Domas Mituzas wrote:
Hi!
and I am offering turn key systems with automated site mirroring software, image sync tools, and machine translators for Wikipedia. The knowledge is free, the software is free, however, hardware costs money ....
I'm not sure if running that hardware to support wikipedia is best way to do it ;-) I'd better support WMF to run the site! ;-)
Disagree. I've talked to a lot of organizatons and groups who love WMF content but want to filter it for in-house use similiar to CleanFlix. Most educational facilities and religious groups who really love wikipedia want a "clean" version of the content, with most of the sexual revolution/pro-alternate lifestyle propoganda materials removed from the dumps. WMF does a great job allowing all points of view and all knowledge in the dumps -- I respect this -- unfortunately, a lot of conservative groups who like WMF content don't want the information overload from much of the topics, or perceived erotic imagery in many of the articles. My tools let you filter import XML dumps for certain classes of content -- so there's a "clean" version of the content. I doubt the LDS church wants to host WMF materials with articles on beastialiy, same sex marriage, etc. It's a matter of degrees. Making WP more pervasive also means accomodating folks who have differing views and values. We offer a family oriented version that's customizable as well as Native American translation support.
The tribes hosting translations will consume a large number of these units along with conservative religious groups and family oriented groups. I have included a "donate now" button pointing back to WMF in the main pages.
Jeff