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Although [[Wikipedia]] does not provide official access for [[wireless]] devices such as [[mobile telephone]]s, three Wikipedia users have each provided a mechanism by which it is possible to gain quick access to a text-only version of anversions articlearticles using the [[Wireless Application Protocol]] (WAP).

Comments and suggestions regarding these interfaces should be added to the [[Wikipedia_talk:WAP_access|discussion page]] for this article.

The following [[Wireless Markup Language|WML]] page may be stored on a web server and, when accessed using a suitable device, it will allow the name of an existing Wikipedia article to be entered and retrieved. It works by fetching the article via [[Google]]'s WML [[proxy server]] which translates the article from [[HTML]] to a sequence of WML pages.

== Access details ==

All three methods are listed here, both to provide a choice and so that access can continue if any one should become unavailable. Only one need be chosen, and the corresponding address, or [[Uniform_Resource_Locator|URL]], would normally be entered as a [[bookmark]] in a wireless device (as opposed to being used with a PC). Please note that no [[search engine]] is available – the name of the starting article must either be known in advance or guessed correctly.

* <tt><nowiki>http://wwwwap.deth.dsl.pipexfluffypeople.com/wiki.wml</nowiki></tt>

* <tt><nowiki>http://www.deth.dsl.pipex.com/wiki.wml</nowiki></tt>

* <tt><nowiki>http://wp.alf.nu/</nowiki>'''search term'''</tt>

The first two URLs provide a search box into which a query may be entered, however the first should be used preferentially as it provides considerably more intelligent translation of the article pages. The second URL breaks the articles into smaller chunks, which may be better suited to certain devices.

The second and third URLs require an exact page name to be entered, as follows.

* Entry is case sensitive, for example ''Test'' rather than ''test'', ''WML'' rather than ''Wml''.

* Underscores or plus symbols may need to be entered between words, for example ''John_Titor'' or ''John+Titor'' rather than ''John Titor''.

When Wikipedia is under heavy load it may be slow in returning pages, which can cause the wireless connection or gateway to time-out and produce an error message.

== Technical details ==

The <tt><nowiki>http://wap.fluffypeople.com/wiki</nowiki></tt> interface has been written using [[Perl]] to translate Wikipedia pages to [[Wireless Markup Language|WML]] as reliably as possible.

The following<tt><nowiki>http://www.deth.dsl.pipex.com/wiki.wml</nowiki></tt> [[Wirelessinterface Markupis simply a Language|WML]] page &ndash; shown below &ndash; that may be stored on a web server. and, whenWhen accessed using a suitable device, it will allow the name of an existing Wikipedia article to be entered and retrieved. It works by fetching the article via [[Google]]'s WML [[proxy server]] which translates the article from [[HTML]] to a sequence of WML pages.

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The <tt><nowiki>http://wp.alf.nu/</nowiki>'''search term'''</tt> interface was provided anonymously.

For convenience, the page is available at the following ___location &ndash; this address is intended to be entered as a [[bookmark]] in a wireless device.

<tt><nowiki>http://www.deth.dsl.pipex.com/wiki.wml</nowiki></tt>

Please note that this is ''not'' a [[search engine]] &ndash; the exact title of an article must be entered.

* Entry is case sensitive, for example ''Test'' rather than ''test'', ''WML'' rather than ''Wml''.

* Underscores or plus symbols may need to be entered between words, for example ''John_Titor'' or ''John+Titor'' rather than ''John Titor''.

When Wikipedia is under heavy load it may be slow in returning pages, which can cause the wireless connection or gateway to time-out and produce an error message.

For direct access to a given page you can also type the following short [[Uniform_Resource_Locator|URL]].

<tt>wp.alf.nu/'''search term'''</tt>