Black Menu for Wikipedia

Easy access to the Wikipedia universe
What is Black Menu for Wikipedia?
"Black Menu for Wikipedia" is a Chrome extension that allows users to quickly access a variety of Wikimedia Foundation projects. This extension provides a comprehensive menu, with each entry corresponding to a particular project. Clicking on the menu of your choice takes you to a new tab with the desired project. It covers Wikipedia, Wiktionary, Wikiquote, Wikibooks, Wikisource, Wikispecies, Wikinews, Wikiversity, Wikivoyage, Commons, and Meta-Wiki. It's an all-in-one convenient solution to access the vast universe of Wikipedia and its related projects.

Extension stats

Users: 4,000+
Rating: 4.47 (80)
Version: 6.2.1 (Last updated: 2024-09-10)
Creation date: 2020-06-14
Risk impact: High risk impact
Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 3
Permissions:
  • storage
Host permissions:
  • https://*.mediawiki.org/*
  • https://*.wikibooks.org/*
  • https://*.wikidata.org/*
  • https://*.wikimedia.org/*
  • https://*.wikinews.org/*
  • https://*.wikipedia.org/*
  • https://*.wikiquote.org/*
  • https://*.wikisource.org/*
  • https://*.wikiversity.org/*
  • https://*.wikivoyage.org/*
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Size: 79.88K

Other platforms

Black Menu for Wikipedia (v6.2.2)
4.40 (5) 148
Black Menu for Wikipedia (v6.2.2)
4.70 (6) 2,468+
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Extension summary

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Black Menu for Wikipedia lets you access the best of the Wikipedia Universe, in a simple, easy, and convenient way.

This extension has a comprehensive menu of Wikimedia Foundation projects. You can access them by browsing through the black menu entries. By clicking the menu entry of your choice, you'll go to the corresponding Wikimedia Foundation project in a new tab.

Wikipedia – The primary page, containing a search box which lets you access the vast collection of Wikipedia articles right inside Black Menu for Wikipedia. This page also features today's featured Wikipedia article and recent news reported by Wikipedia.

Wiktionary – Search for thousands of words featured in the Wiktionary dictionary and thesaurus. This page also features Wiktionary the word of the day.

Wikiquote – Browse Wikiquote's broad collection of quotes using the search bar or search for quotes by categories. This page also features the Wikiquote quote of the day.

Wikibooks – The Wikibooks page includes an overview of the Wikibooks project and a search bar to search and access an array of 2,600+ books.

Wikisource – Browse through the ample library of Wikisource texts using the search bar at the top of the page. The Wikisource page also include the featured text of the month, new texts, and Wikisource highlights. You can also browse through texts by categories and author.

Wikispecies – Search through Wikispecies' collection of organisms using the search bar at the top of the page. A featured author and the species of the week are also displayed on this page.

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User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
Pros
  • Great extension with real potential.
  • Super easy and useful.
  • Fast and effective after recent updates.
  • Allows quick access to different Wiki sections.
  • Works as claimed.
Cons
  • Many options like settings and login do not work.
  • Extension doesn't work if Wikiwand is installed.
  • Keyboard shortcuts for navigation are missing.
  • Some users experienced slow loading times.
  • Certain pages are unreadable or messy.
Most mentioned
  • Need for more keyboard shortcuts.
  • Issues with compatibility with other extensions.
  • General praise for ease of use and utility.
  • Problems with specific options like settings not functioning.
  • Concerns about speed and performance on certain pages.
Recent reviews
Wiki needs to DARK MODLE!
by Mrdavidlinbar, 2024-09-07

Licencje Open Source GNU Kernel KDE Linux dla Polski są nie aktualne. Po 1 sierpnia 2024 roku są zgłaszane częste awarie Google Translator i z tego powodu zablokowano w Polsce dostęp do Google Translator.

Its a great extension, and i find real potential in this! I use the "Black Menu for Google" extension too, but I find one thing missing in this one, that you do find in the black menu for google, that is, there is an option to assign keyboard shortcuts for navigation through the different tabs provided in the extension pop-out menu (moving between sections like 'Wikipedia, Wikitionary, Wikiquotes, etc).The shortcuts could be assigned from the chrome extension shortcuts menu for black menu for google, i dont find the same for this one, other than the general shortcut to activate the extension... For people who use their keyboards a lot for navigation, that would be really helpful, so dear dev, if youre reading this, first, thanks for these great extensions :), second, please add the option to assigh more keyboard shortcuts, like the one i mentioned above.. Thanks for your time!
by Jagannath Rakesh, 2021-03-10
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