Local Wikipedia
Ranked 3 of 7 online encyclopedias by recommenders
Shows Wikipedia articles near your location, which people enjoy for discovering local history. Critics say the radius is not really a half-hour walk and results are thin outside large English-speaking areas.
Shows Wikipedia articles near your location, which people enjoy for discovering local history. Critics say the radius is not really a half-hour walk and results are thin outside large English-speaking areas.
54 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 45
- criticize it
- 9
- approval share
- 83%
Recommended in 1 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 45 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 5 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 1 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Discovers nearby history and buildings
“came up with three weird stories I didn't know about the history of places within a few blocks of me”
Comment from 23 Oct 2026 in “Local Wikipedia: Wikipedia, but only for things a half hour walk from you” “I learned some interesting history about the neighborhood I'm staying in.”
Comment from 23 Oct 2026 in “Local Wikipedia: Wikipedia, but only for things a half hour walk from you” “I've already discovered a bunch of historic places I had no idea about.”
Comment from 23 Oct 2026 in “Local Wikipedia: Wikipedia, but only for things a half hour walk from you” - Comment from 23 Oct 2026 in “Local Wikipedia: Wikipedia, but only for things a half hour walk from you”
- Comment from 23 Oct 2026 in “Local Wikipedia: Wikipedia, but only for things a half hour walk from you”
Articles feel more relevant than defaults
“Incredible how much more relevant nearby articles feel than the default to which you have no personal connection”
Comment from 23 Oct 2026 in “Local Wikipedia: Wikipedia, but only for things a half hour walk from you” “I imagine this would be useful for someone having moved to somewhere new.”
Comment from 23 Oct 2026 in “Local Wikipedia: Wikipedia, but only for things a half hour walk from you” Fun to browse nearby stuff
“Cool idea! I had lots of fun looking at stuff nearby.”
Comment from 23 Oct 2026 in “Local Wikipedia: Wikipedia, but only for things a half hour walk from you” “having this popping up 100s of entries nearby is fun!”
Comment from 23 Oct 2026 in “Local Wikipedia: Wikipedia, but only for things a half hour walk from you” “Fun to follow subway station articles along my local line”
Comment from 23 Oct 2026 in “Local Wikipedia: Wikipedia, but only for things a half hour walk from you” - Comment from 23 Oct 2026 in “Local Wikipedia: Wikipedia, but only for things a half hour walk from you”
Clear, well-designed idea
“Very cool. Obvious in hindsight with every location having coordinates.”
Comment from 23 Oct 2026 in “Local Wikipedia: Wikipedia, but only for things a half hour walk from you” “I love that it formats it into your own mini wikipedia.”
Comment from 23 Oct 2026 in “Local Wikipedia: Wikipedia, but only for things a half hour walk from you”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Radius not really a half-hour walk
“"Great project." but "this isnt a \"half hour walk\" and it is just a 3 km radius around the location"”
Comment from 23 Oct 2026 in “Local Wikipedia: Wikipedia, but only for things a half hour walk from you” “It doesn't seem to be accurate with regard to the "half hour walk" but it still paints a nice radius.”
Comment from 23 Oct 2026 in “Local Wikipedia: Wikipedia, but only for things a half hour walk from you” “It shows things that are easily half a day walking for me and only the most obvious things”
Comment from 25 Oct 2026 in “Local Wikipedia: Wikipedia, but only for things a half hour walk from you” Missing non-English Wikipedia languages
“It's still using the English Wikipedia though, not the German one (which I think would have more local content).”
Comment from 23 Oct 2026 in “Local Wikipedia: Wikipedia, but only for things a half hour walk from you” “This is very cool - one feature request: please support other languages!”
Comment from 23 Oct 2026 in “Local Wikipedia: Wikipedia, but only for things a half hour walk from you” “it's missing a lot of what the local language Wikipedia offers”
Comment from 23 Oct 2026 in “Local Wikipedia: Wikipedia, but only for things a half hour walk from you” - Comment from 23 Oct 2026 in “Local Wikipedia: Wikipedia, but only for things a half hour walk from you”
- Comment from 23 Oct 2026 in “Local Wikipedia: Wikipedia, but only for things a half hour walk from you”
Sparse coverage outside the US
“coverage outside the US is surprisingly sparse”
Comment from 23 Oct 2026 in “Local Wikipedia: Wikipedia, but only for things a half hour walk from you” “not many local articles in english here”
Comment from 23 Oct 2026 in “Local Wikipedia: Wikipedia, but only for things a half hour walk from you” “This is a really cool idea but my entire city is mostly articles for regional districts and schools.”
