Wapedia was a mobile version ofWikipedia. It was started in August 2004 by Florian Amrhein and shut down on 4 November 2013.[1] It was operated byTaptu.[2]
Wapedia was originally aWireless Application Protocol (WAP) site for use onmobile phones of the very early 2000s. The URL for Wapedia washttp://wapedia.mobi/Archived 2010-10-06 at theWayback Machine (which was one of the early examples of a.mobi website).[3] 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 foriPhone,[4]Android andWebOS were launched.
Wapedia served articles using a combination of aproxy-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.
