Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] does anybody have any of the kiwix CD/DVD images

[Sudhanwa Jogalekar]

Apart from Kiwix, you can check out this wikitaxi. Not sure if it is older
than kiwix.

https://www.yunqa.de/delphi/products/wikitaxi/index

Their facebook page is from 2015. No activity further there.

Regards
-Sudhanwa


On Tue, Mar 7, 2017 at 4:16 PM, Naveen Francis 
wrote:

> Hope this link will help.
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Offline_
> Wikipedia_for_Indian_Schools#Related_links
>
> Thanks,
> Naveen Francis
> 
>
> On Tue, Mar 7, 2017 at 1:47 PM, shirish शिरीष 
> wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> About 10 days back, I along with few people from FOSS community India
>> and Mozilla Community were doing outreach program at GMRT, NCRA
>>
>> http://gmrt.ncra.tifr.res.in/~sciday/sciday/scienceday.htm
>>
>> This is the 4th year that we were able to do it successfully.
>>
>> During the outreach program, every year we get few students, kids who
>> ask us about offline wikipedia .
>>
>> I know and used to cut kiwix when it was young and I could work with
>> 3.4 GB (DVD image) but couple of years back and even today the torrent
>> size has ballooned to 25 GB (light) and 61 GB (full) .
>>
>> IIRC, wasn't there used to be ones for students which was a compiled
>> list readily usable/available with much shorter list ?
>>
>> Has anybody tried out either of these huge databases and can they
>> share if these come with images or not. The earlier ones I remember
>> perfectly did NOT have images .
>>
>> Looking forward to know.
>>
>> --
>>   Regards,
>>   Shirish Agarwal  शिरीष अग्रवाल
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] does anybody have any of the kiwix CD/DVD images

[Naveen Francis]

Hope this link will help.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Offline_Wikipedia_for_Indian_Schools#Related_links

Thanks,
Naveen Francis


On Tue, Mar 7, 2017 at 1:47 PM, shirish शिरीष  wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> About 10 days back, I along with few people from FOSS community India
> and Mozilla Community were doing outreach program at GMRT, NCRA
>
> http://gmrt.ncra.tifr.res.in/~sciday/sciday/scienceday.htm
>
> This is the 4th year that we were able to do it successfully.
>
> During the outreach program, every year we get few students, kids who
> ask us about offline wikipedia .
>
> I know and used to cut kiwix when it was young and I could work with
> 3.4 GB (DVD image) but couple of years back and even today the torrent
> size has ballooned to 25 GB (light) and 61 GB (full) .
>
> IIRC, wasn't there used to be ones for students which was a compiled
> list readily usable/available with much shorter list ?
>
> Has anybody tried out either of these huge databases and can they
> share if these come with images or not. The earlier ones I remember
> perfectly did NOT have images .
>
> Looking forward to know.
>
> --
>   Regards,
>   Shirish Agarwal  शिरीष अग्रवाल
>   My quotes in this email licensed under CC 3.0
> http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
> http://flossexperiences.wordpress.com
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] does anybody have any of the kiwix CD/DVD images

[shirish शिरीष]

On 07/03/2017, shirish शिरीष  wrote:
> in-line :-
>
> On 07/03/2017, Manoj Khurana  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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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] does anybody have any of the kiwix CD/DVD images

[shirish शिरीष]

in-line :-

On 07/03/2017, Manoj Khurana  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 having enough curators. Just like
the upcoming wikimania, kiwix was also divided into a sort of Global
north and Global  South which I had thought at that time to be too
simplistic.

The south itself has so many variances, differences in cultural
outlook that it makes weighing/rating articles very difficult indeed.
Sharing few simplistic examples -

a. Che Guvera is a revered figure in South and Latin America but in
India apart from the Goan Che Guvera T-shirts most people don't either
know much or don't give a damn. So as somebody who has to make a
choice which article should go into limited space, it calls for
judgement call which at least I dunno should we take or  not.

b. Our classical dances, Kuchi Pudi, Bharat Natyam and others have a
high value within India, they perhaps might not have the same import
in other places and countries.

c. Lastly, the most intractable are probably controversial (to some
people) social science topics. For e.g. Abortion is a touchy topic for
many, and if you see the history and talk page of the article in
question, it has been in semi-protection since ever as people have
pretty strong views on it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Abortion - Again this is merely an
example, there probably are more than a hundred or more articles like
that.

Even if somehow you were able to do the compilation one time, it
wouldn't suffice, it is and would be a multi-year effort.

FWIW, I don't see the bandwidth issues dying out so soon.

The correct way in my mind would be to have some funding and have 2-3
experienced wikipedians from India who have wide-ranging interests,
get stats about most read articles from Indian IP's which show
interest as well as have a non-profit or two to help/guide the whole
process forward with dedicated timelines.

> Regards,
> U:Anamdas.



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[Manoj Khurana]

Hi Friends,

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.

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?

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).

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.

Regards,
U:Anamdas.

On 7 Mar 2017 1:48 p.m., "shirish शिरीष"  wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> About 10 days back, I along with few people from FOSS community India
> and Mozilla Community were doing outreach program at GMRT, NCRA
>
> http://gmrt.ncra.tifr.res.in/~sciday/sciday/scienceday.htm
>
> This is the 4th year that we were able to do it successfully.
>
> During the outreach program, every year we get few students, kids who
> ask us about offline wikipedia .
>
> I know and used to cut kiwix when it was young and I could work with
> 3.4 GB (DVD image) but couple of years back and even today the torrent
> size has ballooned to 25 GB (light) and 61 GB (full) .
>
> IIRC, wasn't there used to be ones for students which was a compiled
> list readily usable/available with much shorter list ?
>
> Has anybody tried out either of these huge databases and can they
> share if these come with images or not. The earlier ones I remember
> perfectly did NOT have images .
>
> Looking forward to know.
>
> --
>   Regards,
>   Shirish Agarwal  शिरीष अग्रवाल
>   My quotes in this email licensed under CC 3.0
> http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
> http://flossexperiences.wordpress.com
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[shirish शिरीष]

Hi all,

About 10 days back, I along with few people from FOSS community India
and Mozilla Community were doing outreach program at GMRT, NCRA

http://gmrt.ncra.tifr.res.in/~sciday/sciday/scienceday.htm

This is the 4th year that we were able to do it successfully.

During the outreach program, every year we get few students, kids who
ask us about offline wikipedia .

I know and used to cut kiwix when it was young and I could work with
3.4 GB (DVD image) but couple of years back and even today the torrent
size has ballooned to 25 GB (light) and 61 GB (full) .

IIRC, wasn't there used to be ones for students which was a compiled
list readily usable/available with much shorter list ?

Has anybody tried out either of these huge databases and can they
share if these come with images or not. The earlier ones I remember
perfectly did NOT have images .

Looking forward to know.

-- 
  Regards,
  Shirish Agarwal  शिरीष अग्रवाल
  My quotes in this email licensed under CC 3.0
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
http://flossexperiences.wordpress.com
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