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"Get More from Wikipedia: 10 Tips and Tricks\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n1. Change How Wikipedia's Main Page Looks \n\nYou can change the way Wikipedia's main page displays -- choose from a variety of fun alternatives, like \"classic\" or simplified versions, different color schemes and even site-skins to mix things up a bit.\nOnce you're logged into the site, just add a snippet of code to your page and you can enjoy one of the different versions permanently.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2. Wikipedia and Google Maps \nDid you know there's a Wikpedia layer for Google Maps? To see all Wikipedia articles for an area, click on the menu at the top right of your Google Map and select \"Wikipedia.\" The map will display all articles that relate to that specific area.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n3. View a Page's History \n\nAll Wikipedia pages' edits are saved, and the site makes it easy to view changes.\nIf you're interested in seeing a page's history, simply click the \"View history\" tab on the top right of any page. As well as seeing recent edits, you can click \"Compare selected revisions\" to see then-and-now versions of the content.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n4. Read the \"Tip of the Day\"\n\nDid you know that Wikipedia offers an official \"Tip of the Day?\"\nYou can bookmark it here, or read instructions that detail how to add it to your Wikipedia page. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n5. Get Better at Searching \n\nEnhance Wikipedia's search functionalitywith a few simple tricks.\nAs well as the usual search tricks, such as double quotes or hyphens (to exclude results), try a couple of useful characters on Wikipedia.\nTo perform a wildcard search, add an asterisk (*) to a search term -- Wikipedia will pull up all results pertaining to the word. Add a tilde (~) to access \"fuzzy\" search results -- handy if you're unsure of exact spelling.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n6. See a Page's View Stats\nYou can view a Wikipedia page's stats (how many views it has received over 30, 60 and 90 days) through the \"View history\" tab at the top right of the page. Then hit \"Page view statistics.\"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n7. Make a Wikipedia Book\n\nCollate Wikipedia articles into a book by clicking on \"Create a book\" under the \"Print/Export\" menu on the left-hand side of the page.\nThen, add any Wikipedia articles to your book.\nOnce you've finished collating, you can choose to download your creation as a PDF, or get it printed through Wikimedia's print partner, PediaPress.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n8. Go Mobile \n\nThe \"lite\" version of Wikipedia is specially designed for viewing on mobile devices.\nRather than head for the usual URL, load up http://en.m.wikipedia.org/ instead -- it's a much speedier option for quick reference on-the-go.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n9. View a Page Without All the Links\n\nIf you find the dozens of links in a Wikipedia article distracting, there's a quick way to read a page without them.\nSimply click on \"Printable version\" under the \"Print/export\" menu for a page that's much easier to read.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n10. All Pages Lead to Philosophy\n\nFinally, we have a fun trick for you. Did you know that nearly 95% of English language Wikipedia pages eventually lead to an article about philosophy?\nLoad up any article, then, ignoring links in brackets or italics, click on the first link in the article. Repeat this enough times and you should end up on the philosophy page. Spooky.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe English version of Wikipedia currently boasts over 3,854,000 articles over more than 25 million pages. That's an awful lot of content to navigate when you're trying to find something specific. \nMaybe you visit Wikipedia several times per week, but how much do you know about the world's leading online encyclopedia? We spent some time exploring the site in order to offer you 10 useful tips and tricks to help you get the most out of the site. Learn how to change the way the main page looks, how to use special characters in searches, how to view page stats, etc. \nTake a look through our gallery of useful tips and tricks. When you're done, hit up the comments and share with us \u2014 and the Mashable readership \u2014 any other handy hints you have discovered for using Wikipedia. \nImage courtesy of iStockphoto, gmutlu"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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