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What software can I use to scrape (download) a MediaWiki wiki?
I want to scrape an entire wiki that uses MediaWiki software. The amount of pages are pretty small, but they have plenty of revisions, and I'd like to preferably scrape revisions as well.
The wiki ...
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Using Chome's omnibar to search a specific site - how does it work?
I'm a heavy Chrome user and while typing in yet another url, I noticed a strange behavoir whereby the ombnibar (url bar) changed to say "Search MyCo JIRA:" and allowed me to directly search my jira ...
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Plagiarism checker/detector software for OSX
Both online and offline I find texts that I want to recheck against sources from the internet.
Mostly the texts draw sources from Wikipedia.
Is there free plagiarism checker software?
It should run ...
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Google Chrome custom search engine for secure Wikipedia
I have this custom search engine set up in Google Chrome:
https://encrypted.google.com/search?q=site%3Aen.wikipedia.org+%s&btnI=745
It searches Google for site:en.wikipedia.org {query}, and the ...
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Is it legal if I use Wikipedia icon for my software? [closed]
My software will be uploaded in Android market or some sharing websites. I mean this icon.
The same question with Google, Apple or something like that.
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A better Wikipedia page to PDF tool?
I know that Wikipedia has a tool to create PDF out of pages, but I really want a better tool with these functions:
Change the hyperlinks to bookmarks inside the article for multipage books if the ...
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What is the best way to view Wikipedia offline on the iPad? [closed]
I'd like to view most articles of Wikipedia while I'm offline. I understand that it doesn't have to be or probably could be all articles, but a good subset would be nice.
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Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 - Adding search engines
I would like to know how to add Wikipedia and Google in the search bar in Microsoft Internet Explorer 9. Where do I need to click ? Internet Explorer 9 is really cool and fast but I have this ...
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Concern over Wikipedia IP Logging of Anonymous edits [closed]
How long does Wikipedia store IP information? Indefinately? This really should be spelled out on the edit page for anonymous users instead of simply saying 'your IP will be visible'.
Also, my ISP ...
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For a given article of Wikipedia, which language version contains more information [closed]
I usually check articles in Wikipedia in English. I can also see links to the same article in different languages and sometimes I can find there much more information. I wonder how could I, for a ...
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what software does Wikipedia use? [closed]
What software to Wikipedia use to host their wiki? And how can I get a copy and installation instruction for running it on my computer?
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Wikipedia Images don't show up in browsers
It's a weird issue with wikipedia which had left me frustrated.
When I go to wikipedia, with different browsers ( IE8, Chrome3, Opera10 ) no image in the site will show up.
Even right-clicking the ...
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Portable Wikipedia without having to buy a smart phone
I read books, but do not carry my laptop everywhere. This makes it hard to
find definitions of words
refer new concepts in Wikipedia/encyclopedia
For (1), I can probably buy an electronic ...
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How do I search a wikimedia web site for ALL keywords
I have a WikiMedia site that I want to search for both keywords that I type into the search box.
When I go to the wikipedia.org site and look at the help it says that I can precede words with a + ...
