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Wiki Tweaks for Chrome has restyled Wikipedia to help users to avoid distractions from the links within the text body and stay focused on the main content.

The restyling adjusts the formatting of each entry on Wikipedia and adds pop-up summaries of those tempting links, keeping you on the right page, CNet reported.

The simple install of the copy of Wiki Tweaks for the Google Chrome browser would be sufficient to format the entire Wikipedia page.

The other noticeable differences would be that there is less space in the left and right margins, which makes more use of your screen real estate.

If people click on the Wiki Tweaks button, they'll see a list of recently viewed Wikipedia entries.

This extension makes Wikipedia more user-friendly by helping people find out what a linked word refers to, without losing track of why they went to the site for in the first place.

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Want to stay focused when reading about a topic on Wikipedia, but your curiosity is piqued by the links in the text? Check out this Chrome extension to stay on track.

Visiting Wikipedia to look up information on one topic generally means reading up on several others. The links within the text body are meant to be useful, but can sometimes turn into a huge time sink.

Web comic xkcd illustrates this situation perfectly in "The Problem with Wikipedia." Sometimes, it's just too tempting to click those links to learn about something else.

If you want to stay focused when you're checking out a specific topic, Lifehacker recommends using WikiTweaks for your Chrome browser. WikiTweaks adjusts the formatting of each entry on Wikipedia and adds pop-up summaries of those tempting links, keeping you on the right page.

To get started, install a copy of WikiTweaks for your Google Chrome browser.

A summary pops up for the link. Screenshot by Nicole Cozma/CNET

Head to a topic on Wikipedia. This example will work with panna cotta. As you can see, there are lots of links within the text to tell you about other topics such as: Italian, simmering and even gelatin. Just mouse over one of the links and a small summary will appear. This summary has been pulled from the first paragraph of the Wikipedia entry for that topic.

WikiTweaks button has a recent Wikipedia history. Screenshot by Nicole Cozma/CNET

Another difference you may notice is the formatting of the entire Wikipedia page. Now there is less space in the left and right margins, which makes more use of your screen real estate. Lastly, if you click the WikiTweaks button, you'll see a list of recently viewed Wikipedia entries.

This extension makes Wikipedia more user-friendly by helping you find out what a linked word refers to, without losing track of what you went to the site for in the first place.

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Wikipedia is the first place many people turn to online to find answers, but the website's gender imbalance means the contribution of leading women in academia is going unrecognised in the annals of the world's largest digital encyclopaedia.

Despite the website's reach, exceeding more than 34 million pages and spanning a diverse range of topics from biographies to world events, women are significantly underrepresented on Wikipedia.

Faced with a paucity of female entries on Wikipedia's peer-edited pages, the University of Sydney will lead a 'wikibombing' activation on Friday and launch a campaign to bolster the online profile of more than 100 women who are leaders in their field.

University of Sydney Vice-Chancellor Dr Michael Spence said the edit-a-thon is the first in a series of events connected with the Women at Sydney symposium being hosted on Saturday, and aims to improve the reporting and coverage of women online.

"The University of Sydney was one of the first universities in the world to admit students solely on academic merit and to open its doors to women on the same basis as men," Dr Spence said.

"For more than 160 years, the University of Sydney has cultivated bold thinking and leadership, and this wikibombing endeavour is a continuation of our commitment to leadership on gender equality.

"It's important that we honour women who are paving the way and promote their work on the web to ensure they are recognised for their leadership and celebrated as role models."

The University Chancellor Belinda Hutchinson said volunteers at the edit-a-thon will become editors to ensure 100 women's contribution to academia, business and the community will be recorded on Wikipedia.

"There are hundreds of entries for notable University of Sydney women in the nation's pre-eminent dictionary of national biography, The Australian Dictionary of Biography, but a scarce few are mentioned on Wikipedia," Ms Hutchinson said.

"In fact, of 300 entries of eminent women from the University of Sydney detailed in the authoritative dictionary biographies, only 34 have Wikipedia articles.

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Goalkeeper Fraser Hobday asked sister to post 3,271-word Wikipedia entry 19-year-old plays for Huntly FC rooted to bottom of Scottish semi-pro league Wikipedia entry is bigger than one describing Manchester City goalkeeper Joe Hart's entire career Biography, which includes a rundown of his school career, went viral online Said he used entry as online CV and admits he has been teased by friends Wikipedia has suspended the entry because it does not match its guidelines for entries on footballers

By Julian Robinson and Jennifer Newton for MailOnline

Published: 20:36 EST, 28 October 2014 | Updated: 05:01 EST, 29 October 2014

Fraser Hobday, pictured, asked his sister to post his entire career and life story online - right from his early days at primary school.

A footballer playing for a team languishing at the bottom of a Scottish semi-professional league scored an own goal - by giving himself a Wikipedia entry almost as big as a Premier League star.

Cafe worker Fraser Hobday who plays in goal for lowly Huntly FC who are currently bottom of their division with a goal difference of minus 33.

But despite his modest achievements the 19-year-old asked his sister to post a rundown of his career and life story online - right from his early days at primary school.

The trainee chef's 3,271-word biography tells how he failed to keep any clean sheets at his first senior club.

He then describes how he faced the pressure of a penalty in his first big game for Huntly FC, who play in the Scottish Highland League - and let in the goal.

The career of Joe Hart, the Manchester City and England goalkeeper, who has won two Premier League title is described on Wikipedia in 200 words less.

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