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.
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On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 11:30 AM, Platonides Platonides@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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