Excellent work, Santosh. I read the README and the documentation. I think for most
requirements, we can simply reuse the program.
Even if some customisation is needed, we can modify the code, I think. Restricting it to
just one namespace, for example.
Please add this project to
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Static_version_tools if you have
not done already.Also let
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Walkerma know about this.
He's one of the core members of the
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Version_1.0_Editorial_Team and had a lot of
experiences to share in the last Wikimania.
- Sundar
"That language is an instrument of human reason, and not merely a medium for the
expression of thought, is a truth generally admitted."
- George Boole, quoted in Iverson's Turing Award Lecture
From: Shiju Alex <shijualexonline(a)gmail.com>
To: wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org
Cc: Santhosh Thottingal <santhosh.thottingal(a)gmail.com>
Sent: Sat, April 17, 2010 4:47:12 PM
Subject: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wiki2CD software
Hello Wikimedians
As mentioned in my previous mail, here are the details of the new software that we have
developed for creating the Malayalam Wikipedia on CD.
Here is a small contribution from Malayalam Wiki community to the Wikimedians of all
language. Even though we have developed this software for creating the Malayalam Wikipedia
CD now you can use use it to create CD of any language Wiki.
There is huge effort that went behind the creation of this software and the CD. I will
blog about that once I am back in Bangalore.
Here are the details of the software:
* Name of the Software: Wiki2CD
* Developed by : Santhosh Thottingal
* Software source:
http://github.com/santhoshtr/wiki2cd
* >Documentation:
http://wiki.github.com/santhoshtr/wiki2cd/
* Blog link about this software:http://thottingal.in/blog/2010/04/17/mlwikioncd/
This ia a small step forward. We know that if community effort is involved this can be
developed into a feature rich software with multiple features.
* Here is the link to Download the Malayalam Wikipedia CD:
http://www.mlwiki.in/mlwikicd/img/MLWikipediaCD-2010.iso
* The online link of Malayalam Wikipedia CD:
http://mlwiki.in/mlwikicd/
My special thanks to Santhosh Tottingal and all the Malayalam language Wikipedians.
More details about this efforts at a later time.
Regards
Shiju Alex