Thread: Wikipedia offline on E-readers?
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Old 12-25-2015, 04:48 AM   #1
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Wikipedia offline on E-readers?
A few years ago (perhaps almost a decade ago), I was the one suggesting Wikipedia to start uploading their site to torrent sites, so others could have access to the digital website offline; since the initial problem was bandwidth issues. Wikipedia was enormous,
without audio and video files, and only English, it could easily expand over 200GB (20GB when compressed).

Now I wonder if it would be a good idea to be able to read it from ebook readers, specifically those with an SD card, as the entire wiki page, could reach from about 200GB in 2004, to several terrabytes in data today (probably including all revisions and multimedia data included).

I have a Kobo H2O, which has a Micro SD cardslot, and a generic BeBook 5" reader with SD cardslot (accepts probably upto 32GB).

Anyone interested in starting a project to see if it is possible to get Wikipedia offline for ebook readers?
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