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Wikipedia Officially Launches Mobile Version

lifehacker.com — Popular user-edited online encyclopedia Wikipedia has finally released a mobile-friendly version of the web site at mobile.wikipedia.org.

Who dugg this? Made popular Dec 16, 2008

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  • isleshocky77, on 12/16/2008, -0/+68Am I the only one who thinks it is really not that hard to make a server alias for http://m.wikipedia.org? Why can't every site have a m. domain?
  • inactive, on 12/15/2008, -3/+53I can't wait to look up Soulja Boy on my mobile now.
  • Colodia, on 12/16/2008, -1/+46NOT a musician
  • benburned, on 12/16/2008, -0/+27a douchebag
  • GawtMilk, on 12/16/2008, -1/+28iPhone users must go to internetcommunicationsdevice.wikipedia.org
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  • bryantee, on 12/16/2008, -0/+15A little late. Wikipanion 4 life!
  • Guth, on 12/16/2008, -0/+14Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy anyone?
  • mixpix405, on 12/16/2008, -0/+14Well, aren't you just the mostest specialist little thing?!
  • CrikeyMike, on 12/17/2008, -2/+14A nicer iPhone home screen icon is needed -- just the world with puzzle pieces would make for an eye-grabber.
  • kaytrio, on 12/16/2008, -0/+9that's the first thing i thought too
  • wheresmclean, on 12/16/2008, -3/+12Now I can falsify frequently accessed information while I'm on the go, woohoo!
  • TjLAXattack, on 12/16/2008, -0/+8Now why me youuuu
  • DraconWolf, on 12/16/2008, -0/+8Thank god. Verizon charged $2.99/mo for the "app" version, such a ripoff. Glad this is out now!
  • Deejster, on 12/16/2008, -0/+7I completely agree. I think they missed the trend here. Saves typing on the mobile keypad.
  • uncouthyouth, on 12/16/2008, -1/+8Always relevant.
  • Deejster, on 12/16/2008, -0/+7Absolutely *brilliant*. I've wanted this for a long while.

    I still can't believe wikipedia is the 7th most popular website on the net, and is run by an entire staff of *10* people. An amazing achievement.
  • TjLAXattack, on 12/16/2008, -0/+7I prefer lengthy spelling, that way I can be totally sure what site I am visiting. Looking forward to the launch of cellulardevice.wikipedia.org
  • inactive, on 12/16/2008, -1/+7Great!. Easier to cheat in class now..
  • MtheoryX, on 12/16/2008, -0/+5Many schools and universities are using services like TurnItIn to check for plagiarism.

    And yes, Wikipedia is one of the sources that answers and papers are checked against.
  • teh_spazz, on 12/16/2008, -0/+5MtheoryX is right. My US History AP class used Turnitin. Luckily all my ***** was legit.
  • fatbas202, on 12/16/2008, -0/+5http://wapedia.mobi/en/ has been a great compromise while I've been waiting on this. I'm glad Wikipedia finally got this done.
  • jambla, on 12/16/2008, -0/+5Second that! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus_H._Christ
  • DatDudeWiggs, on 12/16/2008, -7/+11Who's Soulja Boy?
  • elosorusso, on 12/16/2008, -0/+4This could mean the end of bar trivia as we know it.
  • Mujokan, on 12/16/2008, -0/+4(a) Don't get caught (b) If ten people give a word for word Wikipedia answer, you will get caught.
  • AndrewDB, on 12/16/2008, -1/+5So, why didn't we link to the actual home page instead of the damn Lifehacker article?

    I guess it would of been too damn difficult.
  • mixpix405, on 12/16/2008, -0/+3Anyone else having problems viewing this using Android? It shows the source code for the page instead of the rendered html... for me, at least.
  • inactive, on 12/16/2008, -5/+8Finally. Jesus Christ.
  • ruskicomrad, on 12/16/2008, -0/+3Wikiamo for the iPhone provides a much nicer experience for viewing Wikipedia articles.
    1. Wikiamo provides the entire Wikipedia article on one page, the mobile Wikipedia site for some reason breaks it up to multiple pages (I assume for people with slow connection).
    2. Wikiamo has a Table of Contents button which allows jumps you to that section without having to reload the entire page.
    3. Wikiamo has an auto-complete feature when entering a search item.
    4. Wikiamo just looks nicer all around, (those square brackets around links on the mobile site are annoying)
  • inactive, on 12/16/2008, -0/+3i got me some bathin apes
  • ElAmo, on 12/16/2008, -0/+3What device is this and how do you do it? I've been wanting wikipedia on my phone for a long time.
  • EVPacket, on 12/16/2008, -0/+3http://mobile.wikipedia.org/transcode.php?go=Soulj ...
  • wild, on 12/16/2008, -0/+3I should have worded that better. A work I published was cited as a source in an article. It was an inaccurate quote, and I corrected it to the right one. Within an hour it was back to the wrong quote, which made the context seem different than it should have been. What ensued was my first and last real internet argument because my name was on the line. I wasn't letting the little troll say exactly what he wanted to say and use me as support for it, and he didn't like it.

    It left me completely faithless in the entire wikipedia system.
  • roctimo, on 12/16/2008, -0/+3Someone really needs to design an app that works like the one in the movie version.
  • Mujokan, on 12/16/2008, -0/+3http://mobile.wikipedia.org/transcode.php?go=boobs
  • MtheoryX, on 12/16/2008, -0/+3Who would digg down boobs?
  • acdx1, on 12/16/2008, -0/+3Gah, it's paginated. Can't search the page.
  • Coven, on 12/16/2008, -0/+2Ditto. Ill give it a shot later and if it works well I'm canceling my subscription. 15 bucks a month for data is enough for me.
  • 0260, on 12/16/2008, -1/+3on windows mobile
    http://www.octopus-studio.com/product.en.htm Mdict library
    and http://www.freewarepocketpc.net/ppc-download-wikip ...
  • Eminemdrdre00, on 12/16/2008, -3/+5No iPhone homescreen icon = fail.
  • 0260, on 12/16/2008, -1/+3I use an offline version that's about 160MB on my memory card. Served me well on few tests. This will be also nice to have.
  • buzzkilled, on 12/16/2008, -1/+3now stephen colbert needs to release a mobile version of wikiality...
  • benderillo, on 12/16/2008, -0/+2your mom.
  • badtzmartin, on 12/16/2008, -1/+3Technically the "m." indicates a sub-domain...
  • kitsua, on 12/16/2008, -0/+2Absolutely. My home screen reads "Don't Panic!".
  • wild, on 12/16/2008, -0/+2Don't forget all the article trolls that treat each one like it is their "precious" and instantly revert your changes, even if you're the subject of the damned article...
  • scarwars, on 12/16/2008, -0/+2also available for symbian (uiq3)
    (got it on my phone as well)
  • igeek1, on 12/16/2008, -0/+2Or use the free Wikipanion app, because it doesn't suck and it's free.
  • DemDude, on 12/17/2008, -0/+1Thanks for hints, I'm going to be careful =)
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