Beep@lemmus.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-27 hours agoWikipedia were in read-only mode following mass admin account compromisewww.wikimediastatus.netexternal-linkmessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up1282file-text
arrow-up1282external-linkWikipedia were in read-only mode following mass admin account compromisewww.wikimediastatus.netBeep@lemmus.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-27 hours agomessage-square23fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarepelespirit@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up162·7 hours agoWe must protect wikipedia, they’re our only safe place right now.
minus-squareCanaconda@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up58·7 hours agoYa tonight Im gonna start torrenting one of the backups. I don’t normally seed more than 2x ratio but I think this one will be set to trickle seed and stay on for at least 10x
minus-squaree8CArkcAuLE@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27·7 hours agoplease do if you have the storage space and bandwith
minus-squareLost_My_Mind@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·5 hours agoHow big is the torrent, and where do I download from?
minus-squareentropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-21 hour ago40G if you don’t download pics. Closer to 100G with pics (apparently 115G at the moment) See: library.kiwix.org Kiwix is the simplest way to host a local Wikipedia backup
minus-squaree8CArkcAuLE@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·4 hours agohttps://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Data_dump_torrents#English_Wikipedia
We must protect wikipedia, they’re our only safe place right now.
Ya tonight Im gonna start torrenting one of the backups. I don’t normally seed more than 2x ratio but I think this one will be set to trickle seed and stay on for at least 10x
please do if you have the storage space and bandwith
How big is the torrent, and where do I download from?
40G if you don’t download pics. Closer to 100G with pics (apparently 115G at the moment)
See: library.kiwix.org
Kiwix is the simplest way to host a local Wikipedia backup
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Data_dump_torrents#English_Wikipedia