Wikipedia

From Searchbastard

Current version: 9
created: 30 JUN 2008
updated: 17 JAN 2011
engine url: http://searchbastard.rosell.dk/sb-engines/wikipedia.xml
searchform: http://wikipedia.org/

Search Options

Search method [ Google lucky search | Wikipedia search ] (Default changed in version 7)
Dictionary
- Languages: af, sq, ar, az, eu, be, bn, bpy, bs, br, bg, ca, ceb, zh, hr, cs, da, nl, en, eo, et, fi, fr, gl, ka, de, el, ht, he, hi, hu, is, io, id, it, ja, jv, pam, ko, la, lv, lt, lb, mk, ml, ms, mr, nan, new, nb, nn, fa, pms, pl, pt, qu, ro, ru, rw, sr, sh, sk, sl, es, su, sw, sv, tl, ta, te, th, to, tr, uk, vi, vo, cy, yi, yue (See Language codes)
- Combinations: *-* (See Combinations syntax))
Cleanup [ No cleanup | 5% | 10% | 80% | 90% ]

About Dictionary:
Yes, Wikipedia is actually a great tool for translation. How? By following the "interwiki" link. Great for terms not usually found in translating dictionaries (for example technical terms such as "LAN", places such as "Rome", names such as "Donald duck"... ). Default target language is "No redirect".

About "Search method":
Allows you to choose between google or wikipedia search. Google is best, when you don't expect that there is an article with the title of the search-term. I recommend Wikipedia search, when source language is english, because there is a good chance, that there is an exact match, I recommend Google lucky search otherwise.

Languages

Wikipedia supports even more languages than these 78. My criteria for inclusion was that the wiki should have at least 20.000 articles - according to http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/List_of_Wikipedias. Let me know if there is a specific language that wikipedia supports, that you want the engine to support.