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[WikipedianSeeder]

Hello,

I am a Wikipedian and seeder. I'd like to get our torrents up to date on thepiratebay because a lot of us are seeding, and not many are leeching! There are outdated catalogs of the entire English Wikipedia on the site which can easily be replaced with fresh strong torrents. If possible, please add the 20220101 edition of the English Wikipedia to your search. Here is where the torrents are: Data dump torrents - Meta (wikimedia.org)

Thanks!
Wikipedian

[Slow Mo]

Do you know of Kiwix doing full Wikipedia in an easy downloadable form that can be very simply deployed or used? This is more up-to-date.

[WikipedianSeeder]

I am importing the database into Xowa now, information on applications which can launch the 20gb file can be found here: Wikipediaatabase download - Wikipedia

Please add the torrent to the website, it is heavily seeded. 

Thanks.

[CaptButler]

Unless one is a graduate student in psychology that is working on a psychopathology online project, I would very strongly recommend against having anything to do with this.  I am a former contributor to Wikipedia and have some knowledge of where the rabbit hole goes.


( . . . and NO, I was never "blocked" or "banned" from Wikipedia;  I simply took the red pill when it was offered)

[WikipedianSeeder]

Having a backup of Wikipedia is essential to some survivalists. What happens if the whole world burns? What kind of access to knowledge will you have? Sharing offline versions with the world is also rewarding. In some places, they have computers but little access to internet and educational materials. Cuba uses an offline version of Wikipedia, and a Jail in Wyoming does also. It is a good project, the sum of the world's knowledge in one place, constantly updating with new information and articles which link to others. There are also news reports of balloons with copies of Wikipedia being flown in from South Korea into North Korea. I'd appreciate if thepiratebay helped by adding this torrent.

[RobertX]

I'd help right away if I can!

The E-book site is pretty weak though. I expected better than a site that prices its articles that are otherwise available for free.

I'm hoping this project gets off the ground.

I'm taken a headache pill.

[CaptButler]

Having a backup of Wikipedia is essential to some survivalists. What happens if the whole world burns? What kind of access to knowledge will you have? Sharing offline versions with the world is also rewarding. In some places, they have computers but little access to internet and educational materials. Cuba uses an offline version of Wikipedia, and a Jail in Wyoming does also. It is a good project, the sum of the world's knowledge in one place, constantly updating with new information and articles which link to others. There are also news reports of balloons with copies of Wikipedia being flown in from South Korea into North Korea. I'd appreciate if thepiratebay helped by adding this torrent.

Wow.  Just . . . wow.  You got it bad.

For the record, I'm not one of those Wikipedia/Wikimedia critics who insist that Wikipedia is cult.  From my perspective, Wikipedia has many cult aspects, but not quite enough to make it an actual cult.  However, when I see brain droppings like this it serves as a strong reminder of why so many critics insist it is a cult.

[Slow Mo]

I am a former contributor to Wikipedia and have some knowledge of where the rabbit hole goes.

Yes, indeed. The few people, who I know actually worked on it, never have said anything good on. In short it's a mess that shall be touched with a borkiilion kilomtre-wide stick. It has issues, one can say "too many." The editions in local languages are worse.

I don't lower its value, it can be of some light use. I just acknowledge the problem.

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Having a backup of Wikipedia is essential to some survivalists.

Survival in the woods has no electricity. Zero use. In a survival environment digital Wikipedia is the least needed thing. What kind of survivalist needs it over a real survival guide?

What happens if the whole world burns?

I'll rest in peace in pieces! Hooray!

What kind of access to knowledge will you have?

Most important knowledge is a corporate secret or obscure. Our current world's success relies on CPUs, without the tech, many wonders—we are so used to—are not possible. The amount of time put into the development of hardware and software components, the highly skilled professionals, this is not re-doable by Wikipedia. Not to mention other tech or skills our world relies on. Do you want real priorities, not a dream? Wikipedia is not one, it'll not help in a hypothetical situation even if Wikipedia was a great source in the 1st place.

Moreover, your proposal ignores like 85% of humanity that doesn't know English.

into North Korea. I'd appreciate if thepiratebay helped by adding this torrent.

How will it help exactly? Restrictive countries nuke the entire P2P protocol or have no Internet access. My perception doesn't see it as helpful, especially since it's EN only. And I remind you, I live in a truly bad country that is a pure destruction nightmare and I saw no peace in my life. Do you have that experience, do you? Please put the attention into surviving experience, then look up what Wikipedia is internally and on its flaws, then look around and think of what you preferred to ignore because it's so "flown in" and you use it everyday, and only then evaluate "Is Wikipedia needed?" The evaluation will say "no:" Wikipedia is not the holy grail of rebirth. I am pretty sure you will shrug on yourself in the future.

My personal impression is you want to do something "important," "push" something "helpful," because that will make feel better, not useless, feel a hero. Wouldn't it be nicer to actually do something helpful instead, eh? Maybe look up popular open source projects, or look into the Linux kernel, we never have enough knowledgeable folks, or become a volunteer to help the Ukrainian people. Any other way will really help everyone to live better, unlike the current.