Wikipedia-in-a-box - Libraries - lists.wikimedia.org

List overview All Threads
Download

Wikipedia-in-a-box

Re: [libraries] Research on Open...

Research on Open Pedagogy, IL, and...

Richard James

26 Jun 2018 26 Jun '18

2:54 p.m.

Four or five years ago, I had a neat gadget that was a stand-alone, non-networked Wikipedia instance. I have no recollection of what it was called or where it was available from. Does this ring a bell with anyone? Is there anything new along these lines that is being produced for distribution in resource-poor settings? Richard James

Attachments:

attachment.htm (text/html — 381 bytes)

Reply

Show replies by date

UY Scuti

26 Jun 26 Jun

3:01 p.m.

Somwthing like this < https://blog.wikimedia.org/2018/03/13/offline-access-medical-information/&g… ? Aaron On Tue, 26 Jun 2018, 20:25 Richard James, <richardjam(a)gmail.com> wrote:

Four or five years ago, I had a neat gadget that was a stand-alone, non-networked Wikipedia instance. I have no recollection of what it was called or where it was available from. Does this ring a bell with anyone? Is there anything new along these lines that is being produced for distribution in resource-poor settings? Richard James _______________________________________________ Libraries mailing list Libraries(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/libraries

Reply

A B

3:05 p.m.

Are you thinking of one of these? One Laptop per Child's WikiBrowse http://one.laptop.org/about/software Wikipedia Zero https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Zero On Tue, Jun 26, 2018 at 11:01 AM, UY Scuti <uyscuti.wiki(a)gmail.com> wrote:

Somwthing like this <https://blog.wikimedia.org/2018/03/13/offline-access- medical-information/> ? Aaron On Tue, 26 Jun 2018, 20:25 Richard James, <richardjam(a)gmail.com> wrote:

Four or five years ago, I had a neat gadget that was a stand-alone, non-networked Wikipedia instance. I have no recollection of what it was called or where it was available from. Does this ring a bell with anyone? Is there anything new along these lines that is being produced for distribution in resource-poor settings? Richard James _______________________________________________ Libraries mailing list Libraries(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/libraries

_______________________________________________ Libraries mailing list Libraries(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/libraries

Reply

Alex Stinson

3:07 p.m.

In addition to internet in a Box, there is also WikiFundi for offline editing: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2018/05/10/offline-access-wikipedia-wikifundi/ You can create a whole bunch of different subsets of offline content with Kiwix: http://www.kiwix.org/ Cheers, Alex On Tue, Jun 26, 2018 at 11:05 AM, A B <abritton1630(a)gmail.com> wrote:

Are you thinking of one of these? One Laptop per Child's WikiBrowse http://one.laptop.org/about/software Wikipedia Zero https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Zero On Tue, Jun 26, 2018 at 11:01 AM, UY Scuti <uyscuti.wiki(a)gmail.com> wrote:

Somwthing like this <https://blog.wikimedia.org/20 18/03/13/offline-access-medical-information/> ? Aaron On Tue, 26 Jun 2018, 20:25 Richard James, <richardjam(a)gmail.com> wrote:

Four or five years ago, I had a neat gadget that was a stand-alone, non-networked Wikipedia instance. I have no recollection of what it was called or where it was available from. Does this ring a bell with anyone? Is there anything new along these lines that is being produced for distribution in resource-poor settings? Richard James _______________________________________________ Libraries mailing list Libraries(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/libraries

_______________________________________________ Libraries mailing list Libraries(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/libraries

_______________________________________________ Libraries mailing list Libraries(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/libraries

Reply

Jos Damen

3:04 p.m.

Do you mean Wikipedia Zero? http://www.wikiafrica.net/wikipedia-zero-free-access-to-wikipedia-on-your-m… Launched 2012, ended 2018 https://www.cnet.com/news/wikipedia-zero-ends-data-free-access-for-developi… Jos Damen 2018-06-26 16:54 GMT+02:00 Richard James <richardjam(a)gmail.com>om>:

Four or five years ago, I had a neat gadget that was a stand-alone, non-networked Wikipedia instance. I have no recollection of what it was called or where it was available from. Does this ring a bell with anyone? Is there anything new along these lines that is being produced for distribution in resource-poor settings? Richard James _______________________________________________ Libraries mailing list Libraries(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/libraries

Reply

Waller, Jen

3:04 p.m.

Hi Richard, Might you be referring to Jason Griffey’s Library Box<http://librarybox.us/> (modeled after Pirate Box<https://piratebox.cc/faq>)? -Jen -- Jen Waller Director, Open Initiatives & Scholarly Communication University of Oklahoma Bizzell Memorial Library 401 W. Brooks St., Room 243 Norman, OK 73019 405.325.7998 jenwaller@ou.edu<mailto:jenwaller@ou.edu> From: Libraries <libraries-bounces(a)lists.wikimedia.org> on behalf of Richard James <richardjam(a)gmail.com> Reply-To: Wikimedia & Libraries <libraries(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Date: Tuesday, June 26, 2018 at 9:56 AM To: "libraries(a)lists.wikimedia.org" <libraries(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Subject: [libraries] Wikipedia-in-a-box Four or five years ago, I had a neat gadget that was a stand-alone, non-networked Wikipedia instance. I have no recollection of what it was called or where it was available from. Does this ring a bell with anyone? Is there anything new along these lines that is being produced for distribution in resource-poor settings? Richard James

Reply

Shani Evenstein

3:11 p.m.

