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

All fourfive 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 for the first three no [[search engine]] is available – the name of the starting article must either be known in advance or guessed correctly.

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

* <tt><nowiki>http://==wap.fluffypeople.com/wiki</nowiki></tt>==

== Access information ==

The first interface, <tt><nowiki>http://wap.fluffypeople.com/wiki</nowiki></tt> provide a search box into which a query may be entered. An intelligent translation of the article pages is provided.It breaks the articles into smaller chunks, which may be better suited to certain devices. It has been written using [[Perl]] to translate Wikipedia pages to [[Wireless Markup Language|WML]] as reliably as possible. Access is logged by IP address. The <tt><nowiki>http://wp.alf.nu</nowiki></tt> interface merely provides a shorter URL for the first interface, bypassing the form.

[[image:wapedia_cat.png|framed|right|screenshot of http://en.wapedia.org/Cat]]

All four 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 for the first three no [[search engine]] is available &ndash; the name of the starting article must either be known in advance or guessed correctly.

* <tt><nowiki>http://wap.fluffypeople.com/wiki</nowiki></tt>

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

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

* <tt><nowiki>http://en.wapedia.org</nowiki></tt> - http://www.en.wapedia.org for more information and a wap-simulator

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.

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

The last URL has its own database server which is independent from the Wikipedia servers and provides a search facility. Long pages are separated into smaller chunks. A description of the service can be found at http://www.en.wapedia.org.

The second interface, <tt><nowiki>http://www.deth.dsl.pipex.com/wiki.wml</nowiki></tt>, is simply a WML page &ndash; shown below &ndash; that may be stored on any suitably-configured web server. 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.

==en.wapedia.org==

== Technical details ==

The last URLIt has its own database server which is independent from the Wikipedia servers and provides a search facility. Long pages are separated into smaller chunks. A description of the service can be found at http://www.en.wapedia.org.

==wikipedia.7val.com==

The first interface, <tt><nowiki>http://wap.fluffypeople.com/wiki</nowiki></tt>, has been written using [[Perl]] to translate Wikipedia pages to [[Wireless Markup Language|WML]] as reliably as possible. Access is logged by IP address. The <tt><nowiki>http://wp.alf.nu</nowiki></tt> interface merely provides a shorter URL for the first interface, bypassing the form.

After consultations with Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. (German Wikimedia association) and Wikimedia Foundation, Sevenval AG offers a free real time transformation of the current Wikipedia. The link to the service is http://wikipedia.7val.com. It offers a full-blown Version of Wikipedia for all kinds of mobile devices. This enables mobile users to edit articles and administer their personal accounts. Wikipedia's sister projects like Wiktionary etc. can be accessed via this service as well. All active languages of Wikipedia are supported.

The following features are currently available:

The second interface, <tt><nowiki>http://www.deth.dsl.pipex.com/wiki.wml</nowiki></tt>, is simply a WML page &ndash; shown below &ndash; that may be stored on any suitably-configured web server. 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.

* Device recognition of mobiles, smartphones, PDAs etc.. which enables the individualised adaption of the presentation transmitted to different types of devices.

* Complete administration of articles including editing, history, discussions etc.

* Complete administration of user accounts and automatic Login if Cookies are allowed.

* Automatic language recognition at wikipedia.7val.com.

* Direct access to any language by using url prefix like http://en.wikipedia.7val.com for English or http://fi.wikipedia.7val.com for Finnish. A list of languages can found [[http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/List_of_Wikipedias here]]

Forthcoming features will be published here.

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<nowiki>

<?xml version="1.0"?>

<!DOCTYPE wml PUBLIC "-//WAPFORUM//DTD WML 1.1//EN" "http://www.wapforum.org/DTD/wml_1.1.xml">

<wml>

<card title="Wikipedia.org">

<p>

Google proxy <input emptyok="true" name="q"/>

<a href="http://wmlproxy.google.com/wmltrans/h=en/u=http@3A@[e-mail]@2Fwiki@2F$(q)/c=0">Go!</a>

</p>

</card>

</wml>

</nowiki>

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