www.yahoo.com as a Google search term, so you can do your "search" from laughably inferior site, but if you are looking for "astalavista.box.sk" portal and don't know the url, you can just write in Firefox address bar: [astalavista] and you get the one of the most usefull sites in the universe via Google's I'm feeling lucky search that finds the url for you in the background. For most sites it will find their wiki entry because it is the most relevant, for parts of url it will in 99% of the time find the site you are looking for.
drakethegreatFeb 18, 2007
Only because people haven't discovered they can add wikipedia to their firefox search drop down. That or they don't use firefox.
cysseroFeb 18, 2007
I don't know about you guys, but I don't even bother searching. I just type "<a class="user" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARTICLE_TITLE">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARTICLE_TITLE</a>". Yeah, it's a bit geeky, but I find it easier. Only thing is that it evokes some really confused and "wtf" expressions from people watching what you're doing.. "Are you half machine?"
ninja337Feb 18, 2007
type -wikipedia and get that wikispam out of our search engines.