I have been using the dumps for few months and I think this kind of dumps is
much better than a torrent. Yes bandwidth can be saved but I do not think
the the cost of bandwidth is higher than the cost of maintaining the
torrents.
If people are not hosting the files so the value of torrents is limited.
I think regular mirroring is much better but it all depends on the
willingness of people to host the files.
bilal
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On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 11:30 AM, Platonides <Platonides(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Jamie Morken wrote:
Hi,
I have a
suggestion for wikipedia!! I think that the database dumps including
the image files should be made available by a wikipedia bittorrent
tracker so that people would be able to download the wikipedia backups
including the images (which currently they can't do) and also so that
wikipedia's bandwidth costs would be reduced. I think it is important
that wikipedia can be downloaded for using it offline now and in the
future for people.
best regards,
Jamie Morken
Has been tried before (when they were smaller).
How many people do you think will have the necessary space and be
willing to download it?
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