It s possible to download our zeno ( articles or images ) dump with http://okawix..com
----- Original Message ----- From: "William Pietri" <[email protected]> To: "Wikimedia developers" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, January 07, 2010 5:52 PM Subject: Re: [Wikitech-l] downloading wikipedia database dumps > On 01/07/2010 01:40 AM, Jamie Morken wrote: >> I have a >> suggestion for wikipedia!! I think that the database dumps including >> the image files should be made available by a wikipedia bittorrent >> tracker so that people would be able to download the wikipedia backups >> including the images (which currently they can't do) and also so that >> wikipedia's bandwidth costs would be reduced. [...] >> > > Is the bandwidth used really a big problem? Bandwidth is pretty cheap > these days, and given Wikipedia's total draw, I suspect the occasional > dump download isn't much of a problem. > > Bittorrent's real strength is when a lot of people want to download the > same thing at once. E.g., when a new Ubuntu release comes out. Since > Bittorrent requires all downloaders to be uploaders, it turns the flood > of users into a benefit. But unless somebody has stats otherwise, I'd > guess that isn't the problem here. > > William > > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l > _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
