WikiPage Lite Bookmarklet

Candidate 104: Lightweight Wikipedia printer with CSS-only pagination. Instant print dialog, no image embedding.

CONTROL GROUP EXPERIMENT: This candidate tests whether enhanced CSS pagination rules can achieve print quality comparable to Paged.js. Results will be compared against Candidate 006 (full bookmarklet with Paged.js).

Install the Bookmarklet

Drag this button to your bookmarks bar:

WikiPage Lite

Installation Steps:

Make sure your bookmarks bar is visible (Ctrl+Shift+B or Cmd+Shift+B)
Drag the green "WikiPage Lite" button above to your bookmarks bar
Navigate to any Wikipedia article
Click the bookmarklet - print dialog opens immediately

Features

Instant Print

Opens print dialog immediately. No download step, no preview window.

Lightweight

No image conversion - uses external URLs. Faster processing.

CSS Pagination

Aggressive break rules: orphans:4, widows:4, heading+content grouping.

Zero Dependencies

Pure CSS and JavaScript. No Paged.js or other libraries.

Lite vs Full Comparison

Feature	104 Lite	006 Full
Processing Speed	Fast (no image conversion)	Slower (embeds images)
Output	Print dialog	Downloaded HTML file
Images	External URLs	Embedded data URIs
Offline Use	No (needs network)	Yes (self-contained)
Pagination	CSS-only	CSS rules
File Size	Small (text only)	Large (images embedded)

Note: Images require internet connection when printing. If you need offline capability or archival copies, use Candidate 006 instead.

CSS Pagination Techniques

This candidate uses aggressive CSS rules to control page breaks:

orphans: 4; widows: 4; - Keep at least 4 lines together at page breaks
page-break-after: avoid on ALL headings (h1-h6)
page-break-before: avoid on first element after headings
page-break-inside: avoid on tables, figures, blockquotes, infoboxes
Wrapper divs (.wp-section-start) around heading + first paragraph

Lineage

Candidate 104 descends from:

Parent 006: Bookmarklet execution model with self-contained output
Mutation: Simplified - removed Paged.js, no image embedding, CSS-only pagination

Control Group Purpose

This candidate is part of an experiment to determine whether CSS-only pagination can achieve acceptable print quality. Results will be compared against candidates using Paged.js or similar pagination libraries to evaluate the trade-off between complexity and output quality.