Wapedia

{{Short description|Mobile version of Wikipedia}}

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Wapedia was a mobile version of Wikipedia. It was started in August 2004 by Florian Amrhein and shut down on 4 November 2013.{{cite web |url=http://goodbye.wapedia.mobi/wapedia.html |title=Wapedia |website=goodbye.wapedia.mobi |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105105539/http://goodbye.wapedia.mobi/wapedia.html |archive-date=5 November 2013 |url-status=usurped}} It was operated by Taptu.{{cite web |url=http://wapedia.mobi/en/Wapedia:Iapp_About|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120722115101/http://wapedia.mobi/en/Wapedia:Iapp_About|url-status=usurped|archive-date=July 22, 2012|title=About Wapedia |publisher=Wapedia |access-date=2009-05-12}}

Wapedia was originally a Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) site for use on mobile phones of the very early 2000s. The URL for Wapedia was http://wapedia.mobi/ {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101006133019/http://wapedia.mobi/ |date=2010-10-06 }} (which was one of the early examples of a .mobi website).{{cite web |url=http://domainnamewire.com/2007/01/03/organizations-launch-mobi-web-sites/ |title=Organizations Launch .mobi Web Sites |date=3 January 2007 |publisher=DomainNameWire.com |access-date=2007-10-12}} Over time, HTML interfaces were added, with the site generating pages optimised for a variety of mobile devices such as smart phones, Personal digital assistants (PDAs), and tablets. In 2009 dedicated applications for iPhone,{{cite web |url=http://www.appsafari.com/utilities/1144/wapedia/ |title=Wapedia |publisher=appSafari.com iPhone application gallery |access-date=2007-10-12}} Android and WebOS were launched.

Wapedia served articles using a combination of a proxy-like behavior and a local article database. It did not offer the ability to edit pages. Wapedia injected adverts into the Wikipedia articles, either in the HTML or in the applications.