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Re:Wikipedia Outage by hddherman on Wednesday February 22, 2023 @04:41AM (#34893545)
Seems like they have fixed it, but it doesn't hurt to mention Kiwix. Download a full copy of Wikipedia as a .zim file, and you're good to go in even low connectivity scenarios.

The instance of Wikipedia (and other sites) that I'm hosting can be tried out here if you wish: https://kiwix.ounapuu.ee

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Re:Wikipedia Outage by edpichler on Wednesday February 22, 2023 @05:28AM (#34893839)
Wow, this project is super cool. Thanks for sharing it.
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Re:Wikipedia Outage by fmajid on Wednesday February 22, 2023 @06:25AM (#34894187)
You can even set up a local kiwix-server as a web server to serve up the ZIM for those who don't have Kiwix installed (or space on their devices, the full English-language Wikipedia with images is about 82GB).
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Re:Wikipedia Outage by hddherman on Wednesday February 22, 2023 @06:35AM (#34894246)
That’s what my setup is running off of, just a kiwix-serve command pointed at a folder of .zim files and exposed through nginx.

I have a write-up of the technical details as well: https://ounapuu.ee/posts/2021/12/09/self-hosting-wikipedia/

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