Agree amazing news. Offline is key for much of the world. We are developing and distributing "Internet-in-a-Boxes" to help compensate somewhat for the pull back from zero rating.
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Internet-in-a-Box James On Fri, Jul 20, 2018 at 4:27 AM Lucas Teles <[email protected]> wrote: > Those are excellent news! > > I wonder if there are any plans on working on less rich countries. They > usually have less internet access and would benefit from that. > > Wikipedia Zero has just expired in Angola and I can’t imagine a best way to > replace that source of knowledge withou having to deal with the negative > side of it. > > Concerning the many users from Angola that reached out to me complaining > about the end of Wikipedia Zero in Angola, giving them access to Kiwix will > be of enormous help. > > Teles > > Em qui, 19 de jul de 2018 às 19:16, Samantha Lien <[email protected]> > escreveu: > > > This press release is also available on the Wikimedia blog here: > > > https://blog.wikimedia.org/2018/07/18/wikimedia-foundation-and-kiwix-partner-to-grow-offline-access-to-wikipedia/Wikimedia > > Foundation and Kiwix partner to grow offline access to Wikipedia > > *The Wikimedia Foundation and Switzerland-based Kiwix announce a global > > collaboration to increase offline access to Wikipedia and the Wikimedia > > projects.* > > > > Lausanne, Switzerland, and San Francisco, USA, 18 July 2018 – The > > Wikimedia Foundation has announced a partnership with Kiwix, the free and > > open-source software solution that enables offline access to educational > > content, to expand and improve access to Wikipedia and other Wikimedia > > projects globally. This partnership will include a $275,000 contribution > to > > Kiwix to further enhance offline access to Wikipedia in parts of the > world > > where consistent, affordable internet connectivity presents a significant > > barrier to accessing Wikipedia. > > > > “Our hope is that one day everyone will have access to the internet, and > > eliminate the need for other offline methods of access to information.” > > said Kiwix CEO Stephane Coillet-Matillon. “But we know that there are > still > > serious gaps in internet access globally that require solutions today. > > Kiwix is a tool to start fixing things right now.” > > The Wikimedia Foundation and Kiwix have had a long-standing collaborative > > relationship to expand access to Wikipedia around the world. This > includes > > recent support to Kiwix and WikiProject Medicine to improve the > > availability of offline Wikipedia medical content [1], as well as > > improvements to the Kiwix desktop experience. > > > > Through this partnership, the two organizations will collaborate to > create > > a long-term strategy for third party reuse of Kiwix’s free access > platform, > > fix longstanding code debt, improve Kiwix’s usability across mobile > > platforms including Android, and integrate Kiwix’s and the Wikimedia > > Foundation’s technical operations more closely for improved Wikipedia > > offline experiences. > > > > “As part of the 2030 direction for Wikimedia’s future [2], we’re thrilled > > to be partnering with Kiwix to invest in solutions to address one of the > > critical barriers to participating in Wikipedia globally: reliable > internet > > access,” said Anne Gomez, Senior Program Manager at the Wikimedia > > Foundation. “We have made a commitment as an organization to actively > > address the challenges and barriers to reaching our global Wikimedia > > vision: a world in which everyone can freely share in knowledge. Today > > marks an important step toward realizing that commitment.” > > > > The Wikimedia vision is global: a world in which everyone can freely > share > > in the sum of all knowledge. While there has been a significant reduction > > in high mobile data costs and other barriers to participating in > Wikipedia, > > more than half the world’s population is not yet online. [3] > > > > Today, Kiwix sits at the heart of the offline ecosystem with more than 3 > > million users from more than 200 countries. It can store millions of > > Wikipedia articles from any of Wikipedia’s nearly 300 languages along > with > > thousands of books and videos on a single flash drive or microSD card for > > access on smartphones and computers. Kiwix has also worked with > nonprofits > > such as the Orange Foundation, Human Rights Foundation, Internet in a > Box, > > WikiFundi, and Digisoft to scale distribution of offline education > > materials around the world to students, teachers, and the general public. > > > > More information about the Wikimedia Foundation’s work to expand access > > and participation to Wikipedia globally, including information about this > > partnership with Kiwix, can be found in the Wikimedia Foundation’s > > 2018-2019 annual plan. [4] > > > > > > > > About the Wikimedia Foundation > > > > The Wikimedia Foundation is the nonprofit organization that supports and > > operates Wikipedia and its sister free knowledge projects. Wikipedia is > the > > world’s free knowledge resource, spanning more than 45 million articles > > across nearly 300 languages. Every month, more than 200,000 people edit > > Wikipedia and the Wikimedia projects, collectively creating and improving > > knowledge that is accessed by more than 1 billion unique devices every > > month. This all makes Wikipedia one of the most popular web properties in > > the world. Based in San Francisco, California, the Wikimedia Foundation > is > > a 501(c)(3) charity that is funded primarily through donations and > grants. > > > > About Kiwix > > > > Kiwix is an open-source software that brings internet content to millions > > of people without internet access - be it because of cost, poor > > infrastructures or even censorship. Websites like Wikipedia, TED talks, > the > > Gutenberg library and many more can be stored and browsed as if users > were > > online. Kiwix is available in more than 100 languages, and runs on all > > major desktop and mobile platforms. Based in Lausanne, Switzerland, Kiwix > > Association is a registered Swiss Verein that is funded solely through > > donations and grants. 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