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For other basic information for readers of Wikipedia, see Wikipedia:About, Wikipedia:FAQ/Readers, and the Reader's guide to Wikipedia. For a topic-based index to Wikipedia articles, see Portal:Contents.

(Note: This index is for readers of Wikipedia. For editors, see the Editor's index to Wikipedia. For other useful directories and indexes, see Wikipedia:Directory.)

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  • Dictionary: {{anchor|Dictionary}}
  • Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not a dictionary (policy)
  • For Wiktionary, see also wikt:Main Page
  • Another alternative: Urban Dictionary
  • [https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/7675 WikiLook] – Firefox add-on that provides Wiktionary information about any word on a screen, when specially selected (shift or highlight plus mouse move)
  • Downloading all of Wikipedia: (see also Mobile access; for downloading individual pages, see Exporting (a page)) {{anchor|Downloading all of Wikipedia}}
  • Pre-packaged:
  • [http://static.wikipedia.org/downloads/2008-06/ June 2006] ("official" version)
  • Wikipedia:TomeRaider database
  • [http://www.tomeraider.com/ebooks/reference/exclusive/the_wikipedia_encyclopedia_tr3_ebook--BK616.php Most recent version] – £3.00 requested payment; includes £1 donation to the Wikipedia Foundation {{sic}}
  • [http://www.mininova.org/tor/1237296 Slightly older English version] (free)
  • [http://code.google.com/p/wikipedia-iphone/ Wikipedia-iphone] – complete download for iPhone or iPod Touch
  • [http://www.infodisiac.com/Wikipedia/Order.html Infodisiac downloads] (for Windows Mobile/Pocket PC, regular Windows O/S, and Palm)
  • [http://www.webaroo.com/webpack/wikipedia/wikipedia Webaroo] – download of all Wikipedia articles as a set of web pages, for off-line reading (horribly out-of-date)

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  • Geocoding:
  • [http://www.iphonefaq.org/archives/97405 GeoPedia] – provides iPhone owners with a Wikipedia feed customized to their current location
  • mw:Beta Features/Nearby Pages - Adds a button to the top right corner of pages that contain geographical information, to get the reader to "nearby" pages
  • Showing existing Wikipedia articles on a map:
  • [http://wikimapia.org/ Wikimapia]
  • Google:
  • Google Maps has an option, under "More", to place markers showing Wikipedia articles
  • [http://earth.google.com/userguide/v4/geoweb_faq.html About the Google Earth Geographic Web Layer]
  • Good articles: (see also Featured articles) {{anchor|Good articles}}
  • Wikipedia:Good articles – the list
  • Google:{{anchor|Google}}
  • Googlepedia
  • Wikipedia:Purging Google search results (WP:GOOGLEPURGE) - how to remove vandalism, etc., from cached copies of Wikipedia articles in Google search results
  • Guestbooks: see User pages

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  • Merchandise:
  • [//shop.wikimedia.org/ The Wikimedia Shop]
  • Wikipedia:Merchandise giveaways (WP:GIVEAWAY)
  • Missing articles: {{anchor|Missing articles}}
  • Wikipedia:Requested articles (WP:RA)
  • Wikipedia:Red link
  • Mirrors:{{anchor|Mirrors}}
  • Wikipedia:Mirrors and forks
  • Mobile access:{{anchor|Mobile access}}
  • [http://www.wikipanion.net Wikipanion] - for iPad and iPhone
  • [http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/articles/comments/15802/ "iPhone Gems: Wikipedia Apps"] – review of 16 apps for the iPhone or iPod touch (November 2008)
  • Real-time version of Wikipedia:
  • Help:Mobile access
  • mw:Mobile Beta - experimental staging area for new features that may eventually be added to the official mobile site
  • "Accessing Wikipedia via mobile devices", Signpost article, January 2009
  • [http://en.wap.wikipedia.org/ Semi-experimental mobile portal] (as of February 2008)
  • [http://wapedia.mobi/en/?setfavlang=en Wapedia]
  • m:Mobile subdomain
  • [http://lifehacker.com/400664/wikipanion-brings-wikipedia-to-your-iphone-or-ipod-touch Wikipanion] – Free iPhone/iPod app; searches using a fast, native interface; includes autosuggest, landscape mode, and large, readable text.
  • Downloaded version of Wikipedia:
  • [http://www.free-soft.ro/pocket-wikipedia/pocket-wikipedia.html Pocket Wikipedia] – 24,000 images and 14 million words (for PocketPC, Windows and Linux machines)
  • [http://encyclopodia.sourceforge.net/en/index.html Encyclopodia] – complete download, for Apple iPod
  • [http://code.google.com/p/wikipedia-iphone/ Wikipedia-iphone] – complete download for iPhone or iPod Touch
  • [http://news.syberplanet.net/wikipock-will-put-an-entire-copy-of-wikipedia-in-your-pocket-for-10/ WikiPock]
  • [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVOxu0OlO_g Screencast: "How to install Wikipedia on your iPod Touch or iPhone!"], February 8, 2008
  • Other:
  • [http://www.iphonefaq.org/archives/97405 GeoPedia] – provides iPhone owners with a Wikipedia feed customized to their current location
  • [http://redromelogic.com/kiwi "Kiwi" client] – for iPhone and iPod

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  • Page views: (see also Counts) {{anchor|Page views}}
  • Most viewed (English Wikipedia):
  • Wikipedia:Popular pages
  • [http://wikistics.falsikon.de/latest/wikipedia/en/ Most accessed pages per day] (Wikistics)
  • [http://stats.grok.se/en/top Wikipedia article traffic statistics] – the 1000 pages with the most views (for April 2013) [last checked: November 2013]

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