Wp-Wikipedia-Excerpt

This plugin replaces [wikipedia]topic[/wikipedia] with a wikipedia search link for that term.

Author:Michael Smit (profile at wordpress.org)
WordPress version required:2.3.2
WordPress version tested:2.3.2
Plugin version:0.2
Added to WordPress repository:04-03-2008
Last updated:24-03-2008
Warning! This plugin has not been updated in over 2 years. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress.
Rating, %:0
Rated by:0
Plugin URI:http://4thmouse.com
Total downloads:2 228
Active installs:10+
plugin download
Click to start download

The basic idea here is that you can easily link to the wikipedia entry for a given topic by putting the [wikipedia]topic[/wikipedia] tag into your post. The tag is replaced by a link that executes the wikipedia search form for that topic.

The plan is to augment this with a mouseover popup containing an excerpt from the wikipedia page.