wp2

http://${ln=en}.wikipedia.org/wiki/${q=Main_Page}

An international version of the wp command.
Goes to a wikipedia topic.

Use -ln <language> to choose the wikipedia in that language (eg, fr, to use fr.wikipedia.org).
The default is en.wikipedia.org.

Use -q <topic> to go to a topic. The default is to take you to the homepage.

So, for example, to go to the Beethoven page: wp2 -q Beethoven
To do the same in German: wp2 -ln de -q Beethoven

And to go to the Japanese homepage: wp2 -ln ja

Tip: you can set your default wikipedia to something else than english, by making wp an alias.
To make the wp command use French: !set wp wp2 -ln fr


Also see wiki2, which does the same with searches.

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