Comment from 23 Oct 2026 in “Local Wikipedia: Wikipedia, but only for things a half hour walk from you” No way to set search radius
“Kinda cool, thanks for building this. Not much around me unfortunately, maybe allow expanding the range of distance?”
Comment from 23 Oct 2026 in “Local Wikipedia: Wikipedia, but only for things a half hour walk from you” “It really should have a field to enter the radius of the search.”
Comment from 23 Oct 2026 in “Local Wikipedia: Wikipedia, but only for things a half hour walk from you” “All I get are train stations unless I decide to input the city instead of the street... but then the areas are no longer 30-minute walks!”
Comment from 23 Oct 2026 in “Local Wikipedia: Wikipedia, but only for things a half hour walk from you”
Other online encyclopedias people recommend
The four most recommended other online encyclopedias, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia | 404 | 327 | 55% | 12 | 20 yrs15 owners | — |
| Grokipedia | 52 | 161 | 24% | 10 | — | — |
| Local WikipediaThis page | 45 | 9 | 83% | 1 | — | — |
| Britannica11.org | 14 | 6 | 70% | 1 | — | — |
| Wikidata | 13 | 2 | 87% | 8 | — | Approved |
What people said
40 of the 54 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“It shows things that are easily half a day walking for me and only the most obvious things”
“I already learned about several things literally within few miles from me”
“This is a really cool idea but my entire city is mostly articles for regional districts and schools.”
“Really cool idea but not ideal for tourists.”
“Fun to follow subway station articles along my local line”
“Cool but I can't find any way to share a link to a particular location.”
“it's missing a lot of what the local language Wikipedia offers”
“having this popping up 100s of entries nearby is fun!”
“This, but combined with TravelWiki, and Atlas Obscura, all offline, would be my new favorite travel app”
“Kinda cool, thanks for building this. Not much around me unfortunately, maybe allow expanding the range of distance?”
“I learned about a lot of old buildings nearby”
“That's so cool, I've only got 3 articles nearby haha.”
“This is so amazing. Thank you for building this.”
“It doesn't seem to be accurate with regard to the "half hour walk" but it still paints a nice radius.”
“This is amazing, I can better explore the region I live at.”
“"Great project." but "this isnt a \"half hour walk\" and it is just a 3 km radius around the location"”
“I imagine this would be useful for someone having moved to somewhere new.”
“What a brilliant idea! I love it.”
“super interesting, https://edjefferson.com/localwiki/?w=Auckland_Film_Studios is so near me its not funny”
“It works great, cool project!”
“Great software difinietly.”
“All I get are train stations unless I decide to input the city instead of the street... but then the areas are no longer 30-minute walks!”
“my personal preference for UX is the OP's”
“I thought this is brilliant and decided to find something close to me in Berlin.”
“I've already discovered a bunch of historic places I had no idea about.”
“coverage outside the US is surprisingly sparse”
“I love that it formats it into your own mini wikipedia.”
“Would be nice if it supported articles in different languages”
“This is very cool - one feature request: please support other languages!”
“It's still using the English Wikipedia though, not the German one (which I think would have more local content).”
“Incredible how much more relevant nearby articles feel than the default to which you have no personal connection”
“I learned some interesting history about the neighborhood I'm staying in.”
“it is a wonderful idea, and I admire the concept and that you did it”
“It really should have a field to enter the radius of the search.”
“not many local articles in english here”
“I tried a couple of places and they give identical results.”
“Super cool idea! Would love support for other languages”
“came up with three weird stories I didn't know about the history of places within a few blocks of me”
“Cool idea! I had lots of fun looking at stuff nearby.”
“Very cool. Obvious in hindsight with every location having coordinates.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.