Re:Wikimedia Foundation spending
by smsm42 on Sunday May 07, 2017 @11:29PM
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> That doesn't come close at all, from the perspective of a librarian who wants a "copy of Wikipedia" for their library, no?
Depends what you mean by copy. If it's just a static data source, any offline project would do it. If it has to update it's trickier, but some offline projects do it too. If you want to run a full clone of Web's fifth popular website, yes, it requires some effort. Sorry, no magic here :)
> "can plug in and go through the configuration wizard for a NAS/router/streaming box."
There are boxes that are integrated with one or another of the offline projects. There's also Wikipedia Zero - which in the world where mobile coverage is becoming more and more widespread even in poor regions, may be even better alternative.
Depends what you mean by copy. If it's just a static data source, any offline project would do it. If it has to update it's trickier, but some offline projects do it too. If you want to run a full clone of Web's fifth popular website, yes, it requires some effort. Sorry, no magic here :)
> "can plug in and go through the configuration wizard for a NAS/router/streaming box."
There are boxes that are integrated with one or another of the offline projects. There's also Wikipedia Zero - which in the world where mobile coverage is becoming more and more widespread even in poor regions, may be even better alternative.