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Dev tools · February 22, 2021

Pickabox

Enhance your Wikipedia binges

Pickabox launched on February 22, 2021 with 64 votes, #837 of 3,133 launches that month and more than 50% of that year's launches.

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What it does

Pickabox is a user-friendly web application where everyday Wikipedia users query random articles and then get recommended related articles based on their selections. We developed the page for SacHacks 2021 in 36 hours. GitHub Repo: https://git.io/Jt9pe

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