in-line :-
On 07/03/2017, Manoj Khurana <hello(a)manojkhurana.com> wrote:
Hi Friends,
Hi Manoj,
Excuse but would be a big longish.
Offline Wikipedia is a requirement of many for
sure. More so in
developing
countries, where internet can be quite unreliable. I had suggested
talking
to mobile operators/manufacturers to provide preloaded offline Wikipedia.
Seeing this information about size makes this difficult to implement.
Solutions may be:
1. Arrange to make separate files for 8-10 Basic categories e.g. Science,
Commerce, Personalities, Arts, etc.
Not everyone needs everything.
This actually was the way before, at least till 2013-14 it was like
that IIRC but can guess what happened.
2. I personally feel current events articles are
way too much expanded.
Size vs. value ratio is far less for recent or ongoing events. e.g. try
reading US presidential campaign coverage at this time, now that
elections
are over. Is there a way to shunt out/ such material from offline
version?
There might be but it probably might be a longish process, why I think
that will share at the bottom.
3. I Agree that images etc. need to be checked.
These may be made
available after connecting. (Maybe illustrations etc. may be kept in
offline).
Agreed.
I am working for Hindi Wiki and I believe that
in order to make
Wikipedia
popular, offline versions are must. If they can be preloaded in phones,
we'll surely gain millions of new contributors.
Agreed, but not just for gaining millions of contributors but sharing
knowledge with millions and billions of students who should have
access to the knowledge. That we believe to a basic human right along
with a critical eye to understanding how that knowledge is being
generated. But am going off-key here, sharing what I remember from the
past about kiwix below.
The problem with kiwix was always NOT having enough curators.
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Regards,
Shirish Agarwal शिरीष अग्रवाल
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