[Wikimedia-l] XOWA has released a complete copy of 2013-11-04 English Wikipedia with images -- Help wanted!

[Yann Forget]

Hello,

Good work, but could you make a list of torrent somewhere on Meta? Are
there torrent files for all projects (Wiktionary, Wikisource, etc.)?
Because IA search really sucks. Thanks, Yann



2013/11/25 gnosygnu <gnosygnu at gmail.com>

> Hi. I am the developer for XOWA -- a free, open-source offline
> Wikipedia app. XOWA allows a user to have their own copy of a wiki on
> their hard-drive -- without any internet connection. It works with the
> latest versions of over 660 database dumps [1], including wikis like
> English Wikipedia, French Wiktionary, German Wikisource, Wikidata,
> Wikimedia Commons, etc.. If you have a moment, you can download the
> app and set up Simple Wikipedia in less than 5 minutes.
>
> I just finished generating a full set of thumbnail images for English
> Wikipedia. This now makes it possible to have one's own complete
> offline copy of English Wikipedia as of 2013-11-04. The total size of
> these image databases are quite large (75 GB), but archive.org was
> kind enough to host them[2].
>
> I've emailed offline-l, but I am emailing this group because I'd like
> to reach as wide an audience as possible. In particular, these files
> will also be distributed by torrent[3], and I'd like to attract as
> many seeders as possible, especially as torrents should relieve any
> burden on archive.org's download servers. In addition, future wikis
> will be distributed by torrent, so more seeders now will facilitate
> distribution then. I'd greatly appreciate it if you could assist with
> seeding these files, or forward this news to others who may help seed
> them.
>
> Thank you in advance for your time and support.
>
> [1]: See http://dumps.wikimedia.org/backup-index.html for a full list.
>
> [2]: The download links are:
> http://archive.org/details/Xowa_enwiki_2013-11-04_images_complete_00
> http://archive.org/details/Xowa_enwiki_2013-11-04_images_complete_01
> http://archive.org/details/Xowa_enwiki_2013-11-04_images_complete_02
> http://archive.org/details/Xowa_enwiki_2013-11-04_images_complete_03
> http://archive.org/details/Xowa_enwiki_2013-11-04_images_complete_04
> http://archive.org/details/Xowa_enwiki_2013-11-04_images_complete_05
> http://archive.org/details/Xowa_enwiki_2013-11-04_images_complete_06
> http://archive.org/details/Xowa_enwiki_2013-11-04_images_complete_07
> http://archive.org/details/Xowa_enwiki_2013-11-04_images_complete_08
>
> [3]: The torrent links are:
>
> https://archive.org/download/Xowa_enwiki_2013-11-04_images_complete_00/Xowa_enwiki_2013-11-04_images_complete_00_archive.torrent
>
> https://archive.org/download/Xowa_enwiki_2013-11-04_images_complete_02/Xowa_enwiki_2013-11-04_images_complete_02_archive.torrent
>
> https://archive.org/download/Xowa_enwiki_2013-11-04_images_complete_03/Xowa_enwiki_2013-11-04_images_complete_03_archive.torrent
>
> https://archive.org/download/Xowa_enwiki_2013-11-04_images_complete_04/Xowa_enwiki_2013-11-04_images_complete_04_archive.torrent
>
> https://archive.org/download/Xowa_enwiki_2013-11-04_images_complete_05/Xowa_enwiki_2013-11-04_images_complete_05_archive.torrent
>
> https://archive.org/download/Xowa_enwiki_2013-11-04_images_complete_06/Xowa_enwiki_2013-11-04_images_complete_06_archive.torrent
>
> https://archive.org/download/Xowa_enwiki_2013-11-04_images_complete_07/Xowa_enwiki_2013-11-04_images_complete_07_archive.torrent
>
> https://archive.org/download/Xowa_enwiki_2013-11-04_images_complete_08/Xowa_enwiki_2013-11-04_images_complete_08_archive.torrent
>
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