Comment on MAGA Puts Wikipedia in Its Crosshairs

Corelli_III@midwest.social ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

• ArmchairAce1944@discuss.online ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Just 160gb? I will get a USB and back up the whole thing.

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  • Corelli_III@midwest.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    25ish for your language of choice, 130 something for media files

    very manageable, grab that copy

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• ScoffingLizard@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  How?

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  • fossilesque@mander.xyz ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    There is an app called Kiwix if you use Linux (I think it’s a flatpak) or WSL for Windows! :)

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    • Edgarallenpwn@midwest.social ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Could I use this to set a monthly job that runs and updates my local copy? Does it download/update changes made since my last sync or would it just redownload and replace the previous months in this situation?

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      • fossilesque@mander.xyz ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        It doesn’t work like that (yet), but it is the easiest way to keep an offline copy. They have more info about this here: kiwix.org/en/frequently-asked-questions/

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      • ScoffingLizard@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        I just downloaded the 23G file or whatever. If there is a way to checksum portions of it and run a script against the online checksum to detect differences, that might be one way. The only problem is that it is now being modified for political purposes. This version might be the best we will ever get. I almost wish we could download a pre-2020 version. It would eliminate both the slop and any influence that came after the sudden wealth gap increase that occurred during the pandemic.

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    • ScoffingLizard@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      That is cool WSL accomodates graphical apps, but after the recall Windows feature that snapshots everything, I’m about to remove Windows from my last computer that still has it. I really just need to figure out if my Steam save files will transfer to Linux since my Elden Ring character is level 220 or something crazy. I can’t even use WSL at work any longer because security locked us out of admin permissions. Boooo!

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      • fossilesque@mander.xyz ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        They absolutely should, if now, you can probably run it in a VM shame box. I have a little windows set up on mine for some specialist apps. When games are installed via Proton on Linux, they usually are set up to mimic the file structure for windows.

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  • hakobo@lemmy.world ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    There’s an article here on how to utilize Wikipedia offline, and you can look under the “Where do I get the dumps?” section for links to downloads.

    en.wikipedia.org/…/Wikipedia:Database_download

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  • Evotech@lemmy.world ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    en.m.wikipedia.org/…/Wikipedia:Database_download

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    • ScoffingLizard@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Cool. I dl’d it. Thanks.

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  • Corelli_III@midwest.social ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    damn look how correct and helpful these mfs are

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