# Wikiread

> Read wikipedia pages and rank them to help support data collection for furthering education in Information Retrieval. This product is in conjunction with research at my Institution.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/wikiread](https://chrome-stats.com/d/wikiread)

## Overview

- **ID:** `wikiread`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Charlie Hall
- **Category:** feeds-news-blogging,web-development
- **Version:** 1.1
- **Last updated:** 2022-02-18
- **First published:** 2022-02-17
- **Size:** 44 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-07
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/wikiread/)
- **Website:** [https://charlie.city/](https://charlie.city/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/wikiread/privacy/](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/wikiread/privacy/)

## Description

Wikiread is a Firefox add-on that enables users to explore Wikipedia with a twist. It allows you to vote on interesting documents, downvote poor ones, and tracks the time spent on different Wikipedia pages. This add-on supports data collection for education in Information Retrieval research.

## Rankings

- #143,298 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `storage`
- `tabs`
- `https://cutewiki.charlie.city/*`

### Content script matches

- `en.wikipedia.org`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** High risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Moderate risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/wikiread)