Hi Richard, We, at WikiProjectMed Foundation <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Project_Med>, are manufacturing Internet-in-a-box <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Internet-in-a-Box> (IIAB). This holds medical content and then some, and is a hotspot that 30 ppl can access. Cheers, Shani Evenstein Chair, WikiProject Med Foundation. On Tue, Jun 26, 2018 at 6:04 PM, Waller, Jen <jenwaller(a)ou.edu> wrote:

Hi Richard, Might you be referring to Jason Griffey’s Library Box <http://librarybox.us/> (modeled after Pirate Box <https://piratebox.cc/faq>)? -Jen -- *Jen Waller* *Director, Open Initiatives & Scholarly Communication* University of Oklahoma Bizzell Memorial Library 401 W. Brooks St., Room 243 Norman, OK 73019 405.325.7998 jenwaller(a)ou.edu *From: *Libraries <libraries-bounces(a)lists.wikimedia.org> on behalf of Richard James <richardjam(a)gmail.com> *Reply-To: *Wikimedia & Libraries <libraries(a)lists.wikimedia.org> *Date: *Tuesday, June 26, 2018 at 9:56 AM *To: *"libraries(a)lists.wikimedia.org" <libraries(a)lists.wikimedia.org> *Subject: *[libraries] Wikipedia-in-a-box Four or five years ago, I had a neat gadget that was a stand-alone, non-networked Wikipedia instance. I have no recollection of what it was called or where it was available from. Does this ring a bell with anyone? Is there anything new along these lines that is being produced for distribution in resource-poor settings? Richard James _______________________________________________ Libraries mailing list Libraries(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/libraries

Reply

Shani Evenstein

3:37 p.m.

Forgot to mention that if you're describing 4-5 years ago, you probably remember Kiwix <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Kiwix_-_Wikipedia_Offline>, which has kinda morphed into IIAB. Shani. On Tue, Jun 26, 2018 at 6:11 PM, Shani Evenstein <shani.even(a)gmail.com> wrote:

Hi Richard, We, at WikiProjectMed Foundation <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Project_Med>, are manufacturing Internet-in-a-box <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Internet-in-a-Box> (IIAB). This holds medical content and then some, and is a hotspot that 30 ppl can access. Cheers, Shani Evenstein Chair, WikiProject Med Foundation. On Tue, Jun 26, 2018 at 6:04 PM, Waller, Jen <jenwaller(a)ou.edu> wrote:

Hi Richard, Might you be referring to Jason Griffey’s Library Box <http://librarybox.us/> (modeled after Pirate Box <https://piratebox.cc/faq>)? -Jen -- *Jen Waller* *Director, Open Initiatives & Scholarly Communication* University of Oklahoma Bizzell Memorial Library 401 W. Brooks St., Room 243 Norman, OK 73019 405.325.7998 jenwaller(a)ou.edu *From: *Libraries <libraries-bounces(a)lists.wikimedia.org> on behalf of Richard James <richardjam(a)gmail.com> *Reply-To: *Wikimedia & Libraries <libraries(a)lists.wikimedia.org> *Date: *Tuesday, June 26, 2018 at 9:56 AM *To: *"libraries(a)lists.wikimedia.org" <libraries(a)lists.wikimedia.org> *Subject: *[libraries] Wikipedia-in-a-box Four or five years ago, I had a neat gadget that was a stand-alone, non-networked Wikipedia instance. I have no recollection of what it was called or where it was available from. Does this ring a bell with anyone? Is there anything new along these lines that is being produced for distribution in resource-poor settings? Richard James _______________________________________________ Libraries mailing list Libraries(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/libraries

Reply

Federico Leva (Nemo)

3:24 p.m.

Richard James, 26/06/2018 17:54:

Four or five years ago, I had a neat gadget that was a stand-alone, non-networked Wikipedia instance

I suspect you mean the WikiReader: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WikiReader Nowadays, Kiwix does the job rather well on most platforms. Federico

Reply

Lane Rasberry

3:29 p.m.

+1 to what Shani said main articles https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet-in-a-Box https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Internet-in-a-Box https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Project_Med/App watch the video https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2017-08-05/Speci… development https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2017-10-23/In_fo… On Tue, Jun 26, 2018 at 11:24 AM Federico Leva (Nemo) <nemowiki(a)gmail.com> wrote:

Richard James, 26/06/2018 17:54:

Four or five years ago, I had a neat gadget that was a stand-alone, non-networked Wikipedia instance

I suspect you mean the WikiReader: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WikiReader Nowadays, Kiwix does the job rather well on most platforms. Federico _______________________________________________ Libraries mailing list Libraries(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/libraries

-- Lane Rasberry user:bluerasberry on Wikipedia 206.801.0814 lane(a)bluerasberry.com

Reply

2131

days inactive

2131

days old

libraries@lists.wikimedia.org

Manage subscription

9 comments

9 participants

tags (0)

participants (9)

A B
Alex Stinson
Federico Leva (Nemo)
Jos Damen
Lane Rasberry
Richard James
Shani Evenstein
UY Scuti
Waller, Jen