Show HN: Wikiyarn – Smarter way to browse Wikipedia

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4 points·anandcv··5 comments

Backstory : There was this movement in the early 2000s called the Semantic Web. One of the companies developing in this was Textwise. They had a neat API and a nifty Wikipedia plugin for article recommendation and category suggestion with score. I was a big fan and they discontinued it eventually.

So I built something similar. An article recommendation engine for Wikipedia used in this app as a research/reference tool!

I put lot of love in makin it. Hope you guys also love it!

Use it and let me know your feedback!

Opening up the APIs to developers is also in the pipeline. The following are the APIs 1. Similar topics 2. Related topics 3. Compare two topics 4. Categories based search - get results for multiple Wikipedia Categories with intersection option.

If you know any use cases where these will be useful, let me know

If you don't have an android, try the web app : https://www.wikiyarn.com

Thank you for making a web version (don't have Android)!

I like it, but there is one usability aspect that I would spend more UI refinement on is the boundary between Wikipedia and the app.

For example, when I click on a related article, it opens that Wikipedia page in a frame, instead of opening it in Wikiyarn. I understand why, because you want to show detailed information. But that does prevent the most important function Wikiyarn could serve: guiding the user on a journey.

Glad that you like it. I will definitely consider your input..

Please let me know other things you would like us to improve.

Also please tell me what are the things you really liked.

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