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Gollum browser
	Screenshot of Gollum displaying the main page of the English Wikipedia (using Mozilla Firefox on Ubuntu)
Original author(s)	Harald Hanek
Initial release	2005
Written in	PHP
Platform	Web browser
Available in	32 languages
Type	web application
Website	gollum.easycp.de/en/

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Gollum browser is a web application for accessing the encyclopedia, Wikipedia. Since 2017,^[update] Gollum is no longer accessible online.

Gollum is designed to browse Wikipedia in an easier way than directly using the web browser. Links external to Wikipedia are opened in the user's regular browser. Gollum is opened from a regular browser and makes a window that puts the Wikipedia search bar on the toolbar.^[2] Gollum was created by Harald Hanek in 2005 using PHP and Ajax.^[1] According to one blogger, Gollum provides a way to bypass censorship of Wikipedia in China.^[3]

Languages

Though the website is available only in English and German, Gollum's GUI is available in more than 32 languages^[4] and can browse nearly 50 Wikipedia editions.

Gollum's GUI

Arabic
Indonesian
Bulgarian
Catalan
Chinese
Czech
Danish
German
Estonian
Greek
English
Spanish
French
Hebrew
Croatian
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Luxembourgish
Hungarian
Dutch
Norwegian
Norwegian Nynorsk
Polish
Portuguese
Romanian
Russian
Finnish
Swedish
Tagalog

Browsable Wikipedia editions

Arabic
Bulgarian
Bosnian
Catalan
Chinese
Croatian
Czech
Danish
Dutch
English
Esperanto
Estonian
Finnish
French
German
Greek
Hebrew
Hungarian
Icelandic
Indonesian
Italian
* Japanese
Korean
Kurdish
Latin
Luxembourgish
Limburgan
Low German
Norwegian
Norwegian Nynorsk
Persian
Polish
Portuguese
Pushto
Romanian
Russian
Slovak
Slovenian
Serbian
Serbo-Croatian
Spanish
Swedish
Swiss German
Tagalog
Turkish
Ukrainian
Walloon
Western Frisian
Yiddish

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Gilbert, Alorie (29 November 2005). "Web tool puts new face on Wikipedia". ZDNet. Archived from the original on 1 December 2005.
^ Wayner, Peter (19 October 2010). "Top 10 specialty Web browsers you may have missed". InfoWorld. p. 7. Retrieved 28 October 2010.
^ Goldkorn, Jeremy. "The Nanny changes her mind: Wikipedia blocked again". Danwei.org. Retrieved 11 September 2013.
^ Gollum, Harald Hanek. "Gollum, the Wikipedia Browser". Gollum.easycp.de. Archived from the original on 31 March 2009. Retrieved 11 September 2013.

External links

Official website

[zdnet-1] Gilbert, Alorie (29 November 2005). "Web tool puts new face on Wikipedia". ZDNet. Archived from the original on 1 December 2005.

[2] Wayner, Peter (19 October 2010). "Top 10 specialty Web browsers you may have missed". InfoWorld. p. 7. Retrieved 28 October 2010.

[3] Goldkorn, Jeremy. "The Nanny changes her mind: Wikipedia blocked again". Danwei.org. Retrieved 11 September 2013.

[4] Gollum, Harald Hanek. "Gollum, the Wikipedia Browser". Gollum.easycp.de. Archived from the original on 31 March 2009. Retrieved 11 September 2013.

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 '''Gollum browser''' is a [[web application]] for accessing the encyclopedia, [[Wikipedia]]. {{As of|since=y|2017|post=,}} Gollum is no longer accessible online.
-Gollum is designed to browse Wikipedia in an easier way than directly using the [[web browser]]. [[hyperlink|Link]]s external to Wikipedia are opened in the user's regular browser. Gollum is opened from a regular browser and makes a window that puts the Wikipedia search bar on the toolbar.<ref>{{cite web|last=Wayner|first=Peter|title=Top 10 specialty Web browsers you may have missed|url=http://www.infoworld.com/d/applications/top-10-specialty-web-browsers-you-may-have-missed-026?page=0,7|publisher=[[InfoWorld]]|accessdate=28 October 2010|page=7|date=19 October 2010}}</ref> Gollum was created by [[Harald Hanek]] in 2005 using [[PHP]] and [[Ajax (programming)|Ajax]].<ref name="zdnet" /> According to one blogger, Gollum provides a way to bypass [[censorship of Wikipedia]] in China.<ref>{{cite web|last=Goldkorn |first=Jeremy |url=http://www.danwei.org/internet/the_nanny_changes_her_mind_wik.php |title=The Nanny changes her mind: Wikipedia blocked again |publisher=Danwei.org |date= |accessdate=2013-09-11}}</ref>
+Gollum is designed to browse Wikipedia in an easier way than directly using the [[web browser]]. [[hyperlink|Link]]s external to Wikipedia are opened in the user's regular browser. Gollum is opened from a regular browser and makes a window that puts the Wikipedia search bar on the toolbar.<ref>{{cite web|last=Wayner|first=Peter|title=Top 10 specialty Web browsers you may have missed|url=http://www.infoworld.com/d/applications/top-10-specialty-web-browsers-you-may-have-missed-026?page=0,7|publisher=[[InfoWorld]]|accessdate=28 October 2010|page=7|date=19 October 2010}}</ref> Gollum was created by [[Harald Hanek]] in 2005 using [[PHP]] and [[Ajax (programming)|Ajax]].<ref name="zdnet" /> According to one blogger, Gollum provides a way to bypass [[censorship of Wikipedia]] in China.<ref>{{cite web|last=Goldkorn |first=Jeremy |url=http://www.danwei.org/internet/the_nanny_changes_her_mind_wik.php |title=The Nanny changes her mind: Wikipedia blocked again |publisher=Danwei.org |date= |accessdate=11 September 2013}}</ref>
 ==Languages==
-Though the website is available only in English and German, Gollum's GUI is available in more than 32 languages<ref>{{cite web |author=Gollum, Harald Hanek |url=http://gollum.easycp.de/en/0,1,00.html |title=Gollum, the Wikipedia Browser |publisher=Gollum.easycp.de |date= |accessdate=2013-09-11 |archive-date=31 March 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090331220609/http://gollum.easycp.de/en/0,1,00.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> and can browse nearly 50 Wikipedia editions.
+Though the website is available only in English and German, Gollum's GUI is available in more than 32 languages<ref>{{cite web |author=Gollum, Harald Hanek |url=http://gollum.easycp.de/en/0,1,00.html |title=Gollum, the Wikipedia Browser |publisher=Gollum.easycp.de |date= |accessdate=11 September 2013 |archive-date=31 March 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090331220609/http://gollum.easycp.de/en/0,1,00.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> and can browse nearly 50 Wikipedia editions.